Benoît Millot

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Benoît Millot
Millot in 2018
Born (1982-01-10) 10 January 1982 (age 42)
Châtenay-Malabry, France
Domestic
Years League Role
2010– Ligue 2 Referee
2011– Ligue 1 Referee
International
Years League Role
2014– FIFA listed Referee

Benoît Millot (born 10 January 1982) is a French football referee who officiates in Ligue 1. He has been a FIFA referee since 2014, and is ranked as a UEFA second category referee.[1]

Refereeing career

Millot began officiating in Ligue 2 in 2010, before being promoted to Ligue 1 the following year. He officiated his first Ligue 1 match on 13 August 2011 between Sochaux and Caen.[2] In 2014, he was put on the FIFA referees list. He officiated his first senior international match on 25 May 2014 between Mali and Guinea.[3] His first UEFA club competition match as referee was on 24 July 2014, a meeting between Slovenian club Koper and Azerbaijani club Neftçi in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.[4]

In September 2018, Millot officiated a match in the 2018–19 Swiss Super League between St. Gallen and Grasshopper.[5] Millot was also selected to officiate the 2019 Coupe de la Ligue Final between Strasbourg and Guingamp.[6]

Millot was selected as an additional assistant referee for matches at the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Poland,[7] including the final between Germany and Spain.[8] In 2019, Millot was selected as a video assistant referee at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.[9] Later that year, he served as a video assistant referee at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, including in the final between Senegal and Algeria,[10] and the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.[11] On 23 April 2021, he was selected by FIFA as a video assistant referee for the football tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ "2021 Refereeing International Lists" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. ^ "France » Ligue 1 2011/2012 » 2. Round » FC Sochaux – SM Caen 1:2". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Friendlies 2014 » May » Mali – Guinea 1:2". WorldFootball.net. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Europa League Qual. 2014/2015 » 2. Round » FC Koper – Neftçi PFK 0:2". WorldFootball.net. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Switzerland » Super League 2018/2019 » 9. Round » FC St. Gallen – Grasshopper Club Zürich 2:1". WorldFootball.net. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Première Finale pour Benoit Millot" [First final for Benoît Millot]. LFP.fr (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 20 March 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  7. ^ "UEFA Under-21 Championship Poland 2017: Official programme" (PDF). UEFA. 2017. p. 11. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Under-21 – Germany-Spain – Match info". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  9. ^ "List of Appointed Match Officials FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  10. ^ "Total Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2019: Senegal v Algeria". Confederation of African Football. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  11. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 – List of Appointed Match Officials" (PDF). FIFA.com. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Match officials appointed for Olympic Football Tournaments Tokyo 2020". FIFA. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Olympic Football Tournaments Tokyo 2020: List of appointed Match Officials (International Technical Officials – ITO)" (PDF). FIFA. 23 April 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

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