Donald Robertson (born 1 January 1987) is a Scottish
football
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referee
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. He began refereeing in 2011,
and has been a
FIFA
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referee since 2017. Before his refereeing career, Robertson was a player with
Partick Thistle
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,
Queen's Park and
St. Mirren.
Career
Don Robertson first began refereeing in 2011. Since then (as of June 2020), he has made 268 refereeing appearances, given 790
yellow cards and 51
red cards.
Robertson was chosen to referee the first Qualifying round of the
UEFA Champions League in 2019. The game took place on 9 July 2019 in
Tallinn,
Estonia between
Nõmme Kalju FC and
KF Shkëndija. KF Shkëndija won 0–1.
References
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1987 births
Living people
Scottish football referees
UEFA Champions League referees
Scottish Professional Football League referees