Grégoire Margotton

Grégoire Margotton (born 9 November 1969)[1] is a French sports journalist who has worked for French television channels Canal+ and TF1. Since 2018, he has been the main presenter of the TF1 football programme Téléfoot.

Grégoire Margotton
Grégoire Margotton commentating in 2017
Born (1969-11-09) 9 November 1969
Lyon, France
Career
ShowTéléfoot
Network
CountryFrance

Personal life

Margotton's father taught at Lumière University Lyon 2.[1] He studied his Baccalauréat in Lyon, before moving to Liverpool, England as an Erasmus student.[1]

Career

Margotton studied journalism at Bietry school, which was named after French journalist Charles Bietry.[1] In 1992, he started working for Canal+ as an intern.[1] Margotten and Darren Tulett were the French language commentators on the Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 game.[2] In 2014, Margotten started presenting La Data Room de Canal + (The Canal+ data room), a weekly short programme that looks into the statistics of football matches.[3] In the same year, Margotten suggested that matches between Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille should become a derby match.[4]

In 2016, Margotton moved from Canal+ to TF1, as he wanted to spend his weekends with his family rather than at football matches.[1][lower-alpha 1] His first match for TF1 was the Téléfoot coverage of an international friendly between France and Cameroon.[1] He was chosen ahead of Christian Jeanpierre to present Téléfoot's coverage of France matches at UEFA Euro 2016, and commentated alongside Bixente Lizarazu.[7][8] In September 2017, Margotton began hosting Rendez-vous Sport, a two-minute summary programme about football results and players.[9] Prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Margotten and Nicolas Glimois hosted a documentary 98, secrets d'une victoire (98, secrets of a victory) about France's victory at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[10] After the 2018 World Cup, Margotten replaced Jeanpierre as the main presenter of Téléfoot.[11][12] Margotten and Lizarazu commentated for the Téléfoot coverage of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[13]

Aside from football, Margotton has commentated for TF1 on handball. He commentated on the 2017 Men's[14] and Women's World Handball Championships,[15] the 2018 Women's EHF Champions League,[16] and the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.[17]

In 2019, Margotton appeared on a special edition of Qui veut gagner des millions ? to raise money for Notre-Dame de Paris following the fire there. Margotten and Alessandra Sublet won 24,000€.[18]

Awards

In 2013, Margotton was awarded the Lucarnes d'Or award for best French sports journalist.[7][19] In 2017, he was voted the French public's favourite commentator in a French Football Federation poll.[20]

Notes
  1. Since 2007, rights to Ligue 1 football were held by Canal+. Téléfoot shows highlights of foreign matches, European club competitions, and international matches.[5][6]

References
  1. Lefilliâtre, Jérôme (29 May 2016). "Grégoire Margotton, Euro d'être là". Libération (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. "PES 2013 : DAREN TULLET ET GRÉGOIRE MARGOTTON PARLENT DU JEU" (in French). Jeux Actu. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. "Canal + Lance Sa Data Room". Media Sportif (in French). 15 September 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. Roger-Petit, Bruno (2 March 2014). "PSG-OM, ne l'appelons plus "Clasico", mais "Derby de France"..." Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. Kefi, Ramses (6 January 2012). ""Téléfoot", c'était mieux avant, au temps de Thierry Roland". L'Obs (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  6. Koutroumanides, Christos (2018). "The French Ligue 1 TV Rights Selling Model – Historical Study". Scientific Journal of Education, Sports, and Health. University of Bacău. 19. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  7. Delcambre, Alexis (10 May 2016). "TF1 chipe Grégoire Margotton à Canal+". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  8. "Christian Jeanpierre remplacé par Grégoire Margotton sur TF1 à partir l'Euro 2016, selon L'Équipe". HuffPost. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  9. Messant, Nicholas (9 September 2017). "TF1 et France 2 lancent des pastilles sportives après leurs journaux". MediaSportif. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  10. ""98, secrets d'une victoire" : Grégoire Margotton et Nicolas Glimois reviennent sur le triomphe des Bleus". La Chaîne Info (in French). 8 June 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  11. "Téléfoot: Grégoire Margotten Succédera À Christian Jeanpierre". BFM TV (in French). 9 March 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  12. "Médias : Christian Jeanpierre quittera Téléfoot en fin de saison". Media365 (in French). 28 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020 – via Orange S.A.
  13. "Coupe du monde 2019 : TF1 présente son dispositif". L'Équipe (in French). 7 May 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  14. Barenghi, Jean-Marc (24 January 2017). "Grégoire Margotton se lance dans le handball". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  15. "Handball féminin : Le quart de finale France/Monténégro sur TMC demain soir". Ozap (in French). 11 December 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  16. "La finale de la Ligue des champions de handball diffusée en clair sur TFX". L'Équipe (in French). 2 May 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  17. Barenghi, Jean-Marc (19 January 2019). "Mondial de Hand : les Experts sur TMC". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  18. "Qui veut gagner des millions : Arthur donne 28 000 euros à la Fondation du Patrimoine pour atteindre les 100 000 euros". Telestar (in French). 19 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  19. Robert, Thomas (11 May 2013). "Lucarnes d'or : Grégoire Margotton, meilleur commentateur de foot". Programme.tv (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  20. "Grégoire Margotton est le commentateur préféré des Français". L'Équipe (in French). 13 June 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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