Jorge Ottati (born in

Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

, Uruguay) is a television and radio sports announcer who currently works for BeIN Sports. His father is Prof. Jorge Ottati, a renowned sportscaster. He started his broadcasting career in Uruguay at the young age of 16 in CX 4 Radio Capital. He also worked for several radio stations such as

CX 32 Radiomundo CX 32 Radiomundo is a Uruguayan Spanish-language AM radio station that broadcasts from Montevideo. In March 2018, the station was relaunched with a mixture of news, interviews, arts and music. Selected programs * ''En Perspectiva'', led by Emi ...

CX 30 Radio Nacional CX 30 Radio Nacional is a Uruguayan Spanish language AM radio station that broadcasts from Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city ...

CX 38 SODRE Emisora del Sur ("Station of the South") is a state-owned Uruguayan Spanish-language radio station that broadcasts from Montevideo on 1290 AM and 94.7 FM. It airs primarily musical programming with an emphasis on traditional music. Some Emisor ...

, CX 36 Radio Centenario, CX 28 Radio Imparcial, and

CX 12 Radio Oriental CX 12 Radio Oriental is a Uruguayan Spanish language, Spanish-language AM radio station broadcasting from La Paz city in Canelones, its studios are located in Montevideo and its signal can be heard from the whole country and some cities from Arge ...

. In 1996, he started working in television with Canal 10 for the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, and then he was hired by TVC Network as a host and play-by-play announcer for professional basketball games.

Broadcasting career in the United States

PSN - Pan-American Sports Network (Cable Television) – Hollywood, Florida (2000–2002)

Basketball – play-by-play announcer

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...

* WNBA * Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

Studio host

* 2000 Sydney Olympic Games Opening Ceremony *NBA Preview Show *Sydney 2000 Daily Show *El Show de los Goles *French League Highlights Show *Italian League Highlights Show *Mercosur Preview Show *Libertadores Preview Show * Pepsi 2001 Mexican Soccer *Sudamerica Rumbo al Mundial *The Best of ''

Le Championnat Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition ...

'' *Liga Sudamericana Preview Show

Soccer – play-by-play announcer

* Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores * CONCACAF Champions Cup *Italian League *

2002 World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

South America Qualifiers (CONMEBOL) *2002 World Cup North, Central America and Caribbean Qualifiers (CONCACAF) *2002 World Cup Europe Qualifiers *French League *Mexican League *Portuguese League *

English FA The Football Association (also known as The FA) is the Sports governing body, governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the ...

Cup * UEFA Cup *

Dallas Cup The ''Dallas Cup'', is an annual international Football (soccer), football tournament for invited youth teams. The tournament was established i1980and is held in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, with FC Dallas serving as its host club. Venues used for the t ...

USA Cup The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

* Copa Mercosur * Copa Merconorte *

Sudamericano The South American Youth Football Championship, also known as U-20 South American Championship and es, Torneo Juventudes de América, "Campeonato Sudamericano Sub 20" or pt, Juventude da América (English: "America's Youth") is a South American f ...

Sub-20 Ecuador *Sudamericano Sub-17 Peru *European Friendly Games

Voice-overs

Sportsworld ''Sportsworld'' (also known as ''NBC SportsWorld'') is an American sports anthology television program which aired on NBC on Saturday afternoons from 1978 to 1994. Format The program presented a wide variety of lower-profile and offbeat sporting ...

FIFA Futbol Mundial ''FIFA Futbol Mundial'' was a football-related magazine show produced by IMG Sports Media in conjunction with FIFA. It ran from 1994 to at least 2014. FIFA maintained a YouTube playlist of the same name until 2016. The show was started in 1994 ...

* Trans World Sport *Wild Spirits *Legends of

Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * ...

Univision, TeleFutura and Galavisión (Broadcast Television) - Miami, Florida (2004–2012)

Studio anchor and co-host

* Contacto Deportivo (TeleFutura)

Sports anchor

Copa América The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...

Al Día – Perú 2004 (Galavision) *En Vivo y Directo (TeleFutura)

Color commentator and host

* Mundial Sub-20 – Holanda 2005 (TeleFutura/Galavision) *Mundial Sub-17 – Perú 2005 (Galavision) *Fútbol Liga Mexicana (Galavision/TeleFutura) *

Copa de Oro The Copa de Oro (English: ''Gold Cup'', Portuguese: ''Copa Ouro''), or Copa de Oro Nicolás Leoz, was a football cup winners' cup competition contested on 3 occasions by the most recent winners of all CONMEBOL continental competitions. These inclu ...

2005 (Galavision/TeleFutura) *Copa Confederaciones – Alemania 2005 (Galavision/TeleFutura) * Torneo Uncaf – Guatemala 2005 (Galavision) *Torneo Uncaf – El Salvador 2007 (Galavision)

Studio host

Solo boxeo Solo or SOLO may refer to: Arts and entertainment Comics * Solo (DC Comics), ''Solo'' (DC Comics), a DC comics series * Solo, a 1996 mini-series from Dark Horse Comics Characters * Han Solo, a ''Star Wars'' character * Jacen Solo, a Jedi in the ...

de Miller/Solo Boxeo Tecate

References

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