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

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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

Match control

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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Comments 1,235

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Héma

Un dirigeant corrompu et lâche, et l’argent ne vous profitera pas, venez en Égypte

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مصر

You son of a whore, damn you and all those like you, you despicable creature

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Almaghrabi

👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎 You are not an honorable man Egypt wins with honor Argentina wins by cheating because of you

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روان عادل

I think that even if you were officiating a match for your own country, you would still be unfair. Money does much to deprive one of justice.

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Ali khalifa

irigeant corrompu et injuste, tu ne mérites pas le nom d'homme ; tu es pire qu'une prostituée. Je suis Égyptien, je suis fier de mon équipe et de ses hommes, et au final, vous autres sionistes ne gagnerez rien en ce monde. Liberté pour la Palestine.

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nombre

Drum for Messi, you corrupt, shameless one!
En français : « Tambour pour Messi, espèce d'homme corrompu, égaré, voleur et immonde ! »

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Ragab ahmed

Racist

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Ahmed Elkawas

Tu es chienne

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محمد المزاجنجي

يا ابن المتناك ياوسخ كسم امك يابن اللبوه عارف اللبوه يلا يامتناك ياسالب

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Les pharaons sont tes maîtres,mes 🇪🇬

Un régime sioniste , porcin, corrompu et sale

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M.A

You don’t deserve to be a referee👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

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محمد

👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

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ممنوع عليك تدخل مصر طول عمرك لانك مرتشى صهيونى عميل اتفوووو

ممنوع عليك تدخل مصر طول عمرك لانك لو دخلتها مش هتطلع وهتدفن فيها لانك مرتشى ك لب صهيونى عميل اتفووووو عليك

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Yassmina

Vous êtes une personne corrompue et sioniste. Vive la Palestine et l'Égypte ! 🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬

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sho

The most unjust referee in the history of football, due to what happened in the match between Egypt and Argentina.

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Mohamed

Shame on you 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

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Eman Ahmed Ali

Lo de la FIFA y Argentina con los Mundiales es para que se retirasen todos los equipos. Penalitos, faltitas previas y todo lo que sea para evitar que queden eliminados. Admirable el esfuerzo titánico de Egipto. Pero no tiene nada que hacer. No le van a dejar."ما تفعله الفيفا مع الأرجنتين في بطولات كأس العالم كفيل بأن يجعل جميع المنتخبات تعتزل. ركلات جزاء، وأخطاء تُحتسب قبلها، وكل ما يمكن فعله لتجنب خروجها من البطولة. أُعجب بالجهد البطولي الذي تبذله مصر، لكن لا فائدة من ذلك. لن يسمحوا لها."

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Egyption Winer

You are no man; you have neither honor nor a conscience. You are corrupt and the filthiest person I have ever laid eyes on. Damn you and the likes of you—you are a disgrace to football.

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Aya Hussine

Shame on you 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻
Egypt is the best forever

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Ahmed Elsherif

You are an unjust and unfair referee and do not deserve to be an international referee or a primary referee in general, and this match will remain a shame on you, Argentina and FIFA
Damn it you are some garbage And fuck you and fuck your morther and fuck your sister fuck you fuck yor ass fuk your mouth yabn al momath