Shaun Evans

Shaun Evans (born 21 October 1987) is an Australian association football referee. He began officiating in the A-League as an assistant referee in 2008, and was promoted to referee in 2012. He was named as a full-time Football Australia referee in 2016, and the following year he was named on the FIFA International Referees List. He was voted Referee of the Year in the 2018–19 A-League. Evans refereed in the 2019 A-League Grand Final, the 2021 FFA Cup Final and the 2022 AFC Cup Final. He has also officiated in the Chinese Super League and Indonesian Liga 1, as well as the 2014 Chinese FA Cup Final. He was selected as a Video Assistant Referee at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Biography Born in the state of Victoria, Evans began officiating in the A-League as an assistant referee in 2008, being promoted to referee for 2012–13. In August 2016, Football Australia CEO David Gallop named him as one of three full-time professional referees, alongside Jarred Gillett and Chris Beath and replacing the retired Ben Williams. Before this promotion, he was a bricklayer. At the start of 2017, he was one of five Australian male referees put on FIFA's list of international referees. He officiated an international friendly between Uzbekistan and Lebanon in November 2018.