Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias is a Spanish football referee born in Madrid (Madrid), Spain on 23 November 1984. He made his La Liga debut on 14 August 2021.
Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias is a Spanish football referee born in Madrid (Madrid), Spain on 23 November 1984. He made his La Liga debut on 14 August 2021. He is part of the current top-flight refereeing pool in Spain and is regularly relevant for pre-match analysis, appointment previews and VAR-focused discussion.
In the 2025/26 La Liga season, Ortiz Arias has officiated 14 league matches, averaging 23.36 fouls, 0.21 penalties, 4.00 yellow cards and 0.21 red cards per game. Those numbers point to a balanced but firm profile, with a solid middle ground in disciplinary terms. For The VAR Verdict, that statistical snapshot helps readers understand the disciplinary threshold and general tone he has shown this season.
Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias is presented with a data-first profile based on publicly available information and the statistics entered in the referee database.
Referee style: Balanced but firm.
