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Michael Oliver

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English football referee

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Michael Oliver is a person from Germany who began his work period in 2010. He is recognized as a referee, with a dedicated category on Commons. In literary contexts, he is listed as an author with fifty works, including titles such as *North by Polaris*, *North to the Baltic Sea*, *Who Will Be the Last to Let You Down?*, *Civil War in Grundy County and Southern Middle Tennessee*, and *Last to Let You Down*.

His profile includes a playcount of 3258 and 1644 listeners on Last.fm. Crossref records five works associated with him. Additionally, his entry is referenced by 959 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 13 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Key facts

2007
English Football League
2010
Premier League
2012
FIFA listed
2018
UEFA Elite
Full name
Michael Oliver
Born
( 1985-02-20 ) 20 February 1985 (age 41) , Ashington , Northumberland, England
Years
League
2003 2005
Northern League
2005 2007
Football Conference

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Michael
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Ashington
Languages spoken
English language
Country for sport
England
Image
FC Salzburg gegen FC Bayern München (Championsleague Achtelfinale Hinspiel 16. Februar 2022) 18.jpg
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date of birth
1985-02-20
Commons category
Michael Oliver (referee)
start of work period
2010-00-00
name in native language
Michael Oliver
Sources (2)

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Encyclopedic overview

Michael Oliver (born 20 February 1985) is an English professional football referee from Ashington, Northumberland. His county FA is the Northumberland Football Association. He belongs to the Select Group of Referees in England and officiates primarily in the Premier League.

He received his FIFA badge in 2012, allowing him to officiate in major international matches. Oliver was appointed to take charge of the final of the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Oliver was promoted to the UEFA Elite Group of Referees in 2018, and is widely considered one of the best European football referees of his generation.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Oliver” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.