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Thierry Roland

Thierry Roland (4 August 1937 – 16 June 2012) was a French sports commentator. He was born in the city of Boulogne-Billancourt, and died in Paris of a cerebrovascular event at age 74. Roland was France's leading football commentator for fifty-nine years. He began his career as a radio journalist for ORTF when he was just sixteen years old. He then became a television sports journalist at the age of twenty. He commentated on more than 1,000 football matches, including thirteen World Cups (beginning with the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile) and nine UEFA European Championships. Source: Article "Thierry Roland" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


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Born:
Aug 4, 1937 In Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Movie/TV Credits:
6
First Appeared:
In the movie A Real Young Girl 1976-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie Shooting Stars 2002-04-24
Known For
Poster of Amélie
Poster of Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0
Poster of The Joint Brothers
Filmography
Movie Shooting Stars Self 2002-04-24
Movie Amélie Thierry Roland (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) 2001-04-25
Movie Les Guignols de l'info - L’Exclusive des 10 ans des Guignols Self 1999-02-19
Movie Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0 Self 1996-06-19
Movie The Joint Brothers Le commentateur du match de foot (voice) 1986-10-15
Movie A Real Young Girl TV Commentator (voice) (archive footage) 1976-01-01