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 – 10 November 1956; hu, 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was a countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the Hung ...

. They emigrated to Brazil where they stayed until they went to Germany in 1968. Réthy obtained his '' Abitur'' certificate at so he was able to attend

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (german: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. With approximately 32,000 st ...

where he studied literature and journalism. In the meantime he worked in the sports archive of the

ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...

and became a freelancer 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 The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations and organised by UEFA. It took place in England from 8 to 30 ...

(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 football world championship for men's national teams organized by FIFA. It was held from 31 May to 30 June 2002 at sites in South Korea an ...

(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. The ...

(Portugal vs. Greece) in Portugal * the

2010 FIFA World Cup , image = 2010 FIFA World Cup.svg , size = 200px , caption = ''Ke Nako. (Tswana and Sotho for "It's time") Celebrate Africa's Humanity'It's time. Celebrate Africa's Humanity'' (English)''Dis tyd. Vier Afrika se mensd ...

(Spain vs. Netherlands) in South Africa * the

Euro 2012 The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held between 8 June and 1 ...

(Spain vs. Italy) in Poland and Ukraine * the 2018 FIFA World Cup (France vs. Croatia) in Russia In addition, he has also commentated the

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...

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

Life

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