THE SPORT SCAN – The French referee, who notably officiated during the last OM-PSG Classic, leads a second professional life in the justice system.
«I discovered this profession when I was in law school.» In a (sponsored) interview given to BrutFrançois Letexier revealed that he had another job, aside from his intense training and the matches he directs every weekend on the Ligue 1 pitches mainly: justice commissioner.
«I did a legal career, and it was from the license that I got to know this environment, with a speaker who was at the time the president of the regional chamber of bailiffs, I discovered a field job, very practical, that's really what I liked, says the 35-year-old Breton. We are facing people, we don’t have a routine that is created.”
It allows me to think about something else and live a slightly more normal life again.
François Letexier on his job as justice commissioner
Considered one of the best French referees, François Letexier notably officiated in the center of the field during the Classic between OM and PSG (0-3), giving a disputed red card to Marseillais Amine Harit. Last summer, the native of Rennes was also on the whistle for the Euro final won by Spain against England (2-1).
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«Football generates some pretty crazy behavior in terms of emotions and in my work as a justice commissioner, often, when I act in recovery action, my presence is not necessarily desired, the situations also generate reactions to which I must adapt, he details to compare these two professions. These are two professions that combine very well, and it allows me to think about something else and live a slightly more normal life again, because football is quite extraordinary.
