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

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Presence, movement and decision speed.

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Comments 1,277

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Aya Seyam

حكم فاسد وفاشل

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Rahma Ashraf

You are not fair.
You are a disgrace to France.
Damn you.

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Abanoub

مرتشي وفاسد

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Yomna Keweta

بني ادم ظالم حسبي الله ونعم الوكيل

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Nada mosad

de fils de pute, espèce de chien, l'Égypte est la couronne sur ton tête.

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Free Palestine

Dirty referee ، swin , son of bitch
Shame on you

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Mohamed Eldahshan

You will never forgot this night and you will find us in your dream free palastine and victory egypt

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Youssef Àmř

Refereeing errors changed the course of the match. I don't know how this referee could be in the World Cup. I'm not saying he's corrupt, but he has made catastrophic mistakes in the fundamentals of refereeing, and he also has a weak personality and is afraid of the Algerian players

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منزل

nasty & corrupt

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Israa

How much did you get from fifa and Messi to kick Egypt out of the World cup despite Egypt’s win ?!!!!

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عبدالرحمن كرم

corrupt judge loves money

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A corrupt judge loves money and is not just.

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Omar Aboelata

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bahaa ali

You filthy,dog,منتخب مصر يستحق تأهل لدور الثمانية ظلم واضح والتحيز لمنتخب الأرجنتين وميسي ومرهنات

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Fuckin dirty referee ...shame on you

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Soo

Go to hell

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Soo

Fuck you

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Soo

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You filthy, despicable dog. Damn you and people like you, FIFA's dog.

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unfair referee

Espèce d'enfoiré, tu as volé le match à l'équipe nationale égyptienne pour le donner à l'Argentine, espèce de pédé, espèce de mouton, espèce de proxénète, toi dont la mère se fait baiser ici en Égypte quand elle vient