Joel Antonio Aguilar Chicas (born July 2, 1975) is a Salvadoran retired football referee.

[9] Aguilar was selected as a referee for the 2007 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Canada, where he refereed the matches between the United States and South Korea on June 30, 2007, New Zealand and Gambia on July 5, 2007, and Austria and Chile on July 8, 2007.

Aguilar was selected as a reserve official for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Also in 2011, he was selected for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup including the Final at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California.

[12] Aguilar was named as one of the match referees for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.