Jérôme Brisard (born 24 March 1986) is a French football referee who officiates in

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. He has been a FIFA referee since 2018, and is ranked as a

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first category referee.

Refereeing career

In 2015, Brisard began officiating in

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, before being promoted to

in the second half of the 2016–17 season. He officiated his first Ligue 1 match on 14 January 2017 between Montpellier and

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. In 2018, he was put on the FIFA referees list. On 17 February 2018, he officiated a match in the

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between

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and

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. He officiated his first

competition match on 12 July 2018, a meeting between Albanian club Partizani and Slovenian club

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in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. He officiated his first senior international match on 15 November 2018 between

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and Guatemala. On 31 July 2020, Brisard officiated the

2020 Coupe de la Ligue Final The 2020 Coupe de la Ligue Final decided the winner of the 2019–20 Coupe de la Ligue, the 26th and last edition of France's football league cup competition, the Coupe de la Ligue, contested by the 44 teams that the Ligue de Football Profession ...

between

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and

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. On 21 April 2021, Brisard was selected as a

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for

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, to be held across Europe in June and July 2021.

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