Refereeing career
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Steinhaus officiating
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's testimonial match in 2012.
Before becoming a referee like her ******, Steinhaus played as a footballer for SV Bad Lauterberg.
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Steinhaus became a referee for the club SV Bad Lauterberg and began in the
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after receiving
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certification in 1999, having taken professional courses since the age of 15.
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She moved to the
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in 2001 and was the main referee for the
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between
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and
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in 2003. Steinhaus began refereeing in the men's
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in 2007, making her the first female referee in German men's professional football.
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She was also selected for the
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In 2016, she changed her affiliation to MTV Engelbostel-Schulenburg.[
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Steinhaus was one of the ******* referees chosen for the
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, where she officiated two group stage matches and the
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between
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and the
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Steinhaus was selected to officiate the women's football
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at the
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, also between Japan and the United States.
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On 12 May 2017, Steinhaus was chosen by
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as the referee for the
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, played between
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and
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One week later, she was promoted by the DFB to officiate in the top-level
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, for the
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, making her the first female referee in the league's history.
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Steinhaus officiated her first
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match, a 1–1 draw between
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and
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, on 10 September 2017. Hertha, the hosts, offered promotional half-price "Bibiana tickets" to female fans.
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Steinhaus was named the female referee of the year by DFB in 2018.
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Steinhaus has been the target of ***** and controversial incidents on several occasions, including a physical confrontation from
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manager
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while serving as the fourth official in a 2014 match, and an accidental groping of her breast by a player in 2010.
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was suspended for five matches by his club after making a sexist comment towards Steinhaus, who had sent him off for a second yellow card.
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, the state broadcaster of Iran, cancelled their broadcast of a Bundesliga fixture in February 2019 due to Steinhaus being named as its head referee.
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The television channel had previously broadcast a match officiated by Steinhaus, but cut to crowd shots instead of using the close-up shots of Steinhaus in the normal feed.
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Steinhaus was appointed to officiate the
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between
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on 30 September 2020. She announced that the match would be the last of her refereeing career.
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Personal life
Steinhaus lives in
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, and is a trained police officer with the rank of
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She is in a long-term relationship with English referee
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, who separated from his wife in 2016.
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