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{{short description|Guatemalan football referee}}
{{family name hatnote|Batres|González|lang=Spanish}}
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| full_name            = Carlos Alberto Batres González
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| otheroccupation      = Scientist, politician{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
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'''Carlos Alberto Batres González''' (born April 2, 1968) is a Guatemalan [[Referee (association football)|football referee]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Diez.hn |title=Carlos Batres: Serio y de pocas bromas |url=http://www.diez.hn/Selecci%C3%B3n%20Nacional/Ediciones/2008/11/19/Noticias/Carlos-Batres-Serio-y-de-pocas-bromas |date=2008-11-19 |access-date=2009-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207101108/http://diez.hn/Selecci%C3%B3n%20Nacional/Ediciones/2008/11/19/Noticias/Carlos-Batres-Serio-y-de-pocas-bromas |archive-date=February 7, 2009 }}</ref> He has refereed [[FIFA World Cup]] qualification and final tournament matches, and at [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic tournaments]].

Having refereed in FIFA since January 1, 1996, Batres conducted his first international match on October 27, 1996, a [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|1998 World Cup qualifier]] between [[Panama national football team|Panama]] and [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]].

He officiated at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]], presiding over the Group A match between [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] and [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]] and the second round match between [[Germany national football team|Germany]] and [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]. He was also preselected as a referee for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]].<ref name=fifa2010>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090419063204/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/92/29/78/candidaterefereesrapfwc2010_22oct2008.pdf List of prospective 2010 FIFA World Cup referees]</ref>

On June 13, 2010, he refereed the match between [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]] and [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]],<ref>{{cite web|publisher=fifa.com|title=Algeria-Slovenia|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=249722/match=300061465/index.html#slovenia+sneak|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509061614/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=249722/match=300061465/index.html#slovenia+sneak|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 9, 2010|date=2010-06-13|access-date=2010-06-13}}</ref> even though his mother had died barely four days before, on the night of June 9.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=nacion.com|title=Murió madre de árbitro Carlos Batres|url=http://www.nacion.com/2010-06-10/Deportes/UltimaHora/Deportes2404309.aspx|date=2010-06-10|access-date=2010-06-16}}</ref>

On June 20, 2010, he refereed the match between [[Italian national football team|Italy]] and [[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]], which ended in a 1–1 draw.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Yahoo! Sports FIFA 2010 World Cup Coverage|title=New Zealand captain slams referee |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8750606.stm|date=2010-06-20|access-date=2010-06-22}}</ref>

==World Cup matches officiated==
{| class="wikitable"
!Tournament!!Date!!Venue!!Round!!Team 1!!Result!!Team 2
|-
| [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]] || June 6, 2002 || [[Daegu Stadium|Daegu World Cup Stadium]], [[Daegu]] || [[2002 FIFA World Cup Group A|First round]] || {{fb|DEN}} || 1 &ndash; 1 || {{fb|SEN}} 
|-
| 2002 || June 15, 2002 || [[Jeju World Cup Stadium]], [[Seogwipo]] || [[2002 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Germany vs Paraguay|Round of 16]] || {{fb|GER}} || 1 &ndash; 0 || {{fb|PAR}}
|-
| [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]] || June 13, 2010 || [[Peter Mokaba Stadium]], [[Polokwane]] || [[2010 FIFA World Cup Group C|First round]] || {{fb|ALG}} || 0 &ndash; 1 || {{fb|SLO}}
|-
| 2010 || June 20, 2010 || [[Mbombela Stadium]], [[Nelspruit]] || [[2010 FIFA World Cup Group F|First round]] || {{fb|ITA}} || 1 &ndash; 1 || {{fb|NZL}} 
|-
| 2010 || July 3, 2010 || [[Ellis Park Stadium]], [[Johannesburg]] || [[2010 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Paraguay vs Spain|Quarterfinals]] || {{fb|PAR}} || 0 &ndash; 1 || {{fb|ESP}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
 | before = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Benito Archundia]]
 |  after = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Marco Antonio Rodríguez|Marco Rodríguez]]
 |  title = [[FIFA Club World Cup]] final match referees
 |  years = [[FIFA Club World Cup 2006|2006]] <br /> {{flagicon|GUA}} Carlos Batres
}}
{{S-end}}

{{Referees 2010 World Cup}}
{{Referees 2002 World Cup}}

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[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Guatemala City]]
[[Category:Guatemalan football referees]]
[[Category:2002 FIFA World Cup referees]]
[[Category:2010 FIFA World Cup referees]]
[[Category:CONCACAF Gold Cup referees]]
[[Category:CONCACAF Champions Cup referees]]


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