Gabriele Marcotti (born 28 July 1973) is an Italian
sports journalist
Sports journalism is a form of writing that reports on matters pertaining to sporting topics and competitions. Sports journalism started in the early 1800s when it was targeted to the social elite and transitioned into an integral part of the n ...
, sports author, and radio-television presenter.
Born in Italy and now based in London, he was raised in the United States (Chicago and New York), Poland, Germany and Japan. He is fluent in Italian, English, German, Spanish and knows conversational Japanese.
Early life
Marcotti briefly attended the
European School, Varese
The European School, Varese is one of thirteen European Schools, and the only one to be established in Italy. Founded in 1960 in the city of Varese, in the North-Italian region of Lombardy, its primary purpose is to provide an education to the c ...
in Varese, Italy. He subsequently obtained a bachelor's degree from the
University of Pennsylvania
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and master's degree in journalism from
Columbia University
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, New York.
Print journalism career
Due to his fluency in both English and Italian, Marcotti writes for and contributes to various publications in both languages.
In the United States, he is known for his work in ''
Sports Illustrated
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'', ''
The Wall Street Journal
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'', and ''
ESPN FC
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''. He also writes for ''Champions Magazine'', ''
The Times
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'' in England, and the ''
Sunday Herald
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'' in Scotland, having previously written for the ''
Daily Mail
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'' and the ''
Financial Times
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''. On 3 June 2019, Marcotti announced that he was leaving ''The Times'' to write exclusively for espnfc.com.
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In Italy he is a columnist for ''
La Stampa
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History and profile
The paper was fou ...
'' and is the London correspondent of ''
Il Corriere dello Sport''.
Broadcasting
After working for
talkSPORT radio for six years, Marcotti switched to
Radio 5 Live
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, co-presenting the Friday edition of ''5 Live Sport'' alongside
Mark Pougatch to preview the weekend's fixtures in the Premier League and beyond. When
Colin Murray
Colin Murray (born Luke Wright on 10 March 1977) is a Northern Irish radio and television presenter. In 2010, he became host of BBC Television's ''Match of the Day 2'' on BBC Two, while still anchoring shows on BBC Radio 5 Live, including '' 5 ...
began hosting ''5 Live Sport'' on Friday nights, Marcotti moved to the Sunday night ''
6-0-6'' programme. He also appeared in a November edition of the All Out Attack Podcast with Harry De Cosemo.
He often appears on the sports betting television station, SportsXchange and is sometimes interviewed on
Sky Sports News
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History
Since 1992, Sky Sports had broadcast sports news, initially a brief ''Football Update'' and lat ...
and
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. He has also appeared as a pundit on ITV's UEFA Champions League highlights show, and is a regular guest on
broadcasts''. In the acknowledgements of ''
refers to Marcotti as "my learned soccer guru" and writes that he "...doesn't just know his football, he knows his politics, economics, and culture."
. He had previously been a main contributor to the podcast for 2006–07 season. The following season he remained a prominent contributor to the programme, although
took over as the host. Midway through the 2009–10 season, Jupitus left the show to concentrate on other work and Marcotti was re-appointed to the role of host. He left his role as presenter on 3 June 2019.
2006's ''The Italian Job: A Journey to the Heart of Two Great Footballing Cultures'' (written in conjunction with
), ''Capello: Portrait of a Winner'' (2008), an unauthorized biography of former England manager
Sports Book of the Year. ''Capello: Portrait of a Winner'' was nominated for the National Sporting Club's British Sports Book of the Year award in the Football category.
Marcotti is married and has two daughters.