Bibiana Steinhaus is a policeman on the field

Bibiana Steinhaus is a German football referee, FIFA referee. He works as a police officer in the city of Hanover.

Dossier

Bibiana Steinhaus (photo above) was born on March 24, 1979 in the city of Bad Lauterberg (Germany). Height - 181 cm, weight - 73 kg. A German citizen. FIFA referee since 2005. The main profession is a clerk. Relationship status: Single. In 2007 she was recognized as the best sportswoman of the city of Hanover. From 2007 to 2010 - the best judge of Germany.

Playing career

Up to 16 years Bibiana acted as a member of the women's team of the football club Bad Lauterberg. An early termination of a player's career is explained by the fact that he does not consider himself an outstanding football player. Since 1995, periodically playing for the police team of Lower Saxony. The game position is the defender.

Stages of the judging career

As Judge Bibiana Steinhaus began serving football matches since 1995. These were duels of amateur and amateur teams. Later, she was admitted to the judging of clubs performing in the lower regional leagues of Germany. Gradually Babiana went to the level of service matches of the German Cup, as well as matches of the women's Bundesliga. Since 2001, she is a judge with access to regional league games.

Bibiana held her first match in March 2003 as an assistant to the second Bundesliga referee. And in May of the same year she was honored to judge the final meeting of the German Cup between the clubs "Duisburg" and "Frankfurt". Since 2007, Bibiana has been granted admission to the arbitration of duels in the Bundesliga-2. As a judge in the field, she made her debut in the match "Hoffenheim" - "Paderborn". In the 2007/2008 season, she was used as a reserve referee of the Bundesliga-1.

Since 2005, Bibiana Steinhaus is an arbitrator of FIFA. And this means that she has the right to serve fights of professional football players. In this capacity, she judged the matches of the Women's Champions League, as well as international meetings.

In November 2008, Bibiana, as a judge, participated in the Chilean Youth Women's World Championships, and in 2009 served the European Championship fights in Finland. In her track record are listed and the meeting of the women's World Cup 2010 in Germany. Apogee in the judging career of Bibiana was the arbitration of the final match of the Olympic football tournament in England in 2012.

While her referee career includes 17 fights with the participation of national teams, 12 European matches, 23 Bundesliga matches-2, 65 games of the German championship among women's teams.

Curiosities and Facts

Any referee on the football field sometimes has funny and funny situations. Some referees, causing laughter, suddenly fall, others, having chosen an unsuitable position, turn out to be knocked down with a kick of the ball. In one amusing episode, during the match "Hertha" - "Alemannia", Bibiana Steinhaus was seen.

Peter Niemeyer, patting the referee on the shoulder, accidentally touched her chest. But since he looked quite the other way, the incident did not happen. Everything ended in an apology for the player. The very same touch fragment was long relished by the leading analytical football program of German television. The comments were accompanied by a biting laugh.

As for the appointment of a penalty, here, between the female referee and the players of the injured party, there were practically no conflicts and protests. And although the referee herself believes that in this work the opportunities of women and men are equal, still the representatives of the weaker sex have certain privileges. In their address it is more difficult to express unflattering words.

By the way, her name can be translated into Russian as a "house of stone." Bibiana herself considers the work of a football referee similar to the work of a policeman: in both cases it is necessary to ensure that people follow the established rules. Note that such a statement does not work, regarding the viewers. Sometimes in her address she has to listen to the standard chanting from the stands of the stadiums: "judge-bitch".

Family status

The fact that by the age of 36 Bibiana Steinhaus is an unmarried girl, can indirectly indicate her sexual orientation. And although there is no information on this matter, this assumption is confirmed by her personal photos. The photos are on the personal site of Bibiana, where she is photographed in many pictures in an embrace with the same special female for several years.

As for her hobbies, this is primarily a sport. If you have free time, likes reading books, loves traveling to exotic countries of the world.

In conclusion, I would like to note that in the history of the German championships there was a woman judge who, as a line arbitrator, served two Bundesliga matches. Her name was Gertrude Gebhardt.

By the way, in 2003 the judge from Switzerland Nicole Petignat sued one European Cup match in the UEFA Cup tournament. It was a meeting between the Swedish club "AIK" and the Icelandic team "Falkir". The fight itself ended in a scandal due to the appointment of two very questionable penalties by the referee. After that, Nicole was not involved in matches of this level.