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