Alexey Andronov. A few words about his life

The world of sports journalism is literally full of good masters. However, as in any sphere of human activity, there are real professionals who will be interested in getting to know everyone. One of the people deserving close attention of the public is Alexey Andronov.

Several biographical facts

The future master of Russian journalism, racing driver and television commentator was born in Moscow on August 21, 1975. It is noteworthy that until the end of his studies in secondary school Alexei Andronov had the name of Tkhostov, which belonged to his father, a native of Ossetia. By the way, the genealogy of our hero also inspires respect: Dad was the head of the Department of Pathopsychology of Moscow State University, and his grandfather was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation.

Alexey Andronov And could not get a higher education. Entering the faculty of journalism, he immersed himself in the work, which eventually led to the deduction.

Career

Correspondent activities Andronov began in the "Book Review". Later he worked in such well-known newspapers as: "Sport Express", "Football Courier", "Football-Express". At the end of the 1990s, the journalist conducted a review program called "European Football Week" on the television channels "TNT", "NTV-Plus Football".

For ten years Alexey was the leader of the information-analytical program "Free Kick". In addition, he was involved as a lead in the popular program "World of Speed".

At the Winter Olympics in 2002 and 2014 Andronov was also actively involved, commenting on the competition in biathlon. Summer Olympic Games also did not pass by a journalist. He was invited to lead boxing tournaments between 2000 and 2012.

From 2002 to 2003, he was the official press officer of the Russian football team.

He was leading reports from the finals of the Champions League in 2012 and 2013.

Starting from November 2015, he moved to work on the recently opened television channel "Match TV".

Work in Ukraine

In 2004, Alexey Andronov On the Ukrainian television channel ICTV conducted the broadcast of the world championship in automobile racing "Formula-1". His partner in the work was then Alexei Mochanov. The same tandem worked on the "First National" in 2005 year.

Awards

Alexey Andronov, whose biography continues to be filled with new professional achievements, for two consecutive years (2011, 2012) was recognized as the best football commentator on the NTV-Plus channel.

Personal preferences

Andronov calls his favorite club Dortmund "Borussia". Favorite players for the journalist are: Igor Akinfiev, Lothar Matthaus, Marco Materazzi. The ideal football commentator, according to Alexei, was the late Kote Makharadze.

Scandalous situations

In June 2013, Alexey Andronov (photo provided in this article) expressed his opinion that the list of the best players of the season approved by the head of the Russian Football Union is "ridiculous". To which the chairman of the RFU Simonyan called the journalist "an absolute dilettante", and his activity - "graphomania".

In July 2013, Andronov was suspended from commenting on matches with the participation of Moscow "Spartak". This incident was related to the fact that the club used its right of veto against the journalist. The restriction was annulled only in the autumn of next year.

At the end of 2015, Alexei on his page in one of the social networks is extremely obscene about the Russian world. As a result, the event received a wide resonance in society. One of the consequences is the preparation of the application by the lawyer Ilya Remeslo to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation and the FSB with a demand to analyze the words of Andronov for extremism. As a result, the commentator apologized and closed the account.