{{short description|Faroese football referee}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox football official | name = Alex Troleis | image = Ingi Poulsen and Símun Samuelsen 2012.JPG | caption = Troleis (in yellow) refereeing a local match, 2012 | fullname = Alex de Albuquerque Troleis | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|38|2018|11|24}} | birth_place = Brazil | death_date = | death_place = | otheroccupation = | years1 = 2011– | league1 = Faroe Islands Premier League | role1 = Referee | years2 = | league2 = | role2 = | internationalyears1 = 2015–2022 | confederation1 = FIFA listed | internationalrole1 = Referee }} '''Alex de Albuquerque Troleis''' (born 1979 or 1980<ref name="roysni"/>) is a Faroese former footballer and football referee who was a FIFA-listed international referee between 2015 and 2022.<ref name="roysni">{{cite news |title=Stór uppgáva til føroyskar dómarar |url=https://roysni.fo/stor-uppgava-til-foroyskar-domarar |access-date=16 November 2025 |work=Roysni |date=24 November 2018}}</ref><ref name="faroe2022"/>
== Career == Troleis was born in Brazil but moved to the Faroe Islands and became a naturalized Danish citizen, living in Toftir.<ref name="roysni"/><ref name="ref1">{{cite news |title=Home & Away nr. 113: Alex Troleis from Brazil |url=https://www.fm1.fo/home-away-nr-113-alex-troleis-from-brazil/?pg=2 |access-date=16 November 2025 |work=Radio FM1 (Faroes) |date=27 September 2023}}</ref> Between 2001 and 2007, he was a football player for the B68 Toftir, and began his career as a referee shortly after retiring in 2007.<ref name="roysni"/> Troleis oversaw games at the Faroese 1. deild kvinnur (women's top league), and refereed the next year's final of the Faroese Women's Cup between Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag and B36 Tórshavn.<ref name="womensfinal">{{cite news |title=Faroe Islands Women 2008 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/far-wom08.html |access-date=16 November 2025 |work=RSSSF |date=2008}}</ref> Also in 2008, Troleis was given official status at the Islands' 1. deild (men's second division) and, in 2009, refereed some matches in Danish football. He ascended to the Faroe Islands Premier League in 2011. In 2016, Troleis led the final game of the Faroe Islands Cup and the Faroe Islands Super Cup, which he refereed again in 2018.<ref name="ref221">{{cite news |title=Stórsteypadysturin verður 3. mars |url=http://www.fsf.fo/Default.aspx?ID=208&Action=1&NewsId=2395&PID=487 |access-date=16 November 2025 |work=FSF News |date=15 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829000237/http://www.fsf.fo/Default.aspx?ID=208&Action=1&NewsId=2395&PID=487 |archive-date=2018-08-29}}</ref> Troleis was also promoted by UEFA and FIFA to lead games at the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League, with his first match there being Tottenham Hotspur F.C. vs. Inter.<ref name="roysni"/>
In November 2021, he oversaw the second-leg semifinal of the FI Cup between B36 Tórshavn and Víkingur Gøta.<ref name="infofaroes">{{cite news |last1=Hansen |first1=Jóanes |title=B36 eigur heilt serligt steypaminni |url=https://www.in.fo/news-detail/b36-eigur-heilt-serligt-steypaminni |access-date=16 November 2025 |work=Info Newspaper (Faroes) |date=29 November 2021}}</ref>
At international level, Troleis has had roles in minor European leagues, like the UEFA Europa League in 2020, refereeing matches between less prominent teams, such as a game between SC Gjilani and SP Tre Penne,<ref>{{cite news |title=This referee is entrusted with Gjilan's match in the Europa League |url=https://indeksonline.net/en/ketij-gjyqtari-i-besohet-ndeshja-e-gjilanit-ne-europa-league/ |access-date=16 November 2025 |work=IndeksOnline |date=16 August 2020}}</ref> as well as qualification matches for the UEFA European Championship qualifying, including a victory of Kosovo U-21 against Norway U-21 in 2017, where he issued a red card to a Kosovar player in the 53rd minute.<ref name="uefa1">{{cite news |title=Noruega 0 - 3 Kosovo |url=https://es.uefa.com/under21/match/2022390--norway-vs-kosovo/matchinfo/ |access-date=16 November 2025 |work=UEFA |date=12 June 2017 |language=es}}</ref> In the same year, Troleis also refereed another UEFA qualification match between the Czech Republic and San Marino (5–0).<ref>{{cite news |title=Czech Republic v. San Marino |url=https://www.espn.com.ar/futbol/partido/_/juegoId/431657/san-marino-republica-checa |access-date=16 November 2025 |work=ESPN |date=2017}}</ref>
Troleis' contract with FIFA ended in 2022, when his spot as a representative of the Faroe Islands was replaced by referee Jóhan Hendrik Ellefsen.<ref name="faroe2022">{{cite news |title=Jóhan Hendrik nýggjur FIFA dómari |url=https://www.fsf.fo/johan-hendrik-nyggjur-fifa-domari/ |access-date=16 November 2025 |work=FSF News |date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
== Selected international record == {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center; font-size:small;" ! colspan="4" | UEFA European Championship qualifying |- ! Date !! Match !! Result !! Venue |- | 12 June 2017 || {{fb|Norway}} – {{fb|Kosovo}} || 0–3 || Marienlyst Stadion |- | 8 October 2017 || {{fb|Czech Republic}} – {{fb|San Marino}} || 5–0 || Doosan Arena |}
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