Nelly Viennot

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Nelly Andrée Viennot (née Bodé;^[1] born 8 January 1962) is a French football referee. An international woman's referee since 1995, she served as an assistant referee in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[2]

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 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.

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.

Honours[]

Orders

• Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite: 2003^[1]

References[]

• Viennot's FIFA profile
• "Woman may be World Cup referee", Bangkok Post, date unknown.
• "Female ref hopes to be at World Cup", , date unknown.
• "Viennot won't be first female Cup ref", Associated Press, 21 April 2006.

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