Enrique Macaya Márquez Explained

Enrique Macaya Márquez (born November 20, 1934) is an Argentine sports journalist. He worked on Fútbol de Primera from 1985 to 2009. He has also worked for magazines Ten Points and El Campeón, and for the newspapers Noticias Gráficas, Convicción and La Nación.[1] He has been declared a noteworthy personality of sport journalism by the legislature of Buenos Aires, on July 15, 2007.[2]

Early life

At the age of 8 Márquez distributed newspapers in the neighborhood of Flores, and at 15 he was a cadet at the Radio El Mundo, where he became a commercial manager. He also created the subsidiary station in the province of Jujuy.[3]

Enrique Macaya Márquez lives in Floresta. His wife Noemí died in 2016. They have two children: Andrea and Gabriel, and three grandchildren.[4]

Career

Enrique Macaya Márquez started his television career in 1966, commenting football and Formula One on Channel 7.[5] During the 1966 World Cup in England he provided radio broadcasts on El Mundo radio for Argentina.[6] In 1966 he published the book “Mi visión del fútbol" (My vision of football).[7] In the late 1970s he commented football matches on ATC.[8]

In 2000s he was a TV presenter of the Fútbol de Primera program and Sunday's classic commentator along with Marcelo Araujo and then Sebastián Vignolo.[9] During the 2010 World Cup, he was a commentator on Fox Sports and wrote articles to Diario Clarín.[10] Between 2013 and 2016 he was a part of TyC Sports as TV presenter of the Indirecto show.[11] During the World Cup 2014 he commented Argentina matches along with Walter Nelson.[12]

As a journalist he has covered 17 Football World Cups,[13] with the first one in Sweden in 1958.[14] FIFA confirmed him to be the journalist who covered the most Football World Cups in history.[15] On this occasion the organization awarded him a special recognition.[16] In 2018 he presented his new book "Mis Mundiales" (My World Cups), in which he described the coverages of the World Cups,[17] naming the Netherlands national football team of 1974 the best among all the world champions.[18]

During his career he worked as a sports commentator for various broadcasters such as Colonia, Belgrano, Province, Rivadavia (with José María Muñoz), Mitre, La Red and Radio del Plata.[19]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fueron testigos y desempolvan sus recuerdos medio siglo después. Clarín.com. www.clarin.com. 4 November 2017. es. 2020-01-27.
  2. http://www.clarin.com/deportes/Macaya-distinguido_0_956904491.html Macaya, un distinguido
  3. Web site: El hombre que respira fútbol - El Diario Sur. www.eldiariosur.com. es. 2020-02-03.
  4. Web site: Macaya Márquez: "El cuerpo técnico cree que no hay que trabajar". 2009-10-15. MisionesOnline. es. 2020-01-27.
  5. Web site: Enrique Macaya Márquez será Personalidad Destacada. 2013-07-28. Legislature Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires. 2020-01-27.
  6. Web site: Contratar a Macaya Marquez World Music BA - Contrata a tu artista. es. 2020-01-27.
  7. Web site: Los mejores periodistas deportivos argentinos. Lavezzi. Pocho. 2012-02-13. Taringa!. en. 2020-01-27.
  8. Web site: Fútbol de Primera: El mayor clásico del domingo. Castro. Roberto. 2015-08-04. dechalaca.com. 2020-01-27.
  9. Web site: Macaya Márquez, en Congreso Nacional - El Ancasti. www.elancasti.com.ar. 2020-01-27.
  10. Web site: Como llegó Macaya Márquez al periodismo. @CapsulasFutbol. 2016-06-02. Capsulas de Carreño. es. 2020-01-27.
  11. Web site: Un torneo rico y numeroso por cantidad y calidad de sus protagonistas CONMEBOL. www.conmebol.com. 2020-01-27.
  12. Web site: Enrique Macaya Márquez cumple hoy 82 años, el único periodista deportivo en haber cubierto 15 mundiales. AM. Radio 1000. www.radio1000.com.py. en. 2020-01-27. 2020-01-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20200127191546/http://www.radio1000.com.py/showmobile/37401. dead.
  13. Web site: Macaya Márquez, el periodista que más mundiales ha cubierto en el planeta. 2018-05-31. CNN. es-ES. 2020-02-03.
  14. Web site: Macaya Márquez, en primera persona. El Gráfico. es. 2020-02-03.
  15. Web site: ESPECIAL "Ver jugar a Pelé en Suecia 58 fue maravilloso, era un fenómeno": Enrique Macaya Márquez. Aldia. www.aldia.co. spanish. 2020-02-03.
  16. Web site: Enrique Macaya Márquez visitará Pilar el próximo jueves. 2017-09-21. Diario Resumen: El Diario de Pilar. es-AR. 2020-02-03. 2020-02-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20200203185247/https://diarioresumen.com.ar/enrique-macaya-marquez-pilar/. dead.
  17. Web site: Enrique Macaya Márquez presenta su libro: Mis Mundiales. Palermo. Universidad de. Universidad de Palermo. en. 2020-01-27.
  18. News: Enrique Macaya Márquez, el periodista que vio 15 Mundiales: "A Messi le falta liderazgo". Burgo. Andrés. 2018-04-25. El País. 2020-01-27. es. 1134-6582.
  19. Web site: Icónico Enrique Macaya Márquez entre los premiados. 2013-05-02. Aips America. es. 2020-02-03.
  20. Book: Macaya Márquez, Enrique. Mi visión del fútbol. 1996. Temas Grupo Ed.. 978-987-9164-02-0. Buenos Aires. Spanish. 252714172.
  21. Book: Macaya Márquez, Enrique. Mis mundiales: de Suecia 58 a Rusia 2018. 2018. 978-950-49-6205-2. Spanish. 1030951581.

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