Anna-Marie Keighley

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Anna-Marie Keighley
Born (1982-06-30) 30 June 1982 (age 42)
Waitara, New Zealand
Other occupation School teacher
Domestic
YearsLeagueRole
2008– NZ Football Referee
International
YearsLeagueRole
2010– FIFA listed Referee

Anna-Marie Keighley (born 30 June 1982) is an association football referee from Taranaki, New Zealand. She has officiated matches at the international level since 2010, including the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Summer Olympics. [1] Outside of refereeing, she is a school teacher at Rototuna Senior High School. [2] [3]

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Career

Keighley's first international tournament was the 2010 Championship. [4] She was later called up to several OFC tournaments, including the 2012 Olympic Qualifiers, 2014 U-20 Championship, 2016 U-17 Championship, 2022 Nations Cup as well as the men's 2016 OFC Champions League. [4]

Keighley has been the OFC representative at several intercontinental women's tournaments, including the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, [5] the 2018 U-20 World Cup, and the 2022 U-20 World Cup. [4] [6]

She was the first referee to officiate in five matches at a single edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, doing so in the 2015 World Cup. [7] During the semi-final between Japan and England, Keighley awarded a penalty for Japan for a foul that occurred outside the penalty area, for which she received criticism. [8] She has since refereed at the 2019 World Cup and was named to the shortlist for the 2023 World Cup. [4] [9] [10]

She was part of the roster for the Dallas Cup in the United States [11] and officiates matches in the domestic New Zealand Football Championship (now replaced by the New Zealand National League). [4] [12] [13] In 2017, she was one of several female referees to be named to the roster at the FIFA men's U-17 World Cup in a supporting role. [14] [11]

Personal life

Keighley married a fellow referee, Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh, in July 2017. [15] The couple officiated back-to-back matches in the Women's Knockout Cup and Chatham Cup, respectively, in September 2017. [3] She was originally based in Taranaki but moved to Auckland to pursue better refereeing opportunities. [16] Keighley later moved to Hamilton, where she teaches at Rototuna Senior High School. [6]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Referee experts sing the praises of ex Taranaki football referee". Stuff.co.nz. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 "First couple of Kiwi refereeing make history". New Zealand Football . Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "New Zealand referees Anna-Marie Keighley and Sarah Jones confirmed for 2019 Fifa Women's World Cup". Stuff.co.nz. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "OFC officials get FIFA nod". Oceania Football Confederation . 5 February 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Waikato women power team to officiate U-20 Women's World Cup". Waikato Herald. 14 June 2022. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Keighley hungry for more history". New Zealand Football. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Kiwi ref in spotlight over World Cup blunder". NZ Herald . 2 July 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "Two New Zealanders shortlisted to referee at home world cup". New Zealand Football. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Match officials appointed for FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™" (Press release). FIFA. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Q and A: Anna-Marie Keighley". New Zealand Football . Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  12. ↑ Arnold, Jon (24 March 2016). "Connection between referees who've worked Dallas Cup and big-time matches is no coincidence". Dallas Morning News . Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  13. ↑ Voerman, Andrew (20 February 2017). "Stirling Sports Premiership captains reprimanded for criticism of referees". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  14. ↑ "Keighley continues to break barriers". Oceania Football Confederation . 9 October 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  15. ↑ Walsh, Christine (2 June 2017). "Taranaki couple win dream wedding giveaway". Stuff . Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  16. ↑ "Refs fly flag for Kiwis". Oceania Football Confederation . 26 August 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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