René Vigliani (24 July 1929 – 30 October 2022) was a French football referee.

Career

Vigliani was member of

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from 1967 to 1978, and refereed 7 international matches. He officiated 2 matches in Euro 1976 qualifying and 5 friendly matches. He also refereed a match in the 1978 U21 Euro. In club football, Vigliani officiated some UEFA competition matches for a total of 1 Champions League game, 12

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games, and 3

Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The competition's official name was originally the European Cup Winners' Cup; it was renamed the UEFA Cup Winne ...

games. He refereed 259

French Division 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de Football Professio ...

matches from 1965 to 1980, and also officiated the 1971 Coupe de France Final.

Controversies

There were two notable controversial decisions made by Vigliani during his career; one was in the first leg of the

1975–76 UEFA Cup The 1975–76 UEFA Cup was the fifth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at Anfield, Liverpool, England and at the Olympiastadion, Bruges, Belgium. It was won by ...

quarter-final match-up between

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and

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,042. They pl ...

, which Milan won 2–1. The other one was during a French Division 1 match.

Death

Vigliani died in

Arles Arles ( , , ; ; Classical ) is a coastal city and Communes of France, commune in the South of France, a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône Departments of France, department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Reg ...

on 30 October 2022, at the age of 93.

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