Fernando Niembro

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Fernando Niembro
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Born (1947-12-07) 7 December 1947 (age 76)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ethnicity Argentine
Occupation Sports journalist
Notable credit(s) PES 2014

Fernando Niembro (born 7 December 1947 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine sports journalist and announcer.

Biography

Niembro was born amid a medium-class family in Parque Chacabuco. He is son of Paulino Niembro, a notable syndicalist during the 1970s.

During the government of Carlos Menem he was appointed as "media secretary", one of his tasks was to announce the Presidential Pardon for perpetrators of state terrorism in Argentina and members of insurgent groups the 1970s.[1]

Since the he has achieved a long career as sports journalist. Currently he hosts La Última Palabra in Fox Sports Latinoamérica (in the south feed). Previously he hosted some sports programs including Vamos con Niembro in AM Del Plata.

In 2013 Konami announced that Niembro, along with his colleague Mariano Closs will be the narrators in the Latin-American version of PES 2014, replacing the original Mexican voices.[2]

References

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