Grégoire Margotton

Grégoire Margotton
Grégoire Margotton commentating in 2017
Born (1969-11-09) 9 November 1969 (age 55)
Lyon, France
Career
ShowTéléfoot
Network
CountryFrance

Grégoire Margotton (born 9 November 1969)[1] is a French sports journalist who has worked for French television channels Canal+ and TF1. Since 2018, he has been the main presenter of the TF1 football programme Téléfoot.

Personal life

Margotton's father taught at Lumière University Lyon 2.[1] He studied his Baccalauréat in Lyon, before moving to Liverpool, England as an Erasmus student.[1]

Career

Margotton studied journalism at Bietry school, which was named after French journalist Charles Bietry [fr].[1] In 1992, he started working for Canal+ as an intern.[1] Margotten and Darren Tulett were the French language commentators on the Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 game.[2] In 2014, Margotten started presenting La Data Room de Canal + (The Canal+ data room), a weekly short programme that looks into the statistics of football matches.[3] In the same year, Margotten suggested that matches between Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille should become a derby match.[4]

In 2016, Margotton moved from Canal+ to TF1, as he wanted to spend his weekends with his family rather than at football matches.[1][a] His first match for TF1 was the Téléfoot coverage of an international friendly between France and Cameroon.[1] He was chosen ahead of Christian Jeanpierre to present Téléfoot's coverage of France matches at UEFA Euro 2016, and commentated alongside Bixente Lizarazu.[7][8] In September 2017, Margotton began hosting Rendez-vous Sport, a two-minute summary programme about football results and players.[9] Prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Margotten and Nicolas Glimois [fr] hosted a documentary 98, secrets d'une victoire (98, secrets of a victory) about France's victory at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[10] After the 2018 World Cup, Margotten replaced Jeanpierre as the main presenter of Téléfoot.[11][12] Margotten and Lizarazu commentated for the Téléfoot coverage of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[13]

Aside from football, Margotton has commentated for TF1 on handball. He commentated on the 2017 Men's[14] and Women's World Handball Championships,[15] the 2018 Women's EHF Champions League,[16] and the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.[17]

In 2019, Margotton appeared on a special edition of Qui veut gagner des millions ? to raise money for Notre-Dame de Paris following the fire there. Margotten and Alessandra Sublet won 24,000€.[18]

Awards

In 2013, Margotton was awarded the Lucarnes d'Or award for best French sports journalist.[7][19] In 2017, he was voted the French public's favourite commentator in a French Football Federation poll.[20]

Notes

  1. ^ Since 2007, rights to Ligue 1 football were held by Canal+. Téléfoot shows highlights of foreign matches, European club competitions, and international matches.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Lefilliâtre, Jérôme (29 May 2016). "Grégoire Margotton, Euro d'être là". Libération (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. ^ "PES 2013 : DAREN TULLET ET GRÉGOIRE MARGOTTON PARLENT DU JEU" (in French). Jeux Actu. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Canal + Lance Sa Data Room". Media Sportif (in French). 15 September 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. ^ Roger-Petit, Bruno (2 March 2014). "PSG-OM, ne l'appelons plus "Clasico", mais "Derby de France"..." Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. ^ Kefi, Ramses (6 January 2012). ""Téléfoot", c'était mieux avant, au temps de Thierry Roland". L'Obs (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  6. ^ Koutroumanides, Christos (2018). "The French Ligue 1 TV Rights Selling Model – Historical Study". Scientific Journal of Education, Sports, and Health. 19. University of Bacău. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b Delcambre, Alexis (10 May 2016). "TF1 chipe Grégoire Margotton à Canal+". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Christian Jeanpierre remplacé par Grégoire Margotton sur TF1 à partir l'Euro 2016, selon L'Équipe". HuffPost. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  9. ^ Messant, Nicholas (9 September 2017). "TF1 et France 2 lancent des pastilles sportives après leurs journaux". MediaSportif. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  10. ^ ""98, secrets d'une victoire" : Grégoire Margotton et Nicolas Glimois reviennent sur le triomphe des Bleus". La Chaîne Info (in French). 8 June 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Téléfoot: Grégoire Margotten Succédera À Christian Jeanpierre". BFM TV (in French). 9 March 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Médias : Christian Jeanpierre quittera Téléfoot en fin de saison". Media365 (in French). 28 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020 – via Orange S.A.
  13. ^ "Coupe du monde 2019 : TF1 présente son dispositif". L'Équipe (in French). 7 May 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  14. ^ Barenghi, Jean-Marc (24 January 2017). "Grégoire Margotton se lance dans le handball". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Handball féminin : Le quart de finale France/Monténégro sur TMC demain soir". Ozap (in French). 11 December 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  16. ^ "La finale de la Ligue des champions de handball diffusée en clair sur TFX". L'Équipe (in French). 2 May 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  17. ^ Barenghi, Jean-Marc (19 January 2019). "Mondial de Hand : les Experts sur TMC". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  18. ^ "Qui veut gagner des millions : Arthur donne 28 000 euros à la Fondation du Patrimoine pour atteindre les 100 000 euros". Telestar (in French). 19 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  19. ^ Robert, Thomas (11 May 2013). "Lucarnes d'or : Grégoire Margotton, meilleur commentateur de foot". Programme.tv (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  20. ^ "Grégoire Margotton est le commentateur préféré des Français". L'Équipe (in French). 13 June 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2020.