Siro López Fernández (

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, March 20, 1956) is a Spanish

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, streamer, and

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. He specializes in basketball and football and is a regular commentator for various national media outlets. He is currently a contributor to

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, the newspaper

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, the program ''Estudio Estadio'' on

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, and ''El golazo de Gol'' on

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. In addition, he narrated Real Madrid basketball games on Real Madrid TV and was a contributor to the program ''"Colgados del Aro,"'' which was part of the YouTube channel ''"Experience Endesa"'' and was hosted by Juanma López Iturriaga and Pablo Lolaso. Since 2020, he has been an active streamer on

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, and has become one of the most watched sports streamers in Spain. He has participated in several events such as the ''Padel de las Estrellas'' (Padel of the Stars). and the

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Trajectory

From the age of ten, he lived with his family in

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, where he studied and graduated in journalism at the Faculty of Information Sciences of Bellaterra of the

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Director of Sports at Telemadrid

Between 2000 and 2010, he was the sports director of

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, being, in turn, since 2004, presenter of the sports section of the ''Telenoticias'' of the regional channel. Previously, he held different positions in different media and institutions, such as head of press for

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, editor and basketball narrator for José Mara García's team on

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, head of sports for La Coruña and Santiago at

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, and later editor-in-chief of

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and director of the website ''"Defensacentral.com"''.

TV media talk show host

He was one of the founders of '' Punto pelota'', along with Tomás Roncero and José Damián González, who remained from its inception on September 15, 2008, until its extinction on December 4, 2013. On January 6, 2014, he began as a commentator on Josep Pedrerol's new project in

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, ''

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''. Shortly after a month, on February 10, 2014, he announced his departure to the other major private television group in the country,

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, to participate in the talk shows of Pedrerol's rival midnight sports program, ''"Tiki-Taka"'' on

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, and as a contributor to ''"Deportes Cuatro"''.

Basketball Narrator at Mediaset España

One of the reasons for Siro's signing with the Fuencarral group was the possibility of being the main narrator of

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's matches at the

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, which the national team played as host, and at

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. He narrated these two championships alongside international basketball specialist Antoni Daimiel and former player José Miguel Antúnez.

Presenter of "La Goleada" on 13tv

He presented between October 6, 2014 and February 9, 2015, together with Danae Boronat, the midnight sports talk show ''"La goleada"'' on channel 13tv, competing in midnight sports on DTT from Sunday to Thursday, with his former colleagues from ''

'', led by Pedrerol. 13tv cancelled the program in the middle of the season, due to the low ratings it had been registering.

Colgados del Aro

He collaborated, along with Juanma Iturriaga, Antoni Daimiel, and Pablo Lolaso, in the

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program ''Colgados del Aro by Endesa''. A program of humor, information, and variety infused with the Endesa League,

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, and other events in the world of basketball. Numerous personalities, such as Pau and

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Andreu Buenafuente Andreu Buenafuente Moreno (born 24 January 1965) is a Spanish Late night television, late night show host and founder of the group El Terrat. He has worked in TV3 (Catalonia), TV3, Antena 3 (Spain), Antena 3, laSexta and Cero (TV channel), #0. ...

, Ibai, José Manuel Calderón, among others, have participated in the program.

Twitch

After befriending Ibai thanks to ''Colgados del Aro'', Siro and Pablo Lolaso decided to create their own

channels. In a live program of ''Colgados del Aro'', Siro created himself a

channel and, seeing the great support and encouraged by his son, he was encouraged to broadcast. In barely a year of trajectory, it has become one of the sports journalism referents on this platform. His relevance has permeated his field, and it is common to see him collaborating with other streamers such as

Ibai Llanos Ibai Llanos Garatea (, born 26 March 1995), better known mononymously as Ibai, is a Spanish internet celebrity, streamer, and esports commentator. He was a content creator for G2 Esports from 2020 to 2021. He is the co-founder of the esports or ...

. He has participated in programs such as ''Out of the Box'', by Outconsumer for Esportmaniacos; he has worked on the ''Especial Por la Palma'' with Ibai, in the special of the 2021 transfer market closing, in ''El Padel de las Estrellas'', in the broadcasting of the Ballon d'Or gala; among others. In 2022, he presented an Esland Award for best esports reporter. He directs an interview program, ''Gracias por Venir'', in which he chats with all kinds of personalities, for example: José María García, Ibai, Antoni Daimiel, Luzu, Lendoiro; among others.

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