Chris Kerr (referee)
{{Short description|New Zealand football referee}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2019}}
{{Other people|Chris Kerr}}
{{Infobox football official
| name = Chris Kerr
| fullname = Christopher Simon Kerr
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|9|2}}
| birth_place = Irvine, Scotland
| death_date =
| death_place =
| otheroccupation = Systems Engineer
| years1 = 2006–2017
| league1 = ISPS Handa Premiership
| role1 = Referee
| internationalyears1 = 2012
| confederation1 = FIFA listed
| internationalrole1 = Referee
}}
Chris Kerr (born 2 September 1976) is a retired FIFA referee, from Auckland, New Zealand. He officiated on the ISPS Handa Premiership,[http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/stirling-sports-premiership/ Stirling Sports Premiership] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224213341/http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/stirling-sports-premiership/ |date=24 February 2017 }} biography and birthdate. 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.[http://www.aucklandfootball.org.nz/index.php?id=44&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1629&tx_ttnews[backPid]=43&cHash=36360d8bc9 Interview with Auckland Football Federation Part 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003122517/http://www.aucklandfootball.org.nz/index.php?id=44&tx_ttnews& |date=3 October 2015 }} interview[http://www.aucklandfootball.org.nz/index.php?id=44&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1640&tx_ttnews[backPid]=43&cHash=531070279e Interview with Auckland Football Federation Part 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003122517/http://www.aucklandfootball.org.nz/index.php?id=44&tx_ttnews& |date=3 October 2015 }} interview 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.[http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/be49e339-37f4-48f3-b0c6-4508755e0c55/language/en-US/Default.aspx OFC] match record In 2012, he was promoted to the FIFA list as a referee[http://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkID=3872&linkType=referee&contextType=bio Worldreferee.com] bio and nominated for New Zealand Footballs' Referee of the year.[http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/new-honours-headline-nzf-awards-evening/ New honours headline NZF awards evening] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003014759/http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/new-honours-headline-nzf-awards-evening/ |date=3 October 2015 }} media release
Kerr was appointed as a match official at OFC Nations Cup,[http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/91546fc3-bb9e-46a2-9839-d76a7a602f54/language/en-US/Default.aspx Officials confirmed for OFC Nations Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517020122/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/91546fc3-bb9e-46a2-9839-d76a7a602f54/language/en-US/Default.aspx |date=17 May 2012 }} article 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.FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140709060036/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/oceania/matches/round=258398/match=300197589/report.html "Match Report - Tahiti - New Caledonia 4:3 (3:0)"]. 3 June 2012. Retrieved on 1 June 2013.
Kerr came off the FIFA referee list at the start of 2013 due to being unavailable [http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=11&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2032&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=10&cHash=346192606e New Zealand Football has 3 new FIFA officials] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208172740/http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=11&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2032&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=346192606e |date=8 February 2013 }} media release
In 2014, Kerr was the referee for the Chatham Cup Final at North Harbour Stadium between Central United and Cashmere Technical [http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/defending-champs-meet-powerhouse-in-cup-final/ 2014 Chatham Cup Final Preview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002232039/http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/defending-champs-meet-powerhouse-in-cup-final/ |date=2 October 2015 }} media release
References
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