Gaspar Rosety Menéndez (29 July 1958 – 6 March 2016) was a Spanish journalist.

Biography

Rosety was born in

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. His father died in 1974. Rosety began his career at Radio Gijon in 1975, while also serving as the sports editor at ''El Noroeste''. In 1979, he moved on to Intercontinental Radio of Madrid, and in 1982, he signed on with

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with José María Garcia, whom he accompanied in 1992 at the COPE radio network. In 1997, he left COPE to join the Radio Voz network, where he served as director of sports and assistant to the CEO. During this time, he also served as an investigative journalist at ''

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'', and wrote columns in ''

La Voz de Galicia ''La Voz de Galicia'' ( en, The Voice of Galicia) is a Spanish daily newspaper owned by the Corporación Voz de Galicia. ''La Voz'' is highest circulation newspaper in Galicia and the eighth-highest circulation general-interest daily newspaper ...

''. In 1998, he was designated by

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as the official announcer for the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo. He collaborated with ''

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'' and

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until he was appointed Media Director and, in 2007, assistant to the President of

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. He continued in this capacity until he joined the

Royal Spanish Football Federation The Royal Spanish Football Federation ( es, Real Federación Española de Fútbol; RFEF) is the governing body of football in Spain. It is based in La Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas, a municipality near Madrid. It was founded on 14 October 1909 ...

in 2009, first as Media Director and later as assistant to President

Ángel María Villar Ángel María Villar Llona (born 21 January 1950) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. After having represented Athletic Bilbao during a full decade (appearing in 361 official matches and scoring 11 goals), ...

. Rosety graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the

European University of Madrid European University of Madrid (''Universidad Europea de Madrid'' in Spanish language, UEM) is a private university in Madrid, Spain. History Founded in 1995, the school was purchased in 1999 by Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. In 2004, Sylvan Le ...

, an international master's degree in Sports Law and Management from the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE - the Graduate School of Law and Economy), and a master's degree in Sports Law from

Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya The Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya ( en, National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia, INEFC) is an indoor venue located in Barcelona. Renovated in 1991 on a design by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, it hosted ...

. In January 2014, Rosety was chosen as the president of the Madrid Association of Sports Law. In his last years, Rosety acted as an adviser to the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, and as a faculty member of the Faculty of Arts and Communication of the

. He also served as a columnist for '' La Razón'' and ''

''. Rosety died on 6 March 2016 at the age of 57 from a

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that he had suffered days before.

References

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