Alan Kelly (referee)
| Full name | Alan Kelly | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 9 April 1975 | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2014– | Major League Soccer | Referee | |
| 1999–2013 | FAI | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2002–2013 | FIFA Listed | Referee | |
| 2002–2013 | UEFA | Referee | |
Alan Kelly (born 9 April 1975) is a FIFA Referee from the Republic of Ireland. He has officiates primarily in the Munster Senior League, the League of Ireland and Major League Soccer and has been on the FIFA list since 2002. He has been regarded as Ireland’s top referee for the last number of years.
Kelly took up refereeing in 1994 and joined the Cork Branch of the Irish Soccer Referees Society (ISRS). He refereed in local leagues including the Munster Senior League.
He joined the League of Ireland Referees Panel in 1999 while participating in the first FAI Referee’s School of Excellence. Since then he has refereed at over 350 matches in the League of Ireland Premier Division .
In 2000, he was selected to referee the League of Ireland Cup final between Derry City and Limerick City. He refereed the 2003 FAI Cup final when Longford Town beat St Patrick's Athletic in Lansdowne Road. He also refereed the 2009 FAI Cup Final between Sporting Fingal and Sligo Rovers at Tallaght Stadium. He refereed the 2011 Setanta Sports Cup final in Tallaght Stadium between Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk.
Kelly has been ranked as Ireland’s Number 1 referee for several years and was the inaugural winner of the Players Football Association of Ireland’s (PFAI) Referee of the Year Award in 2006. He has gone on to win the award on four further occasions since.
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