What is Johan Hamel?
{{Infobox person | name = Johan Hamel | image = RC Lens - US Orléans (17-05-2019) 39.jpg | caption = Hamel in 2019 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1980|10|11|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Saint-Rambert-d'Albon]], France | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|15|1980|10|11|df=y}} | death_place = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = French | occupation = football referee | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Johan Hamel''' (11 October 1980 – 15 November 2022) was a French [[Association football|football]] referee.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://actu.fr/occitanie/montpellier_34172/montpellier-municipales-johan-hamel-lice-patrick-vignal_29298351.html|title=Montpellier. Municipales : Johan Hamel en lice avec Patrick Vignal|work=actu.fr|date =10 November 2019|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lalettrem.fr/actualites/johan-hamel-l1-arbitrer-des-matchs-de-foot-de-haut-niveau-cest-du-management|title=Johan Hamel (L1) : « Arbitrer des matchs de foot de haut niveau, c'est du management >>|work=lalettrem.fr|date =11 November 2016|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://5minutes.rtl.lu/sport/local/a/1769281.html|title=Hamel, un arbitre qui vous veut du mal|work=5minutes.rtl.lu|date =21 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref> On 6 March 2011 he made his professional debut directly in [[Ligue 1]], the highest football league in France, in a match between [[Olympique Marseille]] and Lille.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eurosport.fr/football/ligue-1/2010-2011/live-marseille-lille_mtc378959/live.shtml|title=Olympique Marseille - Lille|work=eurosport.fr|date =6 March 2011|language=fr}}</ref> He officially became a referee in Ligue 1 during 2015-16 season. Hamel was the referee of 136 [[Ligue 1]] matches. He was also the referee of 86 [[Ligue 2]] matches.<ref name=ref0>{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Johan-hamel-arbitre-de-ligue-1-est-mort/1365118 |title=Johan Hamel, arbitre de Ligue 1, est mort|work=[[L'equipe]]|date=16 November 2022|access-date=16 Novembe