Daniel Stefanski (Bydgoszcz7-2-1977) debuts this Tuesday as a referee with the Spanish team. He has been chosen by UEFA for the match against Serbia in Córdoba, in which Spain can close its presence in the quarterfinals of the Nations League, a title it defends. Yes, he has whistled for Spanish teams (Betis, Real Sociedad, Sevilla and Osasuna), but for the national team in none of their categories.
In the house of Stefanski There is a lot of talk about arbitration, because his wife, Karolina Bojaris also a top-level referee. In fact, it was the world of arbitration that brought to light a couple whose wedding, in 2020became a social event in Poland.
On March 24, 2018, the Croatians of the Hajdujk Split They traveled to Poland to play a friendly against Gornik Górnik Zabrze. The Polish Federation sent that party to Daniel Stefanski39 years old. And as an assistant to a young woman of 20 who was growing up in the world of refereeing while drawing attention for her beauty. Was Karolina Bojar. From that match, in which the Spaniard was expelled Dani Suareza relationship was born between them that ended in a marriage proposal in January 2002 in Thailand, on the island Phi Phi, and in marriage in October of that year on another island Santorini (Greece). It was one of the weddings of the year in Poland.
The wedding almost didn’t take place. “Beyond the seven mountains, beyond the seven forests, over the caldera of Santoriniten minutes after the earthquake, we wrote the next chapter of our love story. “I love you, husband!” she wrote. Karolina on their social networks. The earthquake thing was not a literary concession. An earthquake shook the Aegean Sea area, but did not spoil the connection of the Polish referees.
Daniel Stefanski He has been an international referee since 2013. His first national team match was in the qualification for the World Cup in Brazil: Hungary 2-Andorra. In 2015 he was in charge of the final of his country’s Cup: Lech Poznan 1-Legia Warsaw 2.
Karolina (19-9-1977) born in Krakow, entered the FIFA radar in 2015. A multidisciplinary athlete, she graduated from the New Technologies and Intellectual Property Law at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. She obtained a master’s degree in law and sport in 2021. In September 2020 she debuted in the Polish Women’s First Division.
Party together
In March 2021, the Polish Federation appointed Daniel Stefanski for a Fourth Division match in their region, Kujawsko-Pomerania. It was not the first time that the international referee returned to base and whistled on artificial grass. The referee and his assistants appeared in the publication, but not the third referee, which is usual. The intrigue ended on Saturday when the referee team also appeared Karolina. It was the first time since their wedding that they shared a game.
Last July, the referee couple announced that they are expecting their first child.
