Guillem Balagué
Guillem Ramón Antonio Balagué (born 2 November 1968) is a Spanish football journalist, author, and pundit. He was a regular pundit on Sky Sports' show Revista de la Liga and has also written for some of Britain's newspapers as well as several Spanish newspapers.
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- Name
- Guillem Balagué
- Birth Name
- Guillem Ramón Antonio Balagué
- Born
- 2 November 1968
- Birthplace
- Barcelona, Spain
- Education
- Autonomous University of Barcelona (BJ)
- Occupation
- Football journalist
- Awards
- Cross Sports Book Awards Football Book of the Year
- Nationality
- Spain
- Fields
- sports journalism · sport · association football
- Languages
- Catalan · Spanish · English
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Guillem Ramón Antonio Balagué (born 2 November 1968) is a Spanish football journalist, author, and pundit. He was a regular pundit on Sky Sports' show Revista de la Liga and has also written for some of Britain's newspapers as well as several Spanish newspapers.
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Guillem Balagué (born 1968) is a journalist and writer, of Spanish nationality. The journalist was born in Barcelona.
Guillem Balagué worked in Greater London. Activity centred on association football, sport and sports journalism. Languages used include Catalan, English and Spanish.
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• Name — Guillem Balagué • Birth Name — Guillem Ramón Antonio Balagué • Born — 2 November 1968 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Education — Autonomous University of Barcelona (BJ) • Occupation — Football journalist • writer • author • Years Active — 1989–present • Employer — BBC • Awards — Cross Sports Book Awards Football Book of the Year • Website — guillembalague.com
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Journalism
In June 2008, Balagué launched his own personal website, featuring a blog, news and the opportunity to interact with him directly. Balagué has made contributions to several English and Spanish newspapers. He is currently preparing a documentary and also the last Pep Guardiola biography in English. He has written articles in British newspapers The Times and The Observer, as well as a weekly column in the free daily The Metro making mainly on stories involving continental football. He also occasionally writes for sport website Bleacher Report. He is also well known for his work with Spanish football newspaper Diario AS and Spain's national radio station Cadena SER, where he features on phone-ins regularly. Balagué and Gabriele Marcotti presented The Game podcast, hosted by The Times, for the 2007–08 Premier League season. Balagué appeared as a contestant on an episode of Pointless Celebrities teamed with former Argentina international footballer Ossie Ardiles, first broadcast on 29 April 2017. His book, Cristiano Ronaldo. The Biography was named Football Book of the Year 2016 in Polish Sports Book Awards (Sportowa Książka Roku). Since Sky Sports lost their rights to La Liga he has appeared many Thursdays on BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily, Europa Leagues podcast. He has also worked for CBS Sports in the US on their UEFA Champions League coverage and hosted the travelogue series Destination: European Nights for Paramount+.
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Involvement in football
In 2013, Balagué became a B licensed coach. In 2014, he became Director of Football at English non-league football team Biggleswade United, and is now the chairman of the club.
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- 1.Morning Footy (4 March 2025), CBS Sports Golazo Network
- 2.Si exiute el periodismo deportivo basura es porque hay audiencia para ello. impassemag. 4 February 2016.
- 3.Guillembalague.com. Guillem Balague Football Website Home.
- 4.Ondacero.es. ONDACERO – Radio en Directo, Noticias, Deportes, Podcast, Olimpiadas 2012.
- 5.BBC. International.
- 6.sportowaksiazkaroku. Polish Sports Book Awards 2016 – results.
- 7.Guillem Balague – Biography. guillembalague.com.
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