François Letexier refereeing a match

French · FIFA listed · UEFA elite

François
Letexier

A modern elite football referee with major appointments across UEFA finals, EURO 2024, Olympic football and World Cup-level competition.

EURO 2024 Final UEFA Super Cup 2023 Europa League Final 2026 IFFHS Best Referee 2024

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A referee built for the big stage.

Letexier’s rise has been fast: Ligue 1 in 2016, FIFA listed in 2017, then a string of high-profile UEFA and international appointments. His style is commonly associated with strong fitness, clean positioning and calm communication in intense matches.

2017FIFA referee
65UEFA matches by Euro 2024 final appointment
35Age at EURO 2024 final
3Major UEFA finals as referee

Featured moments

Career-defining assignments

2024

UEFA EURO Final

Spain vs England in Berlin — the appointment that moved him into the global spotlight.

2023

UEFA Super Cup

Manchester City vs Sevilla, his first senior UEFA final as the central referee.

2026

Europa League Final

SC Freiburg vs Aston Villa at Beşiktaş Park, Istanbul.

François Letexier giving direction during a match

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Presence, movement and decision speed.

This profile brings together key milestones, match appointments and career facts in a clean, mobile-first sports presentation.

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illuminati conspiracy theoriest zara is a cultist!

zara made a comment way older if you scroll back so far to the oldest messages and i know that it was the same person. Named zara. He or she was making a conspiracy shutting all the people who opposed the referee for rigging the egypt vs argentina match that the eye of illuminati picked and chose argentina to win the world cup and that the eye of illuminati deems other teams unworthy of the world cup. ZARA IS A CULTIST AND IF ARGENTINA WINS THE WORLDCUP THEN HE IS. and those who dont know illuminati is a evil cult that makes and creates conspiracies for major events like the end of the world and the world cup. So i think zara cursed the world cup

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Zara Is One Person

And Zara all those nice little comments you made was obviously you and the same person. Stop trying to get social approval and attention by acting multiple people. You are a cultist of a illuminati or some sh

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Zara sucks butt licker

Zara or whoever are you. You are not doing anything to stop the hate on this dude. He ruined mostly of FIFA World cup fans experiences by rigging the egypt vs argentina game and people already hate on argentina and 80% of people want spain to win in the finals because the fifa community thinks that argentina rigged the whole game and you must be a 40 year old discord troll who still goes on grocery shopping with his mom and obviously you'd like this ref and no an entire country isn't gonna accept a lost, multiple continents would of how rigged that match was.

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Zara

And for people that are saying we have eypt in our heart im not a Egyptian fan im a argentina fan i hate egypt mohamed could atleast open his mouth and say it was no foul standin the like a rich mab françois do not let these comments take over say something for the to get cold some of us love letexier and if you saw this say i love me for who i am

From zara

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Zara

I do not know for the others but your the best referee ever me and my family can not wait to see you again do not look at hate comments just keep doing your job and the they will see in the end

Love from zara and family💝😊🌷

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John

To the Letexier fan defending him, please watch the match. It is not just 90 mins, but an entire country's years of collective effort, hope and dream. We can accept a loss, as it is part of the game, but we cannot accept being biased. There are numerous references where Egyptian players are attacked which constitute a foul, but didn't even allow for var review when requested by the Egyptian players. It is apparent to the whole world of unbiased conscious people that argentina wouldn't have won if not for this referee acting biased. That being said, I will never support abuse to his family or friends. He needs to be held accountable for his mistake but personal abuse not related to his referee role should not be accepted.

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Truc Quyen

To the extreme Egypt fans and Messi haters:

Please accept the result and stop the personal attacks against François Letexier. If you truly believe he was biased or corrupt, then provide credible evidence instead of spreading accusations. FIFA's Chairman of the Referees Committee, Pierluigi Collina, publicly defended the officiating team, stating that no one should question the integrity or independence of World Cup referees. He also warned that baseless accusations can put referees and their families at risk. It's perfectly fine to debate football decisions, but it's never acceptable to turn a referee into the target of abuse and conspiracy theories.

From a François Letexier fan.

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Mohamed

"This referee is for hire; whoever pays him wins."

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Mohamed

You are one of the corrupted referees.
You are unfair.

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أنا إنسان not insane.

the absolute worst and most unfair referee ever. egypt won in our hearts ❤️‍🩹

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No sense of ethics or fair play, you worthless bribe taker

''A professional profile of French elite referee François Letexier, featuring biography, career milestones, major matches and recent assignments.'' Yeah right, all of this website with your so called accomplishements just be to a corrupt and scummy referee. You, Gianni Infantino and the entirety of VAR have no integrity whatsoever and need to be removed immediately.

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u-wanker

How do you sleep? Because if I did what you did, I would be having dreams about it for my lifetime. Dick sucker

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Human

How much did you get paid for ruining the integrity of the World Cup?

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Egypt is the true winner mother fucker

You are taking bribes and has no morals or conscience should be thrown in the nearest garbage can.

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Cpt.hamd

Location send me location or message why you afraid

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Cpt.Hamd

The worst referee in the world and my grandma referees better than you

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Cpt . Sief

Fils de pute

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Sief

Just sit on my dick