Timur Juravel - who is he? Journalist, commentator?

Timur Juravel is one of the most odioussports commentators on the NTV channel. Opinions about his work may differ, start with admiration and end in complete rejection. Already many times fans of different clubs appealed to the editor of NTV with the request not to appoint this particular commentator for the matches of their favorite team. Nevertheless, many Internet portals gladly publish materials written by this journalist. Therefore, the question arises: "Timur Juravel - who is he?"

Biography of a journalist

If we talk about a journalist like TimurJuravel, his biography is little different from the description of the life of his fellow writers. This is a fairly young publicist, who has not yet turned forty years old. He was born and grew up in Leningrad. But he received his education at the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University. Immediately after graduation, he is invited to work in the sports editorial office of NTV. He specializes in football, with a focus on French and Dutch. But sometimes he can comment on rowing. According to the journalist himself, one of the kinds of hobbies that he enjoys is hitch-hiking, so a young publicist traveled around Europe.

Work experience

The biggest project in Timur's life isthe creation of the program "Football Club". Until 2010, in this program, he acted as an author and correspondent. And after 2011 NTV decided to use Timur as the presenter. One of the most important events in which Timur Juravel was actively involved as a member of the NTV film crew was the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. During all this time the journalist is actively published in various bookmaker publications, making his own forecasts for football matches.

Conflicts with fans

The end of 2016 was marked by two scandals withparticipation of the commentator. In the beginning Timur Juravelle commented on the match with the participation of London "Chelsea", and an indignant group of fans of this famous royal club sent a petition to the leadership of NTV with a request not to appoint him to the matches of this club. But not only in the international arena the journalist had conflicts with the fans. Around the same time, working at the "Terek" match with "Ural", Timur Juravel again finds himself in a conflict situation. The management of "Terek" also appealed to the sports editorial staff of NTV with the request not to put this journalist to work on the air during the games of the Grozny club.