Chris Kerr (referee)

For other people named Chris Kerr, see Chris Kerr (disambiguation).
Chris Kerr
Full name Christopher Simon Kerr
Born (1976-09-02) 2 September 1976 (age 48)
Irvine, Scotland
Other occupation Systems Engineer
Domestic
Years League Role
2006–2017 ISPS Handa Premiership Referee
International
Years League Role
2012 FIFA listed Referee

Chris Kerr (born 2 September 1976) is a retired FIFA referee, from Auckland, New Zealand. He officiated on the ISPS Handa Premiership,[1] the national football competition of New Zealand, and is also a former OFC Champions League referee in the Oceania Football Confederation. His occupation is as a Systems Engineer.

Career

Kerr first took up refereeing in 1991 at the age of 14 in his home town of New Plymouth.[2][3] In 2006, he became a referee on the New Zealand Football Championship. In 2009, he officiated his first OFC Champions League match between Marist FC (Solomon Islands) and Lautoka F.C. (Fiji) in Honiara. Since then, he has refereed further OFC Champions League games and was a match official at the South Pacific Games in 2011 refereeing his first international.[4] In 2012, he was promoted to the FIFA list as a referee[5] and nominated for New Zealand Footballs' Referee of the year.[6]

Kerr was appointed as a match official at OFC Nations Cup,[7] which served as round 2 of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil for the OFC region. He officiated the match between Tahiti and New Caledonia.[8]

Kerr came off the FIFA referee list at the start of 2013 due to being unavailable [9]

In 2014, Kerr was the referee for the Chatham Cup Final at North Harbour Stadium between Central United and Cashmere Technical [10]

References

  1. ^ Stirling Sports Premiership Archived 24 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine biography and birthdate.
  2. ^ Interview with Auckland Football Federation Part 1 Archived 3 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine interview
  3. ^ Interview with Auckland Football Federation Part 2 Archived 3 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine interview
  4. ^ OFC match record
  5. ^ Worldreferee.com bio
  6. ^ New honours headline NZF awards evening Archived 3 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine media release
  7. ^ Officials confirmed for OFC Nations Cup Archived 17 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine article
  8. ^ FIFA. "Match Report - Tahiti - New Caledonia 4:3 (3:0)". 3 June 2012. Retrieved on 1 June 2013.
  9. ^ New Zealand Football has 3 new FIFA officials Archived 8 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine media release
  10. ^ 2014 Chatham Cup Final Preview Archived 2 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine media release