Matthew Conger

Matthew Conger, 2018

Matthew Conger (born October 11, 1978 in Plano , Texas ) is a New Zealand football referee .

Conger was born in the United States , where he started to earn some money as a referee at the age of 15. Around 2003 he moved from Athens , Georgia, to New Zealand.

Since the end of 2012, he has been leading international matches as a FIFA referee.

In 2017, Conger worked with his assistants Simon Lount and Tevita Makasini (Tonga) at the 2017 Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates . At the beginning of 2018, Conger and his assistants were nominated as one of 36 referee teams for the 2018 World Cup in Russia .

Conger works as a teacher in Palmerston North and has four children.

Appearances at the Football World Cup 2018

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	June 22, 2018	Volgograd	Nigeria	Iceland	2: 0 (0: 0)

Web links

• Matthew Conger in the worldfootball.net database
• Matthew Conger in the database of transfermarkt.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Conger climbs referees' ladder . In: Manawatu Standard , December 22, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
2. ↑ Kiwi football referee Matt Conger off to 2018 Fifa World Cup finals in Russia . In: Manawatu Standard , November 29, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
3. ↑ FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of match officials ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on resources.fifa.com. Retrieved June 1, 2018.