Anna-Marie Keighley


Anna-Marie Keighley is an association football referee from Taranaki, New Zealand. She has officiated matches at the international level since 2010, including the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Summer Olympics. Outside of refereeing, she is a schoolteacher at Rototuna Senior High School.

Career

She was the first referee to officiate in five matches at a single edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, doing so in 2015. During the semifinal between Japan and England, Keighley awarded a controversial penalty for Japan for a foul that occurred outside the penalty area.
Keighley has since earned qualifications to officiate in men's tournaments at the youth and amateur levels. She was part of the roster for the Dallas Cup in the United States and officiates matches in the domestic New Zealand Football Championship. In 2017, she was one of several female referees to be named to the roster at the FIFA men's U-17 World Cup in a supporting role.

Personal life

Keighley married a fellow referee, Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh, in July 2017. The couple officiated back-to-back matches in the Women's Knockout Cup and Chatham Cup, respectively, in September 2017. She was originally based in Taranaki but moved to Auckland to pursue better refereeing opportunities.