Clément Turpin (; born 16 May 1982) is a French football referee. He has been a FIFA listed referee since 2010, and an

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Elite group referee since 2012.

Career

Turpin became a FIFA referee in 2010. He has served as a referee in the

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and

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. He became a referee in UEFA club competitions from the

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. In May 2016, Turpin was named the best French referee by the French Football Federation. The same year he officiated at the

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in France and was one of the five

referees for the Men’s Olympic Games football tournament in Brazil. The following year Turpin refereed in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. On 29 March 2018, FIFA announced that Turpin would officiate at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in

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, with Cyril Gringore and Nicolas Danos as assistant referees. On 4 July 2020, he officiated the

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between

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 ...

and

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. On 26 May 2021, he refereed the

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between

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and Manchester United. Turpin was selected by UEFA to officiate the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final between

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and Real Madrid.

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Career

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