Rob Rogers

Rob Rogers

Full name	Robert Rogers
Born	(1983-11-12) 12 November 1983
Domestic
Years	League	Role
2005-?	League of Ireland	Assistant referee
2007-	League of Ireland	Referee
International
Years	League	Role
2009-?	FIFA listed	Futsal referee
2012	FIFA listed	Football referee

Robert Rogers born 12 November 1983 is a referee in football and futsal. He is currently on the FIFA International Referees List as a football referee. In 2009 he became the first FIFA-listed futsal referee from the Republic of Ireland. He was a notable entrant into RTÉ's Good, Bad and Ugly on their flagship League of Ireland Association Football Show MNS, for his "cheeky backheel".^[1]

Football refereeing

Rogers was appointed to the National League panel of referees in 2005 as an assistant referee. Rogers took charge of his first League of Ireland match in 2007 in which Athlone Town beat Kildare County by 4 goals to 2.

He became FIFA-listed as a referee in 2012.^[2]

Futsal refereeing

Rob Rogers was appointed to the FIFA International List for Futsal Referees for the 2009 season. In doing so he became the first referee from Ireland to hold this position.^[3]

He has officiated at the Four Nations championship held in England in December 2008, taking charge of the opening fixture between Libya and Lithuania and the final match between hosts England and Libya before a packed house in Loughborough.

• Rogers was appointed to the preliminary qualifying stages of the UEFA Futsal Championship in February 2009
• Rob Rogers was appointed to the UEFA Futsal Cup Preliminary Group F held in Austria, August 2009
• Rob Rogers was appointed as Second Referee to the inaugural Futsal League of Ireland final in 2007 in which Shamrock Rovers beat UCD.
• Rob Rogers was appointed as First Referee at the Futsal League of Ireland final in 2009 held in the National Basketball arena in Tallaght. Cork City beat defending Champions St. Patrick's Athletic.

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