Don Robertson (referee)

Don Robertson
Robertson in 2017
Full name Donald Robertson
Born 1 January 1987
Glasgow, Scotland
Domestic
Years League Role
2014– SPFL Referee
International
Years League Role
2017– FIFA listed Referee

Donald Robertson (born 1 January 1987) is a Scottish football referee. He began refereeing in 2011, and has been a FIFA referee since 2017. Before his refereeing career, Robertson was a youth player with Partick Thistle (where his brother Michael also had a short spell), Queen's Park and St. Mirren.

Career

Robertson first began refereeing in 2011. Since then (as of June 2020), he has made 268 refereeing appearances, given 790 yellow cards and 51 red cards.

Robertson was chosen to referee the first Qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League in 2019. The game took place on 9 July 2019 in Tallinn, Estonia between local side Nõmme Kalju FC and KF Shkëndija of North Macedonia; Shkëndija won 0–1.