Siro_López

Siro López

Siro López

Spanish journalist and streamer

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Siro López Fernández (Sarria, Lugo, March 20, 1956) is a Spanish sports journalist, streamer, and YouTuber.

Quick Facts Born, Occupation(s) ...

He specializes in basketball and football and is a regular commentator for various national media outlets. He is currently a contributor to Cadena COPE, the newspaper Sport, the program Estudio Estadio on Teledeporte, and El golazo de Gol on Gol TV. In addition, he narrated Real Madrid basketball games on Real Madrid TV and was a contributor to the program "Colgados del Aro," which was part of the YouTube channel "Experience Endesa" and was hosted by Juanma López Iturriaga and Pablo Lolaso. Since 2020, he has been an active streamer on Twitch, and has become one of the most watched sports streamers in Spain.[2] He has participated in several events such as the Padel de las Estrellas (Padel of the Stars).[3] and the Esland Awards.[4]

Trajectory

From the age of ten, he lived with his family in Barcelona, where he studied and graduated in journalism at the Faculty of Information Sciences of Bellaterra of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Director of Sports at Telemadrid

Between 2000 and 2010, he was the sports director of Telemadrid,[5] being, in turn, since 2004, presenter of the sports section of the Telenoticias of the regional channel. Previously, he held different positions in different media and institutions, such as head of press for Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña,[6] editor and basketball narrator for José Mara García's team on Antena 3 Radio, head of sports for La Coruña and Santiago at Onda Cero, and later editor-in-chief of Don Balón and director of the website "Defensacentral.com".

TV media talk show host

He was one of the founders of Punto pelota,[7] along with Tomás Roncero and José Damián González, who remained from its inception on September 15, 2008, until its extinction on December 4, 2013. On January 6, 2014, he began as a commentator on Josep Pedrerol's new project in Atresmedia, El chiringuito de Jugones.[8]

Shortly after a month, on February 10, 2014, he announced his departure to the other major private television group in the country, Mediaset España, to participate in the talk shows of Pedrerol's rival midnight sports program, "Tiki-Taka" on Energy, and as a contributor to "Deportes Cuatro".[9]

Basketball Narrator at Mediaset España

One of the reasons for Siro's signing with the Fuencarral group was the possibility of being the main narrator of Spain's matches at the 2014 World Cup, which the national team played as host, and at EuroBasket 2015. He narrated these two championships alongside international basketball specialist Antoni Daimiel and former player José Miguel Antúnez.[10]

Presenter of "La Goleada" on 13tv

He presented between October 6, 2014 and February 9, 2015, together with Danae Boronat, the midnight sports talk show "La goleada" on channel 13tv, competing in midnight sports on DTT from Sunday to Thursday, with his former colleagues from El chiringuito de Jugones, led by Pedrerol. 13tv cancelled the program in the middle of the season, due to the low ratings it had been registering.[11]

Colgados del Aro

He currently collaborates, along with Juanma Iturriaga, Antoni Daimiel, and Pablo Lolaso, in the YouTube/Twitch program Colgados del Aro by Endesa. A program of humor, information, and variety infused with the Endesa League, EuroLeague, and other events in the world of basketball. Numerous personalities, such as Pau and Marc Gasol, Andreu Buenafuente, Ibai, José Manuel Calderón, among others, have participated in the program.[12]

Twitch

After befriending Ibai[13] thanks to Colgados del Aro, Siro and Pablo Lolaso decided to create their own Twitch channels.[14] In a live program of Colgados del Aro, Siro created himself a Twitch channel and, seeing the great support and encouraged by his son, he was encouraged to broadcast.[15] In barely a year of trajectory, it has become one of the sports journalism referents on this platform.[16] His relevance has permeated his field, and it is common to see him collaborating with other streamers such as Ibai Llanos. He has participated in programs such as Out of the Box, by Outconsumer for Esportmaniacos;[17] he has worked on the Especial Por la Palma with Ibai,[18] in the special of the 2021 transfer market closing, in El Padel de las Estrellas,[3] in the broadcasting of the Ballon d'Or gala; among others.

In 2022, he presented an Esland Award for best esports reporter.[19]

He directs an interview program, Gracias por Venir, in which he chats with all kinds of personalities, for example: José María García, Ibai, Antoni Daimiel, Luzu, Lendoiro; among others.[20]

References

  1. [1]
    "Siro López". 888 Sport (in Spanish).
  2. [2]
    COPE (2021-09-27). "La desternillante entrevista en la que Siro López explica al Grupo Risa qué es Twitch". COPE (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  3. [3]
    "El torneo de pádel de Ibai con Cristóbal Soria, Siro López y otros inesperados invitados: Dónde verlo y todos los detalles". neox.atresmedia.com (in Spanish). 2021-11-18. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  4. [4]
    Presentación de Siro López en los Premios Esland (in European Spanish), retrieved 2022-01-23
  5. [5]
    "Siro López deja Telemadrid". SportYou (in Spanish). 21 July 2010.
  6. [6]
    "Siro López y su papel fundamental en el Super Dépor campeón: "Éramos Lendoiro y cuatro más"". ElDesmarque (in Spanish). 22 March 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Siro López recuerda su ruptura profesional con Pedrerol: "Hizo promesas que no cumplió"". ElPeriódico (in Spanish). 26 March 2020.
  8. [8]
    "El palo de Siro López a El Chiringuito de Pedrerol y el motivo de su marcha". ElEspañol (in Spanish). 26 March 2020.
  9. [9]
    "Siro López ficha por 'Deportes Cuatro' y 'Tiki taka'". Mediaset (in Spanish). 11 February 2014.
  10. [10]
    "Pepu Hernández, principal novedad del Eurobasket 2015 de Mediaset encabezado por Siro López". ElEspañol (in Spanish). 20 August 2015.
  11. [11]
    "13TV cierra 'La Goleada' de Siro López". ElEconomista (in Spanish). 10 February 2015.
  12. [12]
    "Los motivos por los que acusan a Antoni Daimiel de «traicionar» a Siro López e Iturriaga". LaRazón (in Spanish). 11 February 2022.
  13. [13]
    Olmos, Alberto (2021-01-19). "Ibai Llanos, 'youtuber' y conquistador del mundo". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  14. [14]
    COLGADOS DEL ARO 6x95 Bonus twitch – Ibai nos hostea !!!!!!! (in European Spanish), retrieved 2022-01-23
  15. [15]
    EC11, Guillermo Cid;Rafael La Casa;Colaboradores (2021-11-18). "Los narradores olvidados del deporte español se 'vengan' en Twitch: "Ninguna tele me quería"". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. [16]
    "sirolopez56 – Streamer Overview & Stats". TwitchTracker. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  17. [17]
    OUT OF THE BOX #22 con Siro López (in European Spanish), retrieved 2022-01-23
  18. [18]
    "Ibai Llanos y Siro López harán un directo benéfico para ayudar a la isla de La Palma". MARCA (in Spanish). 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  19. [19]
    "Premios Esland; resumen de la gala y todos los ganadores". MARCA (in Spanish). 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  20. [20]
    "Los narradores olvidados del deporte español se 'vengan' en Twitch: "Ninguna tele me quería"". ElConfidencial (in Spanish). 18 November 2021.
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