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.

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

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henda abdelkader

A Jewish dog and a corrupt, money grubbing dog go to hell
Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸
Long live the Arab republic of Egypt 🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬
We are the great Egyptians 🇪🇬 but you are the Jewish dogs 🐕

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Abdelrahman

Egypt was robbed by the referee against Argentina.

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صفوت عبدالحميد فكرى الصعيدى

A biased and unfair referee.

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JANA

حسبي الله ونعم الوكيل فيك فروض لينا ضربت جزاء

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fuke Arganten

fuke you

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دينا

حيوان

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Ali

Corrupt, corrupt, corrupt, corrupt, corrupt... Corrupt conscience, death to you.

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طلعت نادى

شعرتُ وكأن مصر تلعب ضد 12 خصمًا، مع وجود الحكم على ما يبدو في صف الأرجنتين

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Walaa Mohammad

فوز الارجنتين غير مستحق فوز بلاشرف ياعديم الشرف
حكم مجرم ومرتشى

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ملك

ظالم و مفترى و منك لله حسبي الله و نعم الوكيل فيك و ف اهلك اللى ربوك يا رب ما ينصرك ابدا انت و اهلك و ينتقم منك حسبي الله و نعم الوكيل
#مصر و الارجنين
#اعاده ماتش مصر و الارجنتين

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Alix

Fuken your mother
كس امك

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Nada Alaa

Congratulations to Egypt on the victory over FIFA and Argentina❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬

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Nada ebrahiem

You ruined your whole history and your career for a single match people will remember you as the most corrupt referee in history

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Samar

You are the one who deserves the trophy. You was literally a core Argentina player and won the match for them😂

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طلعت نادى

It felt like Egypt was playing against 12 opponents, with the referee seemingly on Argentina's side.

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Didi

Corruption no racism 🤝
I hope you françois go to hell 🖕🖕🖕🖕

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دودو

You will be shame someday in front of your self and world Egypt 🇪🇬 was the best and the winner 🏆

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Rolando marco

corrupt referee, his performance was disgraceful and completely unacceptable, and FIFA must investigate his decisions and remove him from future World Cup tournaments. Fuck him . Unfair.

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أحمد العرابي

عرص الفيفا
حكم ظالم ومرتشي وصاحب توجهات وعنصري

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Yasser

Voici le juge corrompu et immoral