Nelly Viennot
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| Full name | Nelly Andrée Danièle Viennot | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
8 January 1962 Flers, Orne, France | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2002– | Ligue 1 | Assistant referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1995– | FIFA-listed | Assistant referee | |
Nelly Andrée Danièle Viennot (née Bodé;[1] born 8 January 1962 in Flers, Orne) is a French football referee.[2] An international woman's referee since 1995, she served as an assistant referee in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.[3]
Viennot attracted the attention of the wider football community when she was shortlisted, along with 82 other elite referees, as a possible assistant referee for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Viennot attended a four-day FIFA workshop in Frankfurt, hoping to become one of the 60 referees eventually chosen as assistant referees for the world's largest football tournament. However, she failed a sprint test on 21 April 2006, ending her consideration for participation. She would have been the first ever female referee at a male World Cup; no other referee has come as close to officiating in the tournament.[citation needed]
Viennot's refereeing career began in 1987, and she refereed her first international woman's match on 1 January 1995. Since 2002 she has regularly refereed French football at the top levels, and made appearances in the UEFA Champions League.[citation needed]
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Décret du 11 juillet 2025 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur" [Decree of 11 July 2025 on promotion and appointment to the National Order of the Legion of Honour]. Journal officiel de la République française [Official Journal of the French Republic] (in French). 2025 (162). 13 July 2025. PRER2513316D. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ↑ "World Cup to have first female ref". www.chinadaily.com.cn.
- ↑ "Match Report". FIFAworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2004.
- ↑ "Décret du 14 mai 2003 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 14 May 2003 on promotion and appointment]. Journal officiel de la République française [Official Journal of the French Republic] (in French). 2003 (112). 15 May 2003. PREX0306633D. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- Viennot's FIFA profile
- "Woman may be World Cup referee", Bangkok Post, date unknown.
- "Female ref hopes to be at World Cup"[dead link], SLAM sports, date unknown.
- "Viennot won't be first female Cup ref"[dead link], Associated Press, 21 April 2006.
- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Flers, Orne
- French football referees
- Women association football referees
- FIFA Women's World Cup referees
- French women referees and umpires
- Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite
- Knights of the Legion of Honour
- 20th-century French sportswomen
- 21st-century French sportswomen