Barak Fever Daniels (

Holon, Israel Holon ( he, חוֹלוֹן ) is a city on the central coastal strip of Israel, south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the metropolitan Gush Dan area. In it had a population of . Holon has the second-largest industrial zone in Israel, after Haifa. ...

; 27 August 1981) is a Mexican-Israeli sport journalist who works for the multinational sport chain

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. He began his professional career in

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in 1998 in their statistics department and has covered a wide variety of major sporting events such as

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, Olympics 2008 in

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and

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. Fever studied

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Universidad Iberoamericana The Ibero-American University ( es, Universidad Iberoamericana), also referred to by its acronym ''UIA'' but commonly known as ''Ibero'' or ''La Ibero'') is a private, Catholic, Mexican higher education institution, sponsored by the Mexican provi ...

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Early life

Fever was born on 27 August 1981 in

Holon Holon ( he, חוֹלוֹן ) is a city on the central coastal strip of Israel, south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the metropolitan Gush Dan area. In it had a population of . Holon has the second-largest industrial zone in Israel, after Haifa. ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, to a Chilean father and a

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mother. He lived there until he was two years old, then moved to

, where he began his career, writing for the magazine ''Tiro de Esquina'' in 1995. In 1998, he began working with TV Azteca due to an invitation from

David Faitelson David Moshé Faitelson Pulido (born November 8, 1968 ) is a Mexican-Israeli sports journalist who currently works for ESPN Deportes. He lives in Southern California and is married and has three daughters.(18 February 2009)Biografía - David Faite ...

Career

In 2000, he finished his position in the statistics department and began to work as a commentator and

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for soccer matches at the

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, reporting directly from

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in 2004 and 2005 during the performance of Mexican soccer players such as

Rafael Márquez Rafael Márquez Álvarez (; born 13 February 1979) is a Mexican former professional footballer and current head coach of Spanish team Barcelona Atlètic. Nicknamed '' El Káiser'', he is regarded as the best defender in Mexico's history and o ...

and

Maribel Domínguez Maribel Domínguez Castelán (born 18 November 1978) is a Mexican former Association football, footballer who played for the Chicago Red Stars during 2013 Chicago Red Stars season, 2013 season of the National Women's Soccer League, and was cap ...

. In 2007, his position in TV Azteca was changed as he joined their creative department, creating two of the most famous sections of the popular TV show ''"Los Protagonistas"'': ''"La Contracrónica"'' and ''"Valedores de Iztacalco"''. His professional relationship with TV Azteca ended in 2009 after an issue with the Sports department (where the entire department was laid off)., Fever started working for the multinational sports chain ''

'' and entered on the

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in 2010.

''La Contracrónica'' and ''Valedores de Iztacalco''

''La Contracrónica'' is described as quantifying the performance of a specific player during a sporting event. It began as a piece (run by Fever) in the program in 2007 using the Mexican soccer player

Cuauhtémoc Blanco Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo (; born 17 January 1973) is a Mexican politician and former professional footballer who is the current Governor of Morelos under the coalition '' Juntos Haremos Historia''. He formerly served as the municipal president ...

as a subject. This piece has been a source of controversy given investigations have started based on the footage used; for example, when ''La Contracrónica'' of the FMF president Justino Compeán was made, he was discovered cheering for a particular football team in a match from the

.Contracrónica: El equipo favorito de Justino Compeán - ESPN Deportes Video - ESPN Deportes
Legal investigations took off after this particular demonstration of impartiality was revealed on TV.

References

External links

ESPN Deportes Official Site

Barak Fever's articles on ESPN

Barak Fever's interview by ElBuenFútbol*

Barak Fever's articles on FutbolSapiens
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