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

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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Shehab Gamal

🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼fuck your Mather bitch

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علي ممدوح

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

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انت معرص

انت ابن وسخه

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Ìt's Shaimaa

Un pouvoir injuste, méprisable et corrompu 😡😡

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Ìt's Shaimaa

Unjust, despicable, and corrupt ruling 😡😡😡😡

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حقير ومرتشي حسبي الله ونعم الوكيل فيه

حكم حقير ومرتشي حسبي الله ونعم الوكيل فيه وفي الفيفا😡😡😡😡😡

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Soly

Va-t'en, espèce de chien, Lionel Messi

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فهد ياسر عادل بدوى

Fack

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Amr

Bribe taker

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حكم مرتشي بمعني الكلمه

حكم مرتشي

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مصر

لعبنا ضد الأرجنتين...وضد الحكم، وضد الـVAR، وضد شركات القمار وشركات الرعاية، وضد إسرائيل... وميسي فوقها!
مد للهخسرنا النتيجة، لكن كسبنا احترام العالم. أبطال بكل ما تحمله الكلمة من معنى 🇪🇬💪 ال
ح

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حرام تظلم مجهود بلد

مجهود بلد مظلوم

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Egypt deserves to win and you know it

Cancelling a goal after all this !!!

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I hope you see the truth

I hope you see the truth

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God is going to judge you

Matches will come and go , but god will judge you at the end

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FIFA VAR always with Argentina

Vargentina

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And now Argentina are pampered

Israel … makes sense

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Racism to its peak when he requested your help

And u gave him yellow card

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You can’t imagine the effort Egypt did

We know they were better and they won our hearts

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FIFA is fully corrupted

It’s Buisness not football