"Qatari officials have hired me to take charge of a number of games in the league," the 43-year-old referee told reporters in Buenos Aires on Monday.

Elizondo is famous for showing Zinedine Zidane a straight red card in the final after the France captain head-butt Marco Materazzi in the chest.

He was also the referee who sent Wayne Rooney off during the England-Portugal clash in the quarter-finals of the same tournament.

Elizondo is seen as the most prominent referee in Argentina and was appointed to referee Boca Juniors vs. River Plate game eight times.