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.

Community

Comments 1,197

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Alaa Ayman

Hello , I want to say that some refrees like you will always help in corruption by being paid and acting fool and disrespectful i wish you to be in jail and hell then for ppl like you you racist MF

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Fuck u

Worst refree

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Fransoa

Fils de pute

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Shahd Mostafa

no fair 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻💸💸💸💸🇪🇬❤🇵🇸

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Mohamed Gamal

Vous êtes un dirigeant corrompu qui accepte de l'argent en échange de sa collaboration contre les autres, misérable corrompu.

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عمر احمد بنداري

The judgement of Marchi is unjust 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

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محمود احمد

No fair

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hos

You are a disreputable, unfair, and corrupt referee.

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Nabil Salih

🫰🫰🫰

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كسم الفيفا

مصر فازت وتأهلت الارجنتين🖕

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Elbehiri

Racist Referee

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Adam

kosmk ya abn alkhph

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شرين عمر

Fuck u and fuck Argentina and fuck Messi

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حسام يوسف

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

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Abdulrahman Omar Fayed

Fuck you

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Ali

Fuck u all the time

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loay

You are a referee who doesn't understand anything

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Khaled

Not fair ya cos omak

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Jana

You are a racist asshole!!