Alan Kelly

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alan Kelly
Occupation	Association Football Referee
Date Of Birth	Apr 9, 1975(1975-04-09)
Age	49
Birthplace	Cork
Country	Ireland
Birth City	Cork
Horoscope	Taurus

Alan Kelly Biography

Alan Kelly is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Referee who was born on April 9, 1975 in Cork, Cork, Ireland. Alan Kelly (born 9 April 1975) is a FIFA Referee from the Republic of Ireland. He has officiated primarily in the Munster Senior League, the League of Ireland and Major League Soccer and has been on the FIFA list since 2002. He has been regarded as Ireland’s top referee for the last number of years.

In 2000, he was selected to referee the League of Ireland Cup final between Derry City and Limerick City. He refereed the 2003 FAI Cup final when Longford Town beat St Patrick’s Athletic in Lansdowne Road. He also refereed the 2009 FAI Cup Final between Sporting Fingal and Sligo Rovers at Tallaght Stadium. He refereed the 2011 Setanta Sports Cup final in Tallaght Stadium between Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk.

Kelly’s first taste of group stage European football came in 2005 when he took charge of the UEFA Cup Group Stage match between Shakhtar Donetsk and PAOK FC in The Ukraine. Kelly has been a regular appointee to Europa League Group Stage games and has refereed in the Round of 32 in the competition on 5 occasions.

In 2006 in Tallinn, Estonia, Kelly refereed his first World Cup Qualifier when the Estonian National Team took on Luxembourg in a Qualification match for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Since then Kelly has refereed three 2010 World Cup Qualifiers and 2014 World Cup Qualifier.

He joined the League of Ireland Referees Panel in 1999 while participating in the first FAI Referee’s School of Excellence. Since then he has refereed at over 350 matches in the League of Ireland Premier Division .

Alan Kelly Net Worth

Alan Kelly is one of the richest Association Football Referee from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alan Kelly 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kelly comes from a family of referees with his grandfather Tim Kelly having officiated in the League of Ireland and his father Pat being a former FIFA Referee who also refereed two FAI Cup Finals (1987 & 1996). His brother Graham is also a current League of Ireland Referee.

Kelly took up refereeing in 1994 and joined the Cork Branch of the Irish Soccer Referees Society (ISRS). He refereed in local leagues including the Munster Senior League.

Kelly was appointed to the FIFA list in 2002 and he refereed his first UEFA Champions League match, which was a 1st Round qualifier between Tirana and Dinamo Tbilisi in June 2003. This was the first of almost 100 appointments he has taken around Europe. Kelly refereed the U-17 European Championship semi final between France v Spain in Denmark in 2002.

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Who is Alan Kelly Dating?

According to our records, Alan Kelly married to Regina O'Connor. As of December 1, 2023, Alan Kelly’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Alan Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Referee. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Alan Kelly celebrates birthday on April 9 of every year.

In 2016, Kelly was named Major League Soccer’s Referee of the Year and was selected to referee the MLS Cup between Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders FC. The game ended 0-0 a.e.t, with Seattle defeating Toronto 5-4 in Kicks from the Mark (KFTM).