![]() Héliès in 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Robert Georges Jean Héliès | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 8 February 1927 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Brest, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 19 February 2019 | (aged 92)|||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Grasse, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||
1951–1952 | Saint-Étienne | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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. [3]
Héliès played 8 matches in 1951–52 French Division 1 for Saint-Étienne. [4]
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. [2]
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. [5] He also refereed 270 Division 1 matches from 1962 to 1977, and officiated 2 Coupe de France finals in 1970 and 1975.