Derek Rae

Derek Rae (* in Aberdeen) is a Scottish football presenter. He stands at ESPN under contract, for whom he works as a game commentator for the Champions League broadcasts. He is also a "host" of the broadcast ESPNsoccernet PressPass.

Career

Rae's career began at age 15 when he worked as a football commentator for a radio station that aired in local hospitals. At 19, as the spokesman David Francey suffered a knee injury, he got the chance for him at a radio broadcast of the Scottish Premier League to step in. Following this, Rae commented for BBC Scotland a game between the national teams of England and Scotland in London. Soon after Rae was hired by BBC Scotland firmly as Scottish football correspondent. Throughout this period Rae was a student at the University of Aberdeen.

1987 Rae the title "Sony British Sports Broadcaster of the Year" was, still in Aberdeen, conferred. In 1994 he began to work for ESPN. During his time in the United States Rae has also worked as " the voice " of Major League Soccer 's New England Revolution. Here, Rae was especially known for his critical position towards the former Revolution coach Walter Zenga during an Internet radio show.

On 25 May 2005 Rae was at the microphone for the ESPN2 broadcast of the historic UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool and AC Milan in Istanbul. The ratings were here in North America, the highest ever recorded for a game of the Champions League.

Rae writes on the website ESPNsoccernet 's a column called " Rae's Say ". He lives since 1991 in Beverly, Massachusetts, is married to Beth Powers, who comes from Beverly. Derek's distinctive greeting his announcement reads: " Hello from me, Derek Rae. ".

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