Craig Pawson

⚽ RefereeEngland

Football match official with 82 appearances across 4 competitions.

Career Stats

Total Appearances82
⚽ As Referee49
4️⃣ 4th Official8
📺 As VAR18
📺 As AVAR7
🌍 International43
🏟️ Domestic38
Competitions4

Season-by-Season Activity

'19/20
1
'20/21
11
'21/22
7
'22/23
7
'23/24
2
'25/26
38
Referee4th OfficialVARAVAR
SeasonTotalRef4thVARAVAR
2025/263817318—
2023/2422———
2022/23761——
2021/22751—1
2020/211142—5
2019/2011———
16141—1

Career Milestones

🎯
First tracked match
12/12/2019
AS Roma vs Wolfsberger AC
Europa League
🌍
First international match
12/12/2019
AS Roma vs Wolfsberger AC
Europa League
📺
First VAR appearance
08/23/2025
Arsenal FC vs Leeds United
Premier League
🏆
First Champions League match
10/21/2020
FC Bayern München vs Club Atlético De Madrid
Champions League

Match Activity

66 matches · 7 years
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Role:RefereeVARAVARNo match

Top 7% among England officials

Peer Benchmark

Match Count93%
Seasons Active93%
Competitions74%

Median in England: 8 matches · 1 season

Recent Matches

No matches found.

Top Destinations

  1. 1Rome
    6×
  2. 2Baku
    3×
  3. 3Prague
    2×
  4. 4Amsterdam
    2×
  5. 5Barcelona
    2×
  6. 6Berlin
    2×
  7. 7Herning
    2×
  8. 8Eindhoven
    2×
  9. 9Haifa
    2×
  10. 10Kyiv
    2×

Career Events

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Season Reports

2025/26 (38)2023/24 (2)2022/23 (7)2021/22 (7)2020/21 (11)2019/20 (1) (16)