Juan Manuel Castaño Menéndez (

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality by population in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coa ...

, Spain, May 10, 1977), better known as Juanma Castaño, is a Spanish sports presenter and commentator.

Biography

Juanma was born in

on May 10, 1977, studied at the

Colegio de la Inmaculada (Gijón) Colegio de la Inmaculada (''Immaculate Conception's College'' in English) is a Catholic school for primary and secondary education (grades 1 to 12) run by the Jesuits in Gijón, Spain since 1890. History Established on the outskirts of the city ...

, class of 1995, and enrolled in Law at the

University of Oviedo The University of Oviedo (, Asturian: ''Universidá d'Uviéu'') is a public university in Asturias (Spain). It is the only university in the region. It has three campus and research centres, located in Oviedo, Gijón and Mieres. History Th ...

, although he did not finish his university studies.

Professional career

In 1993 he began participating in a program on SER Gijón called ''Jóvenes y campeones'', from where he moved on to ''

Carrusel deportivo Carrusel Deportivo is a Spanish sports program broadcast on Cadena SER. It could be compared with '' 5 Live Sport'' in the United Kingdom. The program is transmitted on weekends from 3 pm to 1:30 am, and on Sundays only from 12 pm to 2:30 pm. It ...

'' and ''Gijón SER Deportivos'', commenting on Real Sporting matches. In 2001 he made the leap to the

Cadena SER La Cadena SER (the SER Network) is a Spanish radio network established in 1924, with a regular listenership of 4,139,000 reported in 2018. The acronym SER stands for Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión (Spanish Broadcasting Company). Cadena SE ...

sports editorial office in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, becoming one of the most well-known collaborators of the network and also participating in television programs such as the now defunct ''Maracaná 06'' by

Paco González Paco Gonzalez may refer to: * Paco González (footballer, 1897-1976), Spanish forward turned manager * Paco Gonzalez (horse trainer) (born 1945), Mexican horse racing trainer * Paco González (footballer, born 1951), Paraguayan midfielder * Paco Go ...

Cuatro Cuatro, Spanish (and other Romance languages) for the 4, number 4, may refer to: * Cuatro (instrument), a family of Latin American string instruments, including: ** Cuatro (Venezuela) ** Puerto Rican cuatro * Cuatro (TV channel), a Spanish free-to ...

. He has worked in several concentrations of the Spanish National Team and covered

Euro 2008 The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of European ...

. He broadcast five Vueltas Ciclistas a España, four

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

and two

Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

. It also covered the 2006 World Road Cycling Championship. He is the author of the book Podemos together with Manu Carreño and Rubén Parra. Together with

Santiago Cañizares José Santiago Cañizares Ruiz (; born 18 December 1969) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. A product of Real Madrid's youth academies, he eventually joined the first team but proved unable to establish hims ...

, he directed and presented the program ''

El día después El día después () is a Spanish football show shown on #0 and formerly on Canal+. The show celebrates the "culture, passion and madness of Spanish football". It is currently hosted by former Valencia goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares and the journ ...

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.'' On August 23, 2011, he officially joined the sports team of

Cadena COPE COPE, an acronym for Cadena de Ondas Populares Españolas ("People's Radiowaves of Spain Network") formerly called Radio Popular, is a Spanish language radio station. It is the second most listened to in Spain's generalist radio. Owned by the S ...

, joining the programs ''Tiempo de juego'' and ''El partido de las 12'', thus leaving his career at

. Since August 21, 2016, he has been directing ''El Partidazo de COPE'',

COPE A cope ( ("rain coat") or ("cape")) is a liturgical long mantle or cloak, open at the front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A cope may be worn by any rank of the Catholic or Anglican clerg ...

's nightly program from Sunday to Thursday, from 11:30 pm to 1:30 am. In July 2018, his employment relationship with

Mediaset España Grupo Audiovisual Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.U. (formerly Gestevisión Telecinco, S.A. and Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.) is a Spanish media company, controlled by the Italian-based company MFE – MediaForEurope N.V., which i ...

, ended, putting an end to thirteen years with the company, shortly after which his signing with

Movistar+ Movistar Plus+ (formerly Movistar+) is the trade name of the subscription platform for digital television owned by , which operates in Spain. The service is distributed via optical fiber and ADSL as well as with satellites such as Astra. The pl ...

was announced. From September 16, 2019, he leads ''El Partidazo'' on

. In 2021 he participated in the sixth edition of

MasterChef ''MasterChef'' is a competitive cooking show television format created by Franc Roddam, which originated with MasterChef (British TV series), the British version in July 1990. The show aims to discover the culinary talent of chefs of varying sk ...

Celebrity, where he was proclaimed winner along with Miki Nadal. Since 2022, he has appeared as a talk show host on Antena 3's

El Hormiguero (; Spanish for "The Anthill") is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science, and guest interviews airing since September 2006. It is hosted and produced by screenwriter Pablo Motos. The show aired on Spain' ...

. On March 27, 2022, he will premiere on

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, together with Miki Nadal, a cooking show called ''"Cinco Tenedores"'' (Five Forks).

References

External links

Juanma Castaño
on

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