Robert Héliès Explained

Fullname:Robert Georges Jean Héliès
Birth Date:8 February 1927
Birth Place:Brest, France
Death Place:Grasse, France
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1951–1952
Clubs1:Saint-Étienne
Caps1:8
Goals1:0
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Referee career
Internationalrole1:Referee
Internationalyears1:1966–1977
Confederation1:FIFA listed
League1:Division 1
Years1:1962–1977
Role1:Referee

Robert Georges Jean Héliès (8 February 1927 – 19 February 2019)[1] was a French football referee and player.[2] In his playing days, he was a goalkeeper.

Playing career

Héliès played 8 matches in 1951–52 French Division 1 for Saint-Étienne.[3]

Refereeing career

After his playing career, Héliès became a referee, and was member of FIFA from 1966 to 1977. He officiated a total of 13 international matches, with 3 being in World Cup qualifying, 5 in Euro qualifying, 4 friendlies, and a single match at the 1976 Olympic Games.

In club football, Héliès officiated some UEFA competition matches. He was the referee for 7 Champions League games, 12 UEFA Cup games, and 10 Cup Winners' Cup games.[4] He also refereed 270 Division 1 matches from 1962 to 1977, and officiated 2 Coupe de France finals in 1970 and 1975.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Disparition : l'ancien grand arbitre français Robert Héliès est mort. Disappearance: the former great French referee Robert Héliès is dead. 12 April 2021. L'Équipe. fr.
  2. Web site: International football referee Robert Héliès. 12 April 2021. EU-Football.info.
  3. Web site: Robert Héliès avec l'ASSE. Robert Héliès with ASSE. 12 April 2021. ASSE-stats. fr.
  4. Web site: Robert Héliès » Matches as referee. 13 April 2021. WorldFootball.net.