Georgy Vladimirovich Cherdantsev^[1] (Russian: Георгий Владимирович Черданцев; February 1, 1971, Moscow, USSR^[2]) is a Russian sports commentator, TV and radio. Got mainly known as a sports commentator channels NTV and NTV Plus.^[3] He is currently working on the channel Match TV.^[4]

Georgy Cherdantsev born February 1, 1971, in Moscow. Great-grandfather George wrote the first textbook on Russian shorthand.^[5] His great-grandfather was the first geographical map of Uzbekistan. Once one of the streets of Tashkent was Cherdantsev's named.^[6]

Since 1982 to 1989 he played in Moscow football championship among the clubs of Spartak-2, but was forced to finish his football career due to a knee injury.^[2] He graduated from the Department of Romance and Germanic Philology Faculty of Moscow State University in 1992, qualifyiung as a translator and English teacher.^[2] He speaks also Italian.^[7] After graduation he worked in the legal department in a bank, a loader in a warehouse in Istanbul, in the tourist company.^[2]

Beginning in 1996 Georgy was employed by NTV Plus television channel.^[8] He started in the position of interpreter, then began to report small stories, reports, football championships reviews.^[2] He was a correspondent for the program Football Club of Vasily Utkin.^[1] As a reporter for preparing reports for the issues under the title football club in the World Cup 1998.^[2] Commented first football game dates back to 1998, a record broadcast World Cup games in France between the national teams of Italy and Norway.^[8]

Since 2004 to 2007 he worked as a press attaché of the Russian Premier League.^[9]

In August 2013 he was appointed head of the TV channel Sport Plus.^[10] On Sport Plus in 2014 he presented the Olympic Channel from Sochi in tandem with the leading radio Sport FM Sofya Tartakova, where at that time was a presenter.^[11][12]

He has mainly commentated on matches in Serie A. Also he worked as a commentator for the World and European championships. Commentated for three UEFA Champions League — in 2003, 2007 and 2015.^[13]

In April 2015 AST publishing house published a book of Cherdantsev Notes of Football Commentator.^[14]

Since 2015 — columnist Russian version of EA Sports FIFA 16 (together with Konstantin Genich).^[15]