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Ruddy Buquet (Active)
Ruddy received his badge in 2011, he started as a category 3 ,now 2, ref.
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Tony Chapron (Active)
Tony Chapron was born in Flers and has been a referee since 1998. The international matches he took charge of until 2009 all had the word qualifier in front . But In Febr...
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Laurent Duhamel (Active)
Rouen born Duhamel is a referee since 1984. He received his Fifa badge in 1999 and is an UEFA Elite Category referee since 2006 but what many of our reporters saw coming:...
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Saïd Ennjimi (Active)
Said Ennjimi became international referee in 2008 and took charge of a UEFA Cup first round match in the very same year. France is in need of more top referees and he is ...
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Fredy Fautrel (Active)
Born in Avranches and Federation referee since 1993, Fredy Fautrel is active in qualifiers and the group stage of the UEFA Cup.. He is a UEFA category 1 referee.
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Antony Gautier (Active)
He started as a Category 3 ref in 2010 and went up to the 1st in 2011. And suddenly he was assigned to a CL group stage match too, one and a half years to reach the realm...
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Stéphane Lannoy (Active)
Stéphane Lannoy is a French federation referee since 1998. Lannoy played football until he was 20, didn't think he was good enough to become a professional and turned to...
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Nicolas Rainville (Active)
We haven't got much on this referee, as you can see. Think you can help us out? Then do please write us an email!
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Clément Turpin (Active)
Turpin is a UEFA Second Category referee. He is the youngest ever in France to get the FIFA badge.
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José Barbéran (Retired)
Born in Valdenobres, Spain, Jose Berberan was a FIFA referee from 1958 until 1965. Among many matches he took charge of a match at the 1964 European Championships and a l...
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Marc Batta (Retired)
As the referee chief since 2004, Marc Batta came under fire early 2008 when no French referee was selected for an important tournament like EURO 2008. It was the first ti...
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Ottorino di Bernardo (Retired)
A FIFA referee who retired internationally at the end of 1980 and started perhaps one or two years before that.
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Gerard Biguet (Retired)
Gerard Biguet held his FIFA badge from 1982 till 1992. Among the many matches he took charge of was one in the 1992 European Championships and the final of the 1988 Olym...
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Claude Bouillet (Retired)
Player fro Stade Lavallois, air force officer and international referee in the 1980s. Claude Bouillet took charge of the final of the Coup de France in 1988.
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Stephane Bre (Retired)
What happened to Stephane Bré? He got his FIFA badge in 1998 and had what looked like a promising career until 2004. On the FIFA list until the end of 2008 but no matche...
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Claude Colombo (Retired)
This century, Claude Colombo's level of matches have gone down from 2nd round Champions League matches in 2001 and 2002 to a sole qualifier for the same tournament in 200...
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Bruno Coue (Retired)
Last seen internationally in 2006 but Bruno Coue is still (2009) active in France. The first round of the UEFA Cup must be the highest he got, but something must have gon...
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Alain Delmer (Retired)
We haven't got much on this referee, as you can see. Think you can help us out? Then do please write us an email!
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Bruno Derrien (Retired)
Allthough still active as a member of referee commissions etc, Bruno Derrien retired from football in 2006.
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Jaqcues Devillers (Retired)
Jacques Devillers took charge of the 1952 Coup de France and of international matches in the 1950s.
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Pascal Garibian (Retired)
This former international referee, who is also listed as famous Armenian, retired in 2006. Interntionally he took charge of matches in the first stages of the UEFA Cup.
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Maurice Guigue (Retired)
Maurice Alexandre Guigue took charge of three matches and the final in the 1958 World Cup. He died in 2011.
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Remi Harrel (Retired)
Remi Harrel was a FIFA referee from 1989 till 1999 and a Division 1 ref between 1983 and 2000. He took charge of the Coup de France final in 1993.
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Robert Helies (Retired)
Referee in the national leagues from 1961, FIFA ref from 1966. 1972 must have been his year: Helies took charge of the European Cup final between Ajax and Inter and the E...
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Philippe Kalt (Retired)
Although internationally active for a long time 1998-2009, Philippe Kalt seemed to have been stuck with Intertoto matches and the occasional UEFA Cup and U20 qualifier. H...
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Michel Kitabjian (Retired)
The 1968 Olympic Tournament, the final of the 1974 European Cup and many more matches, see his palmares. Michel Kitabjian also took charge of the final of the 1965 Coup d...
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Georges Konrath (Retired)
A former player until he was 20 years old, Alsatian George Konrath was a federal referee from 1972 and a FIFA ref from 1975.
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Robert Lacoste (Retired)
We haven't got much on this referee, as you can see. Think you can help us out? Then do please write us an email!
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Jean-Marie Lartigot (Retired)
Three matches in the 1989 u17 World Cup, he retired internationally in 1994 and then he went into referee committee politics.
