Bruno Vain
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| Birth place | Argentina | |
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| Occupation | Sportscaster | |
| Notable credit(s) | Hispanic radio and television sportscaster | |
Bruno Vain is a Hispanic radio and television sportscaster. Despite his young age, he is perhaps one of the most highly recognized Spanish soccer play by play announcers in US Today. He has been an announcer for countless international encounters as well as world cups and has logged over 300 interviews with sport’s luminaries from soccer legends to NBA stars. Among these are Diego Maradona, Michael Jordan, Emanuel Ginobili, Shaquille O’Neal, and Magic Johnson, among others.
In 2006, Vain was part of Univision’s broadcasting team for the 2006 World Cup, where he performed play by play duties from Germany for live games and also acted as a studio host for an estimated audience of 50 million people in the US. Criticism of his performance has been mostly positive among analysts and throughout different soccer circles.
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His career initiated in 1994 in his native country of Argentina in Rock & Pop Radio and Torneos y Competencias, a production company through which Bruno hosted shows and broadcasted games in Argentina’s major air and cable stations, such as Channel 13 and TyC Sports. Bruno’s fluent bilingual abilities allowed him to venture into English play by play for the Soccer Argentinian League in 1997 and 1998. In 2000 he was recruited by Panamerican Sports Network were he continued to grow his talent as host of the controversy show “PSN Deportivo” and “NBA JAM” and as main announcer for PSN’s NBA games. Since then, he has continued to develop his career in the US working for some of the top and most highly rated Hispanic Networks (Telemundo, Univision, TV Azteca, Fox Sports Latin America,ESPN), and GolTV.
From GolTV’s first broadcast in 2002 until August 2006, Vain became a key player at the network, were he shared his knowledge of soccer with fans as an anchor for several of the network’s top programs such as “Volkswagen Gol” and 45/45, and he handled as well play by play duties for GolTV's top leagues such as Spain's Liga de Futbol Profesional, Italy's Serie A and other international games.
Additionally, Vain’s versatility allowed him to venture into the general news field, where he serves as US correspondent for Telenoche, Argentina’s most prestigious and highest rated general newscast, which airs daily on Channel 13.
As of May 2007, Vain works for DirecTV Latin America, where he anchors soccer shows and performs play by play duties for English Premier League and Spanish League. Vain also serves as play by play announcer for Fox Sports en Español, which airs in the US.
On top of his TV responsibilities, Vain is additionally part of ESPN Deportes Radio, where he participates in the station’s shows and also serves as soccer & NBA play by play announcer.
