Michelle O'Neill (referee)
Michelle O'Neill | |
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Born | County Wexford | 20 July 1978
Nationality | Ireland |
Occupation | Football assistant/referee |
Years active | 2001 - |
Michelle O'Neill (born 20 July 1978 in
Biography
After playing for the
From 2011, Michelle O'Neill has been an assistant referee in the UEFA Women's Champions League. In total, she refereed nine Champions League matches between 2011 and 2019.[5]
O'Neill began her career as an international match referee in 2013 with a 2015 World Cup qualifying match between the Netherlands and Albania,[6] running the line for six matches in these qualifications.
In 2015, O'Neill was appointed to be an assistant referee at the FIFA Women's World Cup hosted in Canada, the second Irish person to do so after Eddie Foley was an assistant referee during the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[7] During the World Cup she officiated at two matches.[8]
In 2016, O'Neill was called upon to referee a men's
It was in 2018, O'Neill was chosen to assist at the under-20's Women's World Cup in France, for North Korea versus England and China versus Nigeria. She was called for the second time to the Women's World Cup a year later,[10] covering four games alongside French referee Stéphanie Frappart,[11] with group ties Argentina versus Japan, and Netherlands against Canada, the quarter-final between Germany and Sweden, followed by the final, with the United States beating the Netherlands 2–0.[12][13] making O'Neill the first ever to officiate at a World Cup FINAL.
On 14 August 2019, O'Neill again assisted Frappart at the
Statistics
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References
- SouthEastRadio.ie. 8 July 2019.
- SouthEastRadio.ie. 9 January 2023.
- ^ FAI.ie.
- ^ "Michelle O'Neill | Stats | History | Career Details | Images". Extratime.com.
- ^ "Michelle O'Neill - Matches as Assistant Referee". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Albania vs. Netherlands - 26 September 2013 - Soccerway". ng.soccerway.com.
- The42.ie. Retrieved 15 August 2019..
- ^ "Corée du Sud - Costa Rica 2:2 (Femmes Coupe du Monde 2015 Canada, Groupe E)". mondefootball.fr. 14 June 2015.
- The42.ie. Retrieved 15 August 2019..
- The42.ie. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- IrishTimes.com. The Irish Times. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- IrishMirror.ie. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "World Cup: Wexford referee Michelle O'Neill on 'dream' final role in Lyon". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- Extratime.ie. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
External links
- Michelle O'Neill at Soccerway
- Michelle O'Neill's WeltFussball.de profile