Ricardo Montero Araya🇨🇷
28 matches as referee, 2024–2026. Active.
- Nationality
- Costa Rica
See Ricardo Montero Araya’s appearances in other positions (4th official, VAR, AVAR) →
Career
By season
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| Season | Matches | YC/M | RC | PEN | F/M | Record | PPG |
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| 2026 | 9 | 1.89 | 1 | 1 | 13.22 | 5–3–1 | 2.000 |
| 2025 | 15 | 2.13 | 1 | 3 | 12.13 | 7–5–3 | 1.733 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 13.00 | 0–2–2 | 0.500 |
| All seasons | 28 | 2.07 | 3 | 4 | 12.61 | 12–10–6 | 1.643 |
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| Season | Matches | YC/M | RC | PEN | F/M | Record | PPG |
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| 2026 | 9 | 2.78 | 3 | 3 | 12.00 | 1–3–5 | 0.667 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1.87 | 0 | 1 | 12.27 | 3–5–7 | 0.933 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3.00 | 0 | 3 | 13.50 | 2–2–0 | 2.000 |
| All seasons | 28 | 2.32 | 3 | 7 | 12.36 | 6–10–12 | 1.000 |
Card reasons
| Reason | Yellow cards |
|---|---|
| Unsporting behaviour | 102 |
| Dissent | 8 |
| Delaying the restart | 7 |
| Failing to respect distance | 3 |
| Persistent offences | 2 |
| Entering, re-entering or leaving the field without permission | 1 |
| Total | 123 |
Yellow card reasons are unofficial, and some of them may be incorrect. “???” means we are missing a reason for a card.
Cards by minute
| Minute | Cards | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1–15 | 4 | |
| 16–30 | 11 | |
| 31–45 (incl. added time) | 26 | |
| 46–60 | 20 | |
| 61–75 | 21 | |
| 76–90 (incl. added time) | 49 | |
| Extra time | 0 | |
| Shootout | 0 |
By club
Most frequent crewmates
Match log
On the match index →| Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | YC | RC | PEN |
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| 2026-08-01 | Reg | DC | 2–2 | NSH | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-07-25 | Reg | NYC | 3–1 | CHI | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-07-22 | Reg | ATX | 3–1 | SEA | 3+1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-05-13 | Reg | SKC | 3–1 | LA | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-22 | Reg | ATL | 1–2 | NE | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-12 | Reg | CLB | 1–1 | ORL | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-04 | Reg | TOR | 3–2 | COL | 7+1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-03-14 | Reg | DAL | 3–3 | SD | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-02-28 | Reg | RBNY | 1–0 | NE | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-10-11 | Reg | SEA | 1–0 | RSL | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-09-27 | Reg | CLT | 1–4 | MTL | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-09-20 | Reg | ATL | 1–1 | SD | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-08-30 | Reg | STL | 2–3 | HOU | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-08-23 | Reg | DC | 1–1 | MIA | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-08-16 | Reg | ORL | 3–1 | SKC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-08-09 | Reg | CHI | 2–2 | LAFC | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-07-16 | Reg | NSH | 3–0 | CLB | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-07-13 | Reg | STL | 2–1 | POR | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-06-28 | Reg | NYRB | 2–2 | MIN | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-06-25 | Reg | MTL | 1–3 | CIN | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-06-14 | Reg | PHI | 2–1 | CLT | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-06-08 | Reg | LAFC | 3–1 | SKC | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-05-31 | Reg | SD | 2–0 | ATX | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-05-17 | Reg | NE | 0–0 | SJ | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-10-02 | Reg | RSL | 0–0 | MIN | 6 | 1 | 0 |