Jarred Gillett

Jarred Gavan Gillett (born 1 November 1986) is an Australian soccer referee. He has been a referee in the Premier League, the top flight of the English football pyramid, since his promotion to the Select Group referees list in August 2021.

Jarred Gillett

Full name	Jarred Gavan Gillett
Born	(1986-11-01) 1 November 1986 (age 38) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Domestic
Years	League	Role
2010–2019	A-League	Referee
2019–	EFL	Referee
2021–	Premier League	Referee
International
Years	League	Role
2013–2019	FIFA listed	Referee
2023–	FIFA listed	Referee

From 2013 to 2019, Gillett was a FIFA-listed referee representing Football Federation Australia. After relocating to England in 2019, he began officiating there and returned to the FIFA list in 2023, this time representing the Football Association.

Early life

Jarred Gavan Gillett was born on 1 November 1986 on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.^[1][2]

Career

Gillett has refereed five Hyundai A-League Grand Finals (2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) and has been named the Hyundai A-League Referee of the Year on five occasions (2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18).^{[citation needed]}

He refereed the October 2009 National Youth League Grand Final. He was part of the Asian Football Confederation Project Future referees program and visited the Premier League in England in 2010 with the AFC.^[3]

Gillett made his A-League debut during the 2010–11 A-League season, officiating in 15 matches, including the elimination semi-final between Adelaide United and Wellington Phoenix.^[4]

In November 2016, Gillett was approached by ASEAN Football Federation to officiate in the 2016 AFF Championship first leg of the semi-finals match between Indonesia and Vietnam in Bogor.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2017, he was appointed as one of the inaugural video assistant referees (VARs) in the A-League (the first top-tier football league in the world to implement the technology).^[5]

When Gillett was awarded the Hyundai A-League Referee of the Year award in 2016–17 for a record fourth time; this made him the most successful referee in A-League history.^[6]

The 2018 A-League Grand Final between Newcastle Jets and Melbourne Victory was his fifth time, and fourth consecutive appearance, refereeing the Grand Final. In October 2018, Gillett refereed the 2018 FFA Cup Final between Adelaide United and Sydney FC.^{[citation needed]}

He has also officiated in the J-League (as part of an exchange program),^[7] the Indian Super League, the Chinese Super League and the Saudi Professional League and at the 2015 International Champions Cup.^{[citation needed]}

Gillett joined Select Group 2 in England at the start of the 2019–20 season after taking up a post-doctoral research position at Liverpool John Moores University.^[8]

On 15 April 2019, Gillett was selected to take charge of his first fixture in the EFL. He was chosen to officiate the EFL League Two match between Morecambe and Cheltenham Town on 22 April 2019.^[9] Gillett officiated his first Championship match, Blackburn Rovers v Swansea City, on the final day of the 2018–19 season.^{[citation needed]}

On 24 September 2019, he officiated an EFL Cup game. He refereed the match between Colchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.^{[citation needed]}

Gillett also took charge of the second leg of the 2020–21 EFL Championship play-off semi-final between Brentford and AFC Bournemouth.^[10]

On 22 June 2021, Gillett was selected with three other referees to be promoted to the Select Group 1, allowing him to officiate Premier League games from the 2021–22 Premier League season onwards.^{[citation needed]}

On 25 September 2021, he became the first person born outside of the British Isles and the second person born outside of the United Kingdom to referee a Premier League game, taking charge of a 1–1 draw between Watford and Newcastle United.^[11][a]

Statistics

Australia

As of 9 September 2021^[12][13]

Season	Games	Total	per game	Total	per game
2010–11	14	–	–	–	–
2011–12	24	–	–	–	–
2012–13	18	–	–	–	–
2013–14	14	–	–	–	–
2014–15	14	70	5.00	4	0.36
2015–16	21	101	4.81	2	0.10
2016–17	17	96	5.65	7	0.41
2017–18	21	85	4.05	4	0.19
2018–19	16	64	4.00	4	0.25
Total[b]	159	416	4.67	21	0.24

England

As of 16 May 2024^[12]

Season	Games	Total	per game	Total	per game
2018–19	3	12	4.00	0	0.00
2019–20	29	95	3.28	2	0.07
2020–21	32	102	3.19	3	0.09
2021–22	22	57	2.59	5	0.23
2022–23	26	74	2.85	2	0.08
2023–24	30	128	4.27	3	0.10
Total	142	468	3.30	15	0.11

International

As of 9 September 2021^[12]

Season	Games	Total	per game	Total	per game
2018	1	2	2.00	0	0.00
Total	1	2	2.00	0	0.00

Notes

1. Irish-born Dermot Gallagher was a Premier League referee from 1992 to 2007.
2. Totals for 2014–15 onwards due to lack records.