Enrique Cáceres

Enrique Cáceres
Cáceres at Saint Petersburg in 2018
Full name Enrique Patricio Cáceres Villafañe
Born (1974-03-20) 20 March 1974
Paraguay
Domestic
Years League Role
2009–present Paraguayan Primera División Referee
International
Years League Role
2010–2018 FIFA listed Referee

Enrique Patricio Cáceres Villafañe (Spanish pronunciation: [enˈrike paˈtɾisjo ˈkaseɾes βiʎaˈfaɲe]); born 20 March 1974) is an international football referee from Paraguay. He has been a FIFA listed referee since 2010 and has taken charge of a number of major matches in Copa Libertadores and Copa América. He refereed his first international match, a friendly between Cuba and Bolivia, in 2012 where he awarded four yellow cards and one red Cáceres has also refereed matches in FIFA Club World Cup and FIFA U-20 World Cup at the international level. During the international matches, he is assisted by countrymen Eduardo Cardozo and Juan Zorrilla. Cáceres regularly referees matches in the Paraguayan Primera División. He has refereed over 200 matches.

First appointed to the FIFA Referees Commission in 2021, Cáceres remains a representative as of August 2024. He was appointed President of the CONMEBOL Referees Commission in 2022. Previously, he had been serving as the VAR Technical Manager for CONMEBOL.