| Full name | Jarred Gavan Gillett | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | (1986-11-01)1 November 1986 (age 39) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2010–2019 |   A-League | Referee | |
| 2019– |  EFL | Referee | |
| 2021– | Premier League | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2013–2019 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
| 2023– | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Jarred Gavan Gillett (born 1 November 1986) is an Australiansoccer referee. He has been a referee in thePremier League, the top flight of theEnglish football pyramid, since his promotion to theSelect Group referees list in August 2021.
From 2013 to 2019, Gillett was aFIFA-listed referee representingFootball Federation Australia. After relocating to England in 2019, he began officiating there and returned to the FIFA list in 2023, this time representingthe Football Association.
Jarred Gavan Gillett was born on 1 November 1986 on theGold Coast inQueensland, Australia.[1][2]
Gillett has refereed fiveHyundai A-League Grand Finals (2012,2015,2016,2017,2018) and has been named the Hyundai A-League Referee of the Year on five occasions (2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18).[citation needed]
He refereed theOctober 2009 National Youth League Grand Final. He was part of theAsian Football Confederation Project Future referees program and visited thePremier League in England in 2010 with the AFC.[3]
Gillett made hisA-League debut during the2010–11 A-League season, officiating in 15 matches, including the elimination semi-final betweenAdelaide United andWellington Phoenix.[4]
In November 2016, Gillett was approached byASEAN Football Federation to officiate in the2016 AFF Championship first leg of the semi-finals match betweenIndonesia andVietnam inBogor.[citation needed]
In April 2017, he was appointed as one of the inauguralvideo assistant referees (VARs) in the A-League (the first top-tier football league in the world to implement the technology).[5]
When Gillett was awarded the Hyundai A-League Referee of the Year award in 2016–17 for a record fourth time; this made him the most successful referee in A-League history.[6]
The2018 A-League Grand Final betweenNewcastle Jets andMelbourne Victory was his fifth time, and fourth consecutive appearance, refereeing the Grand Final. In October 2018, Gillett refereed the2018 FFA Cup Final between Adelaide United andSydney FC.[citation needed]
He has also officiated in theJ-League (as part of an exchange program),[7] theIndian Super League, theChinese Super League and theSaudi Professional League and at the2015 International Champions Cup.[citation needed]
Gillett joinedSelect Group 2 in England at the start of the2019–20 season after taking up a post-doctoral research position atLiverpool John Moores University.[8]
On 15 April 2019, Gillett was selected to take charge of his first fixture in theEFL. He was chosen to officiate theEFL League Two match betweenMorecambe andCheltenham Town on 22 April 2019.[9] Gillett officiated his firstChampionship match,Blackburn Rovers vSwansea City, on the final day of the 2018–19 season.[citation needed]
On 24 September 2019, he officiated anEFL Cup game. He refereed the match betweenColchester United andTottenham Hotspur.[citation needed]
Gillett also took charge of the second leg of the2020–21 EFL Championship play-off semi-final betweenBrentford andAFC Bournemouth.[10]
On 22 June 2021, Gillett was selected with three other referees to be promoted to theSelect Group 1, allowing him to officiate Premier League games from the2021–22 Premier League season onwards.[citation needed]
On 25 September 2021, he became the first person born outside of theBritish Isles and the second person born outside of the United Kingdom to referee a Premier League game, taking charge of a 1–1 draw betweenWatford andNewcastle United.[11][a]
| Season | Games | Total | per game | Total | per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | 14 | – | – | – | – |
| 2011–12 | 24 | – | – | – | – |
| 2012–13 | 18 | – | – | – | – |
| 2013–14 | 14 | – | – | – | – |
| 2014–15 | 14 | 70 | 5.00 | 4 | 0.36 |
| 2015–16 | 21 | 101 | 4.81 | 2 | 0.10 |
| 2016–17 | 17 | 96 | 5.65 | 7 | 0.41 |
| 2017–18 | 21 | 85 | 4.05 | 4 | 0.19 |
| 2018–19 | 16 | 64 | 4.00 | 4 | 0.25 |
| Total[b] | 159 | 416 | 4.67 | 21 | 0.24 |
| Season | Games | Total | per game | Total | per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2019–20 | 29 | 95 | 3.28 | 2 | 0.07 |
| 2020–21 | 32 | 102 | 3.19 | 3 | 0.09 |
| 2021–22 | 22 | 57 | 2.59 | 5 | 0.23 |
| 2022–23 | 26 | 74 | 2.85 | 2 | 0.08 |
| 2023–24 | 30 | 128 | 4.27 | 3 | 0.10 |
| Total | 142 | 468 | 3.30 | 15 | 0.11 |
| Season | Games | Total | per game | Total | per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 |