Thierry Roland

Thierry José Roland (; 4 August 1937 – 16 June 2012) was a French sports commentator who was France's leading football commentator for 59 years. He began his career as a radio journalist for the ORTF when he was just 16 years old. Roland then became a television sports journalist at age 20. 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. He was nicknamed La voix du football ("The voice of football"). Roland was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, a suburban city just southwest of Paris. He died in the 15th arrondissement of Paris of a cerebrovascular event at age 74. Bibliography La légende de la coupe du monde, Minerva, 1998 La Fabuleuse histoire de la Coupe du monde, Minerva, October 2002 Mes 100 plus grands matchs, Larousse, October 2005 Mes 100 plus grands joueurs, Larousse, May 2006 100 % Bleus, Solar, 2008 Mes 13 coupes du monde, Edition du Rocher, April 2010 Mes plus grands moments de football, Larousse, May 2012 Commentator style Some of Thierry Roland's expressions in his comments of matches, such as: "These two will not spend their holidays together", "Broke like a rabbit in full flight", "He swallowed the trumpet", "The balloon is went in the zig and he went in the zag "," He did not make the trip for nothing "or" This is not the right line of Longchamp ", contributed to his popularity.