Christian Jeanpierre
Born (1965-04-09) 9 April 1965 (age 58)
Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France
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ShowTéléfoot
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CountryFrance

Christian Jeanpierre (also spelt Jean-Pierre, born 9 April 1965)[1] is a French sports journalist who has worked for French television channels Canal+ and TF1, as well as radio station Europe 1. Jeanpierre presented TF1's football programme, Téléfoot, in 2004, and from 2008 to 2018.

Personal life

Jeanpierre was born in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, and grew up in Toulouse.[2] His grandparents were farmers.[3] He studied at the Journalists Training Center in Montpellier.[1] Jeanpierre is a supporter of Toulouse FC, and rugby union team Stade Toulousain.[2] He is an amateur drummer, and plays music with Jean-Jacques Goldman.[4]

Career

Jeanpierre's first journalistic work was for the La Dépêche du Midi whilst he was providing humanitarian aid in Mali.[3] In 1987, he began working for the magazine ça m'intéresse.[3] In 1988, he began working for broadcaster TF1 as an intern.[5] At TF1, he then became a reporter, and then a columnist.[4] Jeanpierre covered the Rugby World Cups between 1995 and 2019.[5] Jeanpierre is nicknamed "Monsieur foot" ("Mr Football").[2]

Between 2003 and 2008, Jeanpierre worked for French radio station Europe 1 in their sports department. He specialised in football commentary.[1] After Thierry Roland's departure from TF1 football programme Téléfoot in 2004, Jeanpierre hosted the show alongside Nathalie Renoux [fr].[6] In January 2005, they were replaced by Thierry Gilardi.[7] After the death of Gilardi in 2008, Christian Jeanpierre returned as Téléfoot presenter.[8] His first programme was dedicated to Gilardi.[9] Co-presenters alongside Jeanpierre included Frédéric Calenge [fr] and Charlotte Namura [fr], and Bixente Lizarazu made some host appearances on the show.[9] He covered every France international football game between 2008 and early 2016,[4] and is remembered for his commentary of France's defeat to hosts South Africa at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[5] Grégoire Margotton was chosen ahead of Jeanpierre to present Téléfoot's coverage of France matches at UEFA Euro 2016, after Margotton moved from Canal+ to TF1. Jeanpierre had presented Téléfoot's coverage of the 2008 and 2012 tournaments,[10] and continued to cover other matches at Euro 2016,[4] alongside former A.S. Roma coach Rudi Garcia.[11] He commentated on seven matches, including England against Slovakia, and also interviewed French manager Didier Deschamps two days after France's first match of the tournament against Romania.[1] After the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Jeanpierre was replaced by Margotton as the main presenter of Téléfoot.[12][13] Jeanpierre was then demoted to only covering minor matches.[14] He left TF1 in 2020;[5][14] his last broadcast was Les Enfoirés, les secrets de une concert on 14 March.[4] He later worked on high frequency microphones used by FIFA and UEFA.[1] In 2021, he was working with Canal+ on a programme about The Invincibles Arsenal team.[15]

Works

In 2015, Jeanpierre wrote a book Quarante-Huit Deux-Tiers (48 and two-thirds) about his interactions with famous people, including Arsène Wenger, Christian Califano, Lionel Messi, Kad Merad and Comte de Bouderbala [fr].[16] In 2021, Jeanpierre wrote a novel 2026, l'année où le football deviendra américain (2026, the year when football becomes America).[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Christian Jeanpierre" (in French). Ozap. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Broussy, Catilla (26 August 2012). "Toulouse. Christian Jeanpierre : "Immatriculé 31"". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Rencontre avec Christian Jeanpierre, journaliste sportif, musicien et parrain d'ELA" (in French). ELA. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e "TF1 : Christian Jeanpierre, ancien commentateur des matchs des Bleus, écarté". Le Parisien. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "Commentateur du foot et du rugby sur la première chaîne d'Europe, le journaliste va être licencié, annonce le site Internet de " L'Équipe "". Le Point (in French). 6 March 2020.
  6. ^ Bouvet, Bruno (8 January 2005). "Thierry Gilardi, nouvel homme fort du foot sur TF1". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Ça s'est passé… le 16 septembre 1977 : la première de Téléfoot" (in French). Toutes Le Monde Sen Foot. 17 September 2015. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  8. ^ "TF1 : Christian Jeanpierre remplace Thierry Gilardi". Ozap (in French). 26 March 2008. Archived from the original on 4 May 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  9. ^ a b Murce, Vince (20 November 2016). "Téléfoot, TF1 : vous souvenez-vous de tous les présentateurs de l'émission sportive?". Télé Star [fr] (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Christian Jeanpierre remplacé par Grégoire Margotton sur TF1 à partir l'Euro 2016, selon L'Équipe". HuffPost. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Euro 2016 : Christian Jeanpierre commentera des matchs... mineurs". Ozap (in French). 17 May 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Téléfoot: Grégoire Margotten Succédera À Christian Jeanpierre". BFM TV (in French). 9 March 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Médias : Christian Jeanpierre quittera Téléfoot en fin de saison". Media365 (in French). 28 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020 – via Orange S.A.
  14. ^ a b "Christian Jeanpierre désormais hors-jeu, c'est la fin du TF1 d'avant". Télérama (in French). 9 March 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  15. ^ a b "La nouvelle vie de Christian Jeanpierre après son licenciement de TF1" (in French). Amo Mama. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  16. ^ Page, Axel (2 December 2015). "On a lu "48 2/3", le livre de Christian Jeanpierre" (in French). PK Foot. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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