Béla Andreas Réthy (born 14 December 1956) is a German sports reporter of Hungarian ancestry.

Réthy in 2018

Life

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When Réthy was born in Vienna,[1][2] his parents had to leave their home country because of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.[3] They emigrated to Brazil where they stayed until they went to Germany in 1968.[4] Réthy obtained his Abitur certificate at Gutenbergschule Wiesbaden [de][5] so he was able to attend Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz where he studied literature and journalism.[6] In the meantime he worked in the sports archive of the ZDF and became a freelancer later.[7] Since 1987, he has been a full-time broadcaster.[6]

His first live broadcast was during an international football match between the under-16 teams of Germany and Ireland in 1991.[8] He has commentated at the finals of:

In addition, he has also commentated the UEFA Champions League finals of 2013, 2014 and 2015.[9]

Réthy speaks German, Hungarian, Portuguese and English fluently, as well as French and Spanish.[4]

Books

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  • Réthy, Béla; Psotta, Kai (2014). Live die Länderspiele meines Lebens (in German). Köln. ISBN 978-3-7857-2496-5. OCLC 864650341.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

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  1. ^ "Stimme des Fußballs: Letztes Spiel für Béla Réthy". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 12 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Béla Réthy über seine letzte WM: "Man muss als Reporter diesmal ein bisschen mehr aufpassen"". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 19 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Ciao, Béla!". kicker (in German). 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Bela Rethy". www.berner-block.de (in German). Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  5. ^ "In fünf Jahren soll Schluss sein". fnp.de (in German). 4 November 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Biografie". ZDF Presseportal (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  7. ^ Strasser, Patrick (14 December 2022). "Sportkommentator Béla Réthy verabschiedet sich: "Freue mich sehr darauf, als Fan ins Stadion zu gehen"". RND.de (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Béla und Belo: Réthys fünf Highlights bei der WM". Abendzeitung München (in German). 14 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Sajnálja Dárdai távozását a Bundesliga "magyar hangja"". 14 August 2015.

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