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

Life

When Réthy was born in Vienna, his parents had to leave their home country because of the

1956 Hungarian Revolution The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 4 November 1956; ), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was an attempted countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the policies caused by ...

. They emigrated to Brazil where they stayed until they went to Germany in 1968. Réthy obtained his ''

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...

'' certificate at so he was able to attend Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz where he studied literature and journalism. In the meantime he worked in the sports archive of the

ZDF ZDF (), short for (; ), is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Launched on 1 April 1963, it is run as an independent nonprofit institution, and was founded by all federal states of Germany ( ...

and became a

freelancer ''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance w ...

later. Since 1987, he has been a full-time broadcaster. His first live broadcast was during an international football match between the under-16 teams of Germany and Ireland in 1991. He has commentated at the finals of: * the Euro 1996 (Germany vs. Czech Republic) in England * the

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea/Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

(Germany vs. Brazil) in Japan and South Korea * the

Euro 2004 The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2004, was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football competition contested by the men's national teams of UEFA member associations. Th ...

(Portugal vs. Greece) in Portugal * the

2010 FIFA World Cup The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national Association football, football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. ...

(Spain vs. Netherlands) in South Africa * the Euro 2012 (Spain vs. Italy) in Poland and Ukraine * the

2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded t ...

(France vs. Croatia) in Russia In addition, he has also commentated the

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...

finals of 2013, 2014 and 2015. Réthy speaks German, Hungarian, Portuguese and English fluently, as well as French and Spanish.

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