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Bertrand Layec (Retired)
A manager from Brittany and French referee of the year in 2002 and 2003, Layec officiates in the French Premier League since 1998 and got his FIFA badge in 2002. He is a ...
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Damien Ledentu (Retired)
A referee in France since 1994 and internationally from 2005 till the end of 2009, Damien Ledentu was active in the Intertoto and under 21's and qualifiers. Ledentu was a...
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Philippe Leduc (Retired)
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Roger Machin (Retired)
1970 was a good year for Roger Machin, not only did he go to Morocco to take charge of a match, he also did the final of the Coup de France and a match at the World Cup.
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Stephane Moulin (Retired)
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Antoine de Pandis (Retired)
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Didier Pauchard (Retired)
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Hervé Piccirillo (Retired)
Hervé Piccirillo is a referee in the French Football Federation (FFF) since 1990 and FIFA-referee since 2005.
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Eric Poulat (Retired)
The French Referee of the year 2004 Eric Poulat was born in in 1963 in the town of Chaponost. He is active in the French competition since 1991 and internationally since ...
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Joel Quiniou (Retired)
Maybe the best French referee ever, Joel Quiniou holds the record of most World Cup matches: eight matches in 3 World Cups. Another record was the fastest red card in a ...
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Alain Sars (Retired)
Alain Sars was one of the most experienced European referees. His international debut was in 1993 at the early age of 32. He officiated his first match when he was only 1...
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Pierre Schwinté (Retired)
Four matches in two World Cup finals, a quarter and a semi final, but Pierre Schwinte's most famous match was probably Italy versus North Korea at the World Cup 1966 in E...
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Olivier Thual (Retired)
Olivier Thual is a federation referee since the year 2000. He was the youngest referee in top France league L1. Internationally, in August 2007 he went straight to the Ch...
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Jean Tricot (Retired)
1966 must have been the best year Jean Tricot as a referee: he did a quarter-final of the European Cup Winner's Cup and the final of the Coup de France in Paris.
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Michel Vautrot (Retired)
Michel Vautrot, one of the best French referees ever, took charge of 5 World Cup matches: 2 in 1982 and 3 in 1990, one was the final. In France he holds the record of ...
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Gilles Veissiere (Retired)
You could call Gilles Veissiere an almost great referee. Many Champions League matches (6 in 2001-2002), matches in European Championships 2000 and 2004 and two matches i...
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René Vigliani (Retired)
The highest French League from 1963, FIFA ref from 1968 and the Coup de France in 1971.
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Robert Wurtz (Retired)
Robert Wurtz took charge of 2 matches in the 1978 World Cup and one in the 1976 and 1980 European Championships. He was a national referee between 1962 and 1990 and inter...
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John/ Georges Balvay (Balway) (Deceased)
FIFA has him as Thomas Balvay, the French FA calls him Georges Balvay and there is a theory the first French referee of the first World Cup was actually an Englishman (En...
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Jean Bancourt (Deceased)
An international referee from the early 1970s. Jean Bancourt died in 2004.
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Marcel Bois (Deceased)
An international referee from the 1950s and 1960s who has a youth tournament named after him. He took charge of a match of the 1964 European Championships and the final o...
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George Capdeville (Deceased)
Pierre Georges Louis Capdeville took charge of a match and the final in the third World Cup (1938). Capdeville retired from refereeing in 1945. He died in 1991.
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Roger Conrie (Deceased)
This French referee from Bordeaux took charge of a match in the 1938 World Cup between Hungary and the Dutch East Indies. He also was in charge of two Coup de France fina...
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Henri Faucheux (Deceased)
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Louis Fourgous (Deceased)
One match at the 1920 Olympic Tournament and the final of the Coupe de France in 1924.
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Edmond Gerardin (Deceased)
M. Edmond Gerardin was an international referee around the early 1920s. He took charge of the 1922 Coup de France final.
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A. Henriot (Deceased)
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Fernand Jenicot (Deceased)
Fernand Jenicot is a referee from the start of the 20th century.
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Lucien Leclercq (Deceased)
A first round match and a semi-final in the 1938 World Cup in his own country. Lucien Leclerq also took charge of the 1935 Coup de France.
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Louis Raguin (Deceased)
Louis Raguin was active internationally in the 1930s. Final of the 1932 Coup de France.
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Jean Richard (Deceased)
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Charles de la Salle (Deceased)
Charles de la Salle who took charge of a match at the 1948 Olympic Tournament was an assistanet referee at two World Cups: 1938 (2x) and 1950 (4x).
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Victor Sdez (Deceased)
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Marcel Slawick (Deceased)
French referee Marcel Slawick took charge of matches in the 1924 (gold medal match) and 1928 Olympic Games. Since there was no World Cup yet in those days, you could cons...
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Raymond Vincenti (Deceased)
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