THE UEFA Champions League draw is a yearly event which determines the group stages and subsequent games for the upcoming season.
Pedro Pinto hosts the annual draw with UK sports journalist and broadcaster Reshmin Chowdhury.
Who is Pedro Pinto?
Pedro Pinto is a sports journalist and presenter.
He was born in Lisbon, Portugal, on January 28, 1975.
Pinto moved to the US for college and graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in communications and marketing.
Upon graduating Pinto began his career as a TV presenter, hosting programmes back in Portugal.
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He eventually landed a role as sports anchor and correspondent with CNN International, moving to Atlanta, Georgia.
After a brief return to Portuguese television, Pinto took up another role with CNN, this time in London.
In this job he interviewed major sports stars such as tennis legends Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, as well as football’s Sir Alex Ferguson and Pelé.
Pinto is also a businessman.
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He is the founder and CEO of Empower Sports, a sports communications agency with offices in Lisbon, London and São Paulo.
As of August 2023, Pinto lists his job as founder, CEO, and director of communications at Empower Sports, and broadcaster and executive producer at ELEVEN SPORTS HQ.
Pinto is fluent in Portuguese, English, and Spanish and has a “good working knowledge” of French, according to his LinkedIn.
What does Pedro Pinto do at UEFA?
In 2013, Pinto left CNN for a second time, this time to take the job of Chief of Press at UEFA.
The following year, he was named Chief of Communications and Media and in 2017 he became UEFA’S Managing Director of Communications.
In this last role he served as an official spokesman for the organisation and oversaw editorial content on all UEFA digital and social media platforms.
Although he left his Managing Director of Communications role in 2018, Pinto has stayed involved with UEFA and still hosts the Champions League draws.
The 2023/24 UEFA Champions League group stage draw is scheduled to take place on Thursday, August 31, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
