Hafid Derradji ( ar, حفيظ دراجي; born October 7, 1964) is an Algerian

sports commentator In sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as sports announcer or sportscaster) provides a real-time commentary of a game or event, usually during a live broadcast, traditionally delivered in the historical present tense. Radio was ...

and former footballer.

Biography

Derradji studied at the Institute of Information and Communication and graduated in 1988. He began his career as a journalist on Télévision Algérienne (

ENTV Public Establishment of Television ( ar, المؤسّسة العمومية للتلفزيون, french: Établissement public de télévision ), abbreviated as EPTV, is a state-owned company that manages the activity of television in Algeria, go ...

GROUP) in 1989 and was for 19 years successively, sports commentator, presenter and producer. During this period, he hosted several shows including ''La Soirée des rêves'' and ''Téléthon''. He has won numerous awards and honors in Algeria and abroad, including the 2004 International Olympic Committee Award for Sports and Media and the 2001 award for Best Sports Commentator by the Moroccan newspaper Ahdath. He commented on more than 600 football matches on Télévision Algérienne. He was editor-in-chief of the sports section of

GROUP from 1997 to 2002, Director of Information from 2002 to 2003, and deputy Director General for sports from 2003 to 2006. He was then deputy director from 2006 until he joined

Al Jazeera Sports beIN Sports MENA ( ar, بي إن سبورتس العربية) is a subsidiary of beIN Sports. It is based in Doha, Qatar, serving the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. They are owned by beIN Media Group, a former subsidiary of Al Jaze ...

in 2008. Since 2012, he has worked as a

at beIN SPORTS in Arabic. He is considered one of the best football narrators in the Arab world.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Derradji, Hafid 1964 births Living people University of Algiers alumni Algerian emigrants to Qatar Algerian journalists Al Jazeera people Algerian television personalities