Robert Héliès

Robert Héliès
	Héliès in 1972
Personal information
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
1951–1952	Saint-Étienne
Years
Years	League
Domestic
Years	League
1962–1977	Division 1
International
Years	League
1966–1977	FIFA listed
	*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.^{[citation needed]}

Playing 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.^[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.^[4] He also refereed 270 Division 1 matches from 1962 to 1977, and officiated 2 Coupe de France finals in 1970 and 1975.

^ "Disparition : l'ancien grand arbitre français Robert Héliès est mort" [Disappearance: the former great French referee Robert Héliès is dead]. L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "International football referee Robert Héliès". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ "Robert Héliès avec l'ASSE" [Robert Héliès with ASSE]. ASSE-stats (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ "Robert Héliès » Matches as referee". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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