Chris Kerr (born 2 September 1976) is a retired FIFA referee, from Auckland, New Zealand. He officiated on the ISPS Handa Premiership,Stirling Sports Premiership biography and birthdate. the national football competition of New Zealand, and is also a former OFC Champions League referee in the Oceania Football Confederation. His occupation is as a Systems Engineer.
Career Kerr first took up refereeing in 1991 at the age of 14 in his home town of New Plymouth.Interview with Auckland Football Federation Part 1 interviewInterview with Auckland Football Federation Part 2 interview In 2006, he became a referee on the New Zealand Football Championship. In 2009, he officiated his first OFC Champions League match between Marist FC (Solomon Islands) and Lautoka F.C. (Fiji) in Honiara. Since then, he has refereed further OFC Champions League games and was a match official at the South Pacific Games in 2011 refereeing his first international.OFC match record In 2012, he was promoted to the FIFA list as a refereeWorldreferee.com bio and nominated for New Zealand Footballs' Referee of the year.New honours headline NZF awards evening media release
Kerr was appointed as a match official at OFC Nations Cup,Officials confirmed for OFC Nations Cup article which served as round 2 of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil for the OFC region. He officiated the match between Tahiti and New Caledonia.FIFA. "Match Report - Tahiti - New Caledonia 4:3 (3:0)". 3 June 2012. Retrieved on 1 June 2013.
Kerr came off the FIFA referee list at the start of 2013 due to being unavailable New Zealand Football has 3 new FIFA officials media release
In 2014, Kerr was the referee for the Chatham Cup Final at North Harbour Stadium between Central United and Cashmere Technical 2014 Chatham Cup Final Preview media release
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