Peter Daniel Green (born 29 May 1978) is a retired Australian soccer referee in the Australian A-League. Green has been FIFA listed since 2006 and a member of the AFC Elite Referees Panel since 2008. He has refereed in three A-League Grand Final matches. He was the A-League referee of the year in 2013 and 2014.
| Full name | Peter Daniel Green | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1978-05-29) 29 May 1978 (age 46) Brisbane, Australia | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2000–2004 | National Soccer League | Referee | |
| 2005–2019 | A-League | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2006–2019 | FIFA | Referee | |
| AFC | Referee | ||
Green took up refereeing as a teenager, progressing to National Soccer League level in 2000.[1][2]
He has refereeing in the top tier of Australian soccer since 2002. Green was awarded a FIFA badge in 2006 and is eligible to referee international matches. He was also selected on the AFC Elite Referees Panel for the 2008 year and has refereed matches for AFC since.
During the 2012–13 A-League season, Green controlled 13 matches, including the 2012-13 A-League Grand Final.[3][4]
Green refereed the 2013-14 Grand final as a reward for his consistently high performances. He is currently the longest serving A-League central referee.[5]
On 4 April 2017, Peter Green was appointed as one of the inaugural Video assistant referee (VAR's) in the Hyundai A-League, the first top-tier football league in the world to implement the technology.[6]
On 5 December 2018, Green was appointed to be a referee at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates.[7]
Green retired as a referee on 7 May 2019.[8]
AFC Cup 2008
AFC Under 16 Championship 2008
AFC Champions League 2009
Asian Cup 2011 qualifiers
AFC Champions League 2010
2010 Sydney Festival of Football[11]
Last Saturday's ref, incidentally, was a chap by the name of Peter Green, who is in his first season as an NSL official.