Alexander George King is an Australian association football

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. He is a full-time referee on the

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since 2019 and has been an international

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since 2020.

Biography

Born in Queensland, where he attended

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, King began refereeing at the age of 13. King became a

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in the

in 2014, and the following year he made his debut as a referee in the league by replacing the injured Alan Milliner in the last ten minutes of the match between Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne Victory. He was selected as one of the league's 13 referees for the 2017–18 season. In September 2019, King was named as one of Football Australia's three full-time referees alongside Chris Beath and Shaun Evans, replacing

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who had moved to England; he had previously worked as a

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. At the turn of the year, he was added to the FIFA International Referees List as one of five Australian male referees. King was appointed to the

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in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as AVAR2, and was awarded Referee of the Year for the

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season. On 17 December 2022, he was the referee in a Melbourne Derby between Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City, when Victory fans stormed the pitch. He and City goalkeeper Tom Glover received head injuries by being struck with a metal bucket. King was part of the Asian Football Confederation Referee Academy from 2018–2022, and was selected to officiate at the

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, he was appointed to a single match between Turkmenistan and Iran.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:King, Alex Living people Sportsmen from Queensland Australian carpenters Australian soccer referees A-League Men referees Year of birth missing (living people)