Michael Oliver
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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
- Occupation
- association football referee
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- 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
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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.