Béla Réthy Explained
Béla Andreas Réthy (born 14 December 1956) is a German sports reporter of Hungarian ancestry.
Life
When Réthy was born in Vienna,[1] [2] his parents had to leave their home country because of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.[3] They emigrated to Brazil where they stayed until they went to Germany in 1968.[4] Réthy obtained his Abitur certificate at [5] so he was able to attend Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz where he studied literature and journalism.[6] In the meantime he worked in the sports archive of the ZDF and became a freelancer later.[7] 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.[8] He has commentated at the finals of:
In addition, he has also commentated the UEFA Champions League finals of 2013, 2014 and 2015.[9]
Réthy speaks German, Hungarian, Portuguese and English fluently, as well as French and Spanish.[4]
Books
- Book: Réthy . Béla . Psotta . Kai . Live die Länderspiele meines Lebens . Köln . 2014 . 978-3-7857-2496-5 . 864650341 . de.
Further reading
Notes and References
- Web site: Stimme des Fußballs: Letztes Spiel für Béla Réthy . . 12 December 2022 . de . 14 December 2022.
- Web site: Béla Réthy über seine letzte WM: "Man muss als Reporter diesmal ein bisschen mehr aufpassen" . . 19 November 2022 . de . 14 December 2022.
- Web site: Ciao, Béla! . kicker . 14 December 2022 . de . 14 December 2022.
- Web site: Bela Rethy . www.berner-block.de . German . 13 February 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100618030714/http://www.berner-block.de/Bela-Rethy.80.0.html . 18 June 2010 .
- Web site: In fünf Jahren soll Schluss sein . fnp.de . 4 November 2017 . de . 14 December 2022.
- Web site: Biografie . ZDF Presseportal . de . 14 December 2022.
- Web site: Strasser . Patrick . Sportkommentator Béla Réthy verabschiedet sich: "Freue mich sehr darauf, als Fan ins Stadion zu gehen" . RND.de . 14 December 2022 . de . 14 December 2022.
- Web site: Béla und Belo: Réthys fünf Highlights bei der WM . Abendzeitung München . 14 December 2022 . de . 15 December 2022.
- Web site: Sajnálja Dárdai távozását a Bundesliga "magyar hangja". 14 August 2015.