--- id: bcfdf36b-d2f2-4a20-b960-1b7ee003afcc title: 'Jarred Gillett: Australian Soccer Referee' abstract: Jarred Gillett is an Australian soccer referee born in 1986 who has officiated in the A-League, EFL, and Premier League. He was a FIFA-listed referee from 2013 to 2019 and resumed FIFA listing in 2023 after relocating to England. The document outlines his career progression and statistical records in domestic and international football. classification: primary: '796.332' secondary: - 796.332.2 - '03' udc_main_class: '7' tags: - soccer - referee - Premier League - FIFA - sports biography - football topics: - Sports - Biography - Football author: '' created_at: '2026-05-31T23:39:47.543790' updated_at: '2026-06-01T00:58:57.362727' sources: - type: url uri: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarred_Gillett format: url_fetch udc_label: Basketball version: '1' --- ## Card: Jarred Gillett: Australian Soccer Referee Jarred Gillett is an Australian soccer referee born in 1986 who has officiated in the A-League, EFL, and Premier League. He was a FIFA-listed referee from 2013 to 2019 and resumed FIFA listing in 2023 after relocating to England. The document outlines his career progression and statistical records in domestic and international football. ## Classification Primary: 796.332 | Secondary: 796.332.2, 03 | Tags: soccer, referee, Premier League, FIFA, sports biography, football | Topics: Sports, Biography, Football ## Content Jarred Gillett - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Statistics Toggle Statistics subsection 3.1 Australia 3.2 England 3.3 International 4 Notes 5 References Toggle the table of contents Jarred Gillett 9 languages العربية Deutsch Italiano 日本語 Nederlands Русский Simple English Українська Tiếng Việt Edit links Article Talk English Read View source View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read View source View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Australian soccer referee (born 1986) Jarred Gillett Full name Jarred Gavan Gillett Born ( 1986-11-01 ) 1 November 1986 (age 39) 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 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. 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 ^ Irish-born Dermot Gallagher was a Premier League referee from 1992 to 2007. ^ Totals for 2014–15 onwards due to lack records. References ^ "Jarred Gillett, Jarred Gavan Gillett" . BDFutbol . 29 July 2024 . Retrieved 2 September 2024 . ^ "Matches as referee" . worldfootball.net . Retrieved 2 September 2024 . ^ Tips from the top young referees Archived 23 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine at premierleague.com ^ "Jared Gillett (Referee)" . Ultimate A-League . Retrieved 25 April 2012 . ^ "Hyundai A-League first to use Video Assistant Referees" . 3 April 2017. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. ^ "Sydney FC star claims Johnny Warren Medal" . May 2017. ^ "JFA Exchange Program" . ^ "Australian referee Gillett set to officiate in England" . premierleague.com . 11 February 2019 . Retrieved 11 February 2019 . ^ "EFL Referee appointments 19–23 March 2019" . efl.com . Retrieved 16 April 2019 . ^ "Jarred Gillett to take charge of Saturday's play-off second leg" . Brentford F.C . 20 May 2021 . Retrieved 24 May 2021 . ^ "Aussie ref leaves pitch to boos after chaotic EPL match" . FTBL . Retrieved 26 September 2021 . ^ a b c "Jarred Gillett | Latest Football Betting Odds | Soccer Base" . www.soccerbase.com . Retrieved 9 September 2021 . ^ "Jarred Gillett (Referee) :: Ultimate A-League" . www.ultimatealeague.com . 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