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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Comments 1,196

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No fair
Tu es un juge soudoyé
Règle du voleur

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محمد رمضان

Fuck you 🫰🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼

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Atef

Vous êtes un juge corrompu

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Menna Omar

Le monde entier juge ton scandale, arbitre corrompu.

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عمرو محمد

you are an unfair

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حموده القلاوي

حكم فاسد جاحد مرتشي خادم للفيفا

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Hanem Abdelkreem

Animal

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Max

This referee is completely unfair and corrupt He has a history that everyone knows about We hope this marks the end of his disgraceful career in football
What a shame that there are still some despicable referees among us who tarnish the beautiful game through bribery and abuse of power😡

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عماد متولي

كلب ظالم

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Egyptian

You are corrupt and unjust and the whole world knows that you are corrupt

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Emad Mebed

Poor traitor that works for dirty money

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محمد احمد محمد

دول عصابه

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Yuossef

يا ظالم ضيعت تعب وفرحه بلد كامله يا عنصري

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محمود عبد

هكتبلك دعوة بالعربي وترجمها ياعرة هتشوف الظلم ف نفسك وف اعز ماتملك ف ولادك ربنا هيوجع قلبك عليهم زي موجعت قلبنا ع ظلمك لولادنا ياكافر ياابن الكافرة

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سيد شعبان

مرتش كلب خنزير سارق

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Moetaz Omran

You such an poop 💩 ass hole

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Kosomk

Kosomk ya ebn elkahbah nakolk khormk ?

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Soad Hassan

No fair fuck you and fuck Argentina and fuck Messi and fuck fifa

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Messi hater

Oh arbitre, vous êtes injuste, vous êtes ignoble, vous êtes un fanatique de Messi !