Don Robertson
Robertson in 2017
Full name Donald Robertson
Born (1987-01-01) 1 January 1987
Glasgow, Scotland
Domestic
Years League Role
2014– SPFL Referee
International
Years League Role
2017– FIFA listed Referee

Donald Robertson (born 1 January 1987) is a Scottish football referee. He began refereeing in 2011,[1] and has been a FIFA referee since 2017.[2] Before his refereeing career, Robertson was a youth player with Partick Thistle (where his brother Michael also had a short spell), Queen's Park and St. Mirren.[3]

Career

Robertson first began refereeing in 2011. Since then (as of June 2020), he has made 268 refereeing appearances, given 790 yellow cards and 51 red cards.[1]

Robertson was chosen to referee the first Qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League in 2019. The game took place on 9 July 2019 in Tallinn, Estonia between local side Nõmme Kalju FC and KF Shkëndija of North Macedonia; Shkëndija won 0–1.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Games refereed by Don Robertson in 2011/2012 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  2. "2020 Refereeing International Lists" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. Online, Record Sport (2015-02-07). "I vanished from game as a player so did next best thing says ref Don Robertson". dailyrecord. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  4. Don Robertson referee profile at WorldFootball.net
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