Birth Date: | 24 July 1929 |
Birth Place: | Arles, France |
Death Place: | Arles, France |
Years1: | 1965–1980 |
League1: | French Division 1 |
Role1: | Referee |
Internationalyears1: | 1967–1978 |
Confederation1: | FIFA listed |
Internationalrole1: | Referee |
René Vigliani (24 July 1929 – 30 October 2022) was a French football referee.
Vigliani was member of FIFA from 1967 to 1978, and refereed 7 international matches.[1] He officiated 2 matches in Euro 1976 qualifying and 5 friendly matches. He also refereed a match in the 1978 U21 Euro. In club football, Vigliani officiated some UEFA competition matches for a total of 1 Champions League game, 12 UEFA Cup games, and 3 Cup Winners' Cup games.[2] He refereed 259 French Division 1 matches from 1965 to 1980, and also officiated the 1971 Coupe de France Final.
There were two notable controversial decisions made by Vigliani during his career; one was in the first leg of the 1975–76 UEFA Cup quarter-final match-up between AC Milan and Club Brugge, which Milan won 2–1. The other one was during a French Division 1 match.[3] [4]
Vigliani died in Arles on 30 October 2022, at the age of 93.[5]