Béla Réthy

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Béla Andreas Réthy (born 14 December 1956) is a German sports reporter of Hungarian ancestry.

Life

When Réthy was born in Vienna,{{cite web | title=Stimme des Fußballs: Letztes Spiel für Béla Réthy | website=Süddeutsche.de | date=12 December 2022 | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/fussball-stimme-des-fussballs-letztes-spiel-fuer-bela-rethy-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-221212-99-870593 | language=de | access-date=14 December 2022}}{{cite web | title=Béla Réthy über seine letzte WM: "Man muss als Reporter diesmal ein bisschen mehr aufpassen" | website=Der Tagesspiegel | date=19 November 2022 | url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/medien/nach-der-wm-in-rente-bela-rethy-alles-so-schon-bunt-hier-das-kann-man-nicht-erzahlen-8890774.html | language=de | access-date=14 December 2022}} his parents had to leave their home country because of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.{{cite web | title=Ciao, Béla! | website=kicker | date=14 December 2022 | url=https://www.kicker.de/ciao-b-la-929355/artikel | language=de | access-date=14 December 2022}} They emigrated to Brazil where they stayed until they went to Germany in 1968.{{cite web |url=http://www.berner-block.de/Bela-Rethy.80.0.html |title=Bela Rethy |work=www.berner-block.de |language=German |accessdate=13 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618030714/http://www.berner-block.de/Bela-Rethy.80.0.html |archivedate=18 June 2010 }} Réthy obtained his Abitur certificate at {{ill|Gutenbergschule Wiesbaden|de}}{{cite web | title=In fünf Jahren soll Schluss sein | website=fnp.de | date=4 November 2017 | url=https://www.fnp.de/lokales/hochtaunus/fuenf-jahren-soll-schluss-sein-10438756.html | language=de | access-date=14 December 2022}} so he was able to attend Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz where he studied literature and journalism.{{cite web | title=Biografie | website=ZDF Presseportal | url=https://presseportal.zdf.de/biografien/uebersicht/rethy-bela-andreas | language=de | access-date=14 December 2022}} In the meantime he worked in the sports archive of the ZDF and became a freelancer later.{{cite web | last=Strasser | first=Patrick | title=Sportkommentator Béla Réthy verabschiedet sich: "Freue mich sehr darauf, als Fan ins Stadion zu gehen" | website=RND.de | date=14 December 2022 | url=https://www.rnd.de/medien/bela-rethy-fussballkommentator-verabschiedet-sich-nach-28-jahren-BRRUN3GJ6BCBRDBFZJUOAGB4JM.html | language=de | access-date=14 December 2022}} 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.{{cite web | title=Béla und Belo: Réthys fünf Highlights bei der WM | website=Abendzeitung München | date=14 December 2022 | url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/sport/fussball/bela-und-belo-rethys-fuenf-highlights-bei-der-wm-art-865290 | language=de | access-date=15 December 2022}} He has commentated at the finals of:

the Euro 1996 (Germany vs. Czech Republic) in England
the 2002 FIFA World Cup (Germany vs. Brazil) in Japan and South Korea
the Euro 2004 (Portugal vs. Greece) in Portugal
the 2010 FIFA World Cup (Spain vs. Netherlands) in South Africa
the Euro 2012 (Spain vs. Italy) in Poland and Ukraine
the 2018 FIFA World Cup (France vs. Croatia) in Russia

In addition, he has also commentated the UEFA Champions League finals of 2013, 2014 and 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://nol.hu/sport/klasszis-a-klasszisokrol-1557279|title = Sajnálja Dárdai távozását a Bundesliga "magyar hangja"|date = 14 August 2015 | last1=Péter | first1=Őri B. }}

Réthy speaks German, Hungarian, Portuguese and English fluently, as well as French and Spanish.

Books

{{cite book | last1=Réthy | first1=Béla | last2=Psotta | first2=Kai | title=Live die Länderspiele meines Lebens | publication-place=Köln | date=2014 | isbn=978-3-7857-2496-5 | oclc=864650341 | language=de}}

Béla Réthy

Life

Books

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