| 1. In January 2010, Iván Barton started working as a referee at Salvadoran Football Federation in San Salvador, El Salvador. |
| 2. Since 2014-2015, he has been serving as a referee in El Salvador’s Primera División. |
| 3. After completing his graduation in Chemical Sciences from the University of El Salvador, he started working as a professor of Organic Chemistry at the same university in January 2015. |
| 4. He served in the position till December 2017. |
| 5. In January 2018, he was appointed as a Support Engineer at Instruquimica in San Salvador, El Salvador. |
| 6. During this period, Iván Barton worked as a Technical Support Chemist and installed, maintained, and repaired Thermo Fisher Scientific chemical analysis equipment for the pharmaceutical, food, and chemical industries in El Salvador. |
| 7. In 2018, he became a FIFA-listed international referee. |
| 8. That same year, Iván Barton served as a referee during matches at the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship, which was held in the United States. |
| 9. In 2019, he was appointed as a referee for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the CONCACAF Nations League, and the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Brazil. |
| 10. From May 2019 to June 2019, Iván Barton served as a football referee for Poland Local Organising Committee during the FIFA U-20 World Cup. |
| 11. In January 2020, he started La Santaneca Sausages in Santa Ana, El Salvador. |
| 12. In 2022, Iván Barton officiated the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League Final between Seattle Sounders FC and UNAM. |
| 13. During the match, he awarded three penalty kicks. |
| 14. In May 2022, FIFA appointed him as one of the referees for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. |
| 15. Iván Barton was also part of the CONCACAF referee team chosen for the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco. |
| 16. In June 2023, Iván Barton was appointed to referee the CONCACAF Nations League Finals semifinal between regional rivals Mexico and the United States. |
| 17. During the second half of that match, several fights broke out between the players. |
| 18. He made headlines for showing the four red cards and ended the match early during stoppage time as the crowd in the ground started shouting homophobic chants. |
| 19. He then served as a football referee for the FIFA Club World Cup from June 2025 to July 2025. |
| 20. From August 2025 to September 2025, Iván Barton served as a football referee during the Japan Professional Football League (J. League). |
| 21. In 2026, he was selected as one of the referees for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. |
| 22. Iván Barton became the first referee to use the newly introduced rule during the Group D match between Turkey and Paraguay. |
| 23. He also officiated the group-stage match between Japan and Sweden, and the Round of 16 match between Switzerland and Colombia. |
| 24. On 12 July 2026, Iván Barton was appointed as the referee for the FIFA World Cup semifinal between France and Spain at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. |
| 25. He is often spotted enjoying alcoholic beverages on various occasions. |
| 26. Iván Barton likes travelling to distant places in his free time. |
