Tony Chapron
{{Short description|French football referee}}
{{Infobox football official
| name = Tony Chapron
| image = Tony Chapron 2012.jpg
| caption = Chapron in 2012
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|4|23}}
| birth_place = Flers, Orne, France
| death_date =
| death_place =
| years1 = 2006–2018
| league1 = Ligue 1
| role1 = Referee
| internationalyears1 = 2007–2017
| confederation1 = FIFA listed
| internationalrole1 = Referee
}}
Tony Chapron (born 23 April 1972) is a French former football referee.
Born in Flers, Orne, Chapron took up refereeing in 1996 in conjunction with his job as an educational advisor. He became a full-time referee in 1998 and an international referee in 2007.FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070706054753/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=fra/footballofficials/referees/peoplekind=ref.html "France: Referees"]. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
Career
In 2007, a flare thrown by fans at a match between Lyon and Saint-Étienne resulted in police firing tear gas into the crowd, and Chapron ordered the players to retreat to the changing rooms for 20 minutes.{{cite news |first=Patrick |last=Vignal |title=Soccer-Lyon win derby marred by crowd trouble |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL0357421420070303 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902075903/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL0357421420070303 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 2, 2009 |work=Reuters UK |publisher=Thomson Reuters |date=3 March 2007 |access-date=21 June 2009 }}
Prior to 2008, the only international matches he had refereed were qualifying matches, but in October 2008, Chapron took charge of the UEFA Cup first round second leg between Aston Villa and Litex Lovech; he showed two yellow cards – both to Litex players – but also awarded Litex a penalty kick. He refereed two more UEFA Cup matches in the 2008–09 season, including the Round of 32 second leg between Hamburg and NEC. In June 2009, Chapron was named as one of six UEFA referees to take charge of the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship in Sweden.{{cite news |title=Referees confirmed for U21 finals |url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0257-0de7b04968c4-64c1374fb104-1000--referees-confirmed-for-u21-finals/ |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=13 June 2009 |access-date=27 November 2010 }}
On 2 November 2010, Chapron took charge of his first UEFA Champions League match between Rubin Kazan and Panathinaikos; he showed three yellow cards during the game, all to Panathinaikos players.{{cite news |title=Rubin Kazan-Panathinaikos |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2002879--rubin-vs-panathinaikos/ |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=2 November 2010 |access-date=27 November 2010 }}
Chapron officiated at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup,FIFA. [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u17worldcup/mexico2011/matches/round=255973/match=300151820/report.html "Match Report – Canada – Rwanda 0:0"]. 25 June 2011. Retrieved on 24 May 2013. as well as 2010 World Cup qualifiers.FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111125115233/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/europe/matches/round=250471/match=300042884/report.html "Match Report – Latvia – Greece 0:2 (0:1)"]. 10 September 2008. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
On 14 January 2018, during a Ligue 1 match between FC Nantes and Paris Saint-Germain, Chapron attempted to kick Nantes player, Diego Carlos, following an inadvertent collision, tripping Chapron, before sending him off for a second yellow card.{{cite news|title=Nantes 0–1 Paris St-Germain|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42683235|work=BBC Sport|access-date=15 January 2018}} The next day, Chapron was suspended by the FFF{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42688079|title=French FA suspends referee after kick|work=BBC Sport}} and called to meet a disciplinary committee following the incident.{{cite web|title=Ligue 1 ref stood down after tripping player then sending him off|url=http://www.football365.com/news/ligue-1-ref-stood-down-after-tripping-player-then-sending-him-off|website=Football365|date=15 January 2018|publisher=Planet Sport|access-date=15 January 2018}}{{cite web|last1=Orsini|first1=Vincent|title=Press release of the arbitration technical directorate|url=https://www.fff.fr/actualites/179125-communique-de-la-direction-technique-de-l-arbitrage?themePath=la-fff/|publisher=Fédération Française de Football|access-date=15 January 2018|language=fr}} He was suspended for six months,{{cite news |title=Tony Chapron: French referee gets six-month ban – half of which is suspended |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42913053 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=12 November 2018 |date=1 February 2018}} following which he retired as a referee and now works for French media.{{cite news |title=Tony Chapron: The French referee who saw the red mist, on that kick |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46132066 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=12 November 2018 |date=12 November 2018}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkID=1064&linkType=referee&contextType=bio Profile] at WorldReferee.com
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Category:People from Flers, Orne