AFC Referee Academy graduates receive first competition call-up

Sat, 04 Jun, 2022

AFC Referee Academy graduates receive first competition call-up

Tashkent: Alex King of Australia is the among the first AFC Referee Academy graduates to be appointed in an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) top-level competition, underlining the AFC’s Vision and Mission through the Academy to ensure Asia’s match officials continue to grace the biggest stages in world football.

The 30-year-old King recently graduated from the AFC Referee Academy and took charge of his first match of the AFC U23 Asian Cup™ Uzbekistan 2022 Group A clash between debutants Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran at the Bunyodkor Stadium on Saturday.
 
King, who completed the 4-year programme before graduating in 2022, was delighted with his debut appointment. 

“The AFC Referee Academy is a great platform for potential referees to improve and become better match officials. I’m proud to be part of the AFC Referee Academy and to earn my first call up as a referee.”

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