Francois-Letexier
Referee Profile

François Letexier

France
Ligue 1 Referee FIFA-listed since 2017 Event coverage · 100%
Birth DateApr 23, 1989
BirthplaceBédée
FederationFFF
FIFA Listed Since2017
Top-flight DebutJan 23, 2016
Biography

About François Letexier

François Letexier is a French football referee currently involved in Ligue 1 appointments. This profile is designed to give The VAR Verdict readers a quick overview of the official’s current top-flight role, disciplinary tendencies and general match-management profile in France’s top division.

In the 2025/26 Ligue 1 season, François Letexier has officiated 13 league matches, averaging 24.08 fouls, 0.23 penalties, 4.69 yellow cards and 0.38 red cards per game. Those numbers point to a strict and card-heavy profile, with heavy yellow-card output. That statistical snapshot helps explain the threshold and tone François Letexier has shown this season.

Referee Style Strict and card-heavy
Officiating record

Matches

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Match history

Recent Matches

Historical coverage is selective. We only show seasons and competitions where our sources provide enough verified referee data, so some older seasons may not be available.

Trusted archive

Full Match History

42 matches
Ligue 1 2025/26 · November 29, 2025
Paris FC 1–1 AJ Auxerre
3 0 PEN 1 VAR 0 Details
UEFA Champions League 2025/26 · November 26, 2025
Club Atlético de Madrid 2–1 FC Internazionale Milano
2 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2025/26 · November 9, 2025
RC Strasbourg Alsace 2–0 Lille OSC
5 1 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2025/26 · October 19, 2025
Toulouse FC 4–0 Metz
3 1 PEN 1 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2025/26 · September 21, 2025
Paris FC 2–3 RC Strasbourg Alsace
6 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
UEFA Champions League 2025/26 · August 19, 2025
Rangers FC 1–3 Club Brugge KV
4 0 PEN 0 VAR 1 Details
Ligue 1 2025/26 · August 17, 2025
Angers SCO 1–0 Paris FC
3 1 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
UEFA Champions League 2025/26 · August 12, 2025
FK Crvena zvezda 1–1 Lech Poznan
5 1 PEN 1 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 · May 17, 2025
Real Racing Club de Santander 4–0 AS Monaco FC
2 1 PEN 0 VAR 1 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 · April 20, 2025
Saint-Étienne 2–1 Olympique Lyonnais
7 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 · April 11, 2025
Real Racing Club de Santander 0–2 Reims
1 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 · March 1, 2025
Paris Saint-Germain FC 4–1 Lille OSC
2 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 · February 23, 2025
Le Havre AC 1–4 Toulouse FC
2 1 PEN 1 VAR 1 Details
UEFA Europa League 2024/25 · February 20, 2025
AS Roma 3–2 FC Porto
6 1 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 · February 9, 2025
Olympique Lyonnais 4–0 Reims
4 1 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 · January 17, 2025
Lille OSC 2–1 OGC Nice
4 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 · December 18, 2024
AS Monaco FC 2–4 Paris Saint-Germain FC
2 0 PEN 1 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 · December 7, 2024
OGC Nice 2–1 Le Havre AC
5 0 PEN 1 VAR 1 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 · November 24, 2024
AJ Auxerre 1–0 Angers SCO
5 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 · October 27, 2024
Olympique de Marseille 0–3 Paris Saint-Germain FC
1 1 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Career

Competition & Season History

Historical coverage is selective. Only seasons with sufficient verified referee data are shown; some competitions and older seasons are intentionally unavailable when coverage is incomplete.

Ligue 1

France
30trusted matches

2026/27

100% event coverage
Current season
Matches3
Yellow8
Red1
Penalties0
VAR Events2
VAR Apps—

2025/26

100% event coverage · 84.2% league referee coverage
Good coverage
Matches14
Yellow56
Red4
Penalties6
VAR Events1
VAR Apps—

2024/25

100% event coverage · 90.3% league referee coverage
Excellent coverage
Matches13
Yellow42
Red5
Penalties3
VAR Events3
VAR Apps—

UEFA Champions League

Europe
7trusted matches

2025/26

100% event coverage · 73.2% league referee coverage
Partial coverage
Matches7
Yellow24
Red1
Penalties3
VAR Events2
VAR Apps—

World Cup

World
3trusted matches

2026

100% event coverage
Current season
Matches3
Yellow12
Red0
Penalties1
VAR Events1
VAR Apps—

UEFA Europa League

World
2trusted matches

2025/26

100% event coverage · 77.4% league referee coverage
Good coverage
Matches1
Yellow4
Red0
Penalties0
VAR Events0
VAR Apps—

2024/25

100% event coverage · 73.1% league referee coverage
Partial coverage
Matches1
Yellow6
Red1
Penalties0
VAR Events0
VAR Apps—

Tracked Statistics Snapshot

Matches42
Yellow Cards152
Red Cards12
Penalties13
Yellow / Covered Match3.62
Red / Covered Match0.29
Penalty / Covered Match0.31
VAR & Discipline

VAR Record

Explicit VAR Events9Provider-coded incidents
VAR Appointments—Structured role coverage unavailable
Goal Cancelled8Explicit provider event
VAR Penalty1Explicit provider event

VAR event counts describe provider-coded incidents. They do not represent The VAR Verdict's editorial judgment on whether a decision was correct or incorrect.

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