Pierre Ménès

Pierre Ménès (born 29 June 1963) is a French football commentator, analyst and presenter. He is an analyst on the Canal+ programme Canal Football Club.[1]

Pierre Ménès
Pierre Ménès in 2014
Born (1963-06-29) 29 June 1963 8th Arrondissement, Paris, France
NationalityFrench
EducationUniversity of Nanterre
OccupationSports Commentator

Biography

Ménès was born in the 8th arrondissement of Paris on 29 June 1963. His father's side of his family are from Brest, where he often spent his holidays as a child.[2] His father was an insurer and his mother was an English teacher. He practised fencing in his youth. After being involved in an accident, in which he crashed his moped into a car, he broke his leg and his wrist. He stopped practising fencing due to his injuries.[3] He began working at L'équipe in 1983 where he covered action in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. He spent 21 years working for L'équipe.[4] He became the director of development at Stade de Reims in 2005, a position he held for one year.[5] In 2009 he joined Canal+ to be a part of the panel on Canal Football Club, a show that analyses football matches from around Europe.[6]

Ménès is one of two French commentators on EA Sport's FIFA video games.[7][8]

In April 2020 Ménès was hospitalised after contracting COVID-19.[9]

References
  1. REMIA, Cedric (2019-08-11). "Canal Football Club (Canal+) : découvrez toutes les nouveautés de l'émission cette saison !". m.programme-tv.net (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  2. "Pierre Ménès. Double crochet à Brest". Le Telegramme (in French). 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  3. "Ménès : " Avant les Verts, je n'aimais pas le foot" - Médias - Foot". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  4. "Ménès : " Avant les Verts, je n'aimais pas le foot" - Médias - Foot". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  5. "Pierre Ménès: " Moi, une marque ? C'est un compliment " - Médias - Foot". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  6. Média, Prisma. "Pierre Ménès - La biographie de Pierre Ménès avec Voici.fr". Voici.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  7. "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  8. "VIDÉO : Les commentaires hilarants de Ménès et Mathoux sur l'AS Monaco dans FIFA 19". 90min.com (in French). 2019-06-15. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  9. "Pour Pierre Menès, le Covid-19 doit "servir de leçon" pour donner plus de moyens aux hôpitaux". Le Huffington Post (in French). 2020-05-17. Retrieved 2020-07-04.


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