Gilles Verdez

Gilles Verdez (born August 8, 1964 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) is a French journalist, television and radio columnist. He is the co-author of books about football in France as well as politics.

Gilles Verdez
Born (1964-08-08) 8 August 1964
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
OccupationJournalist
LanguageFrench
NationalityFrench
EducationCentre de formation des journalistes
Genrenon-fiction
Subjectsports
Notable awardsPrix de littérature politique Edgar-Faure

Biography

After graduating from the Centre de formation des journalistes de Paris in 1988, he started his journalism career at Le Parisien newspaper. On May 5, 1992, Gilles is sitting in the Armand Cesari Stadium in the city of Furiani, Corsica and is part of the many wounded. In September 2009, when he was editor at Le Parisien, he was dismissed by General Director Jean Hornain along with the chief editor Dominique de Montvalon and the editor Phulippe Duley. This happened due to decreasing sales of 4%.[1] In November 2009 he became deputy director of the sales of France-Soir and director of the sports department from August 2011 to January 2012. Chronicler of the show, we remade the game, on RTL, to I-TV and RFI, and author of five books on football, he was a reporter for L'Équipe.

He joined the show Touche pas à mon poste! as a columnist during 2013-2014 seasons, 2014-2015 and 2015-2016,[2] and teamed with Cyril Hanouna in broadcasting Feet in the flat on the radio station Europe 1. He appears regularly on CNews.

Awards
  • Prix de littérature politique Edgar-Faure en 2013 pour Le Conquistador : Manuel Valls, les secrets d'un destin[3]

Proposal

In February 2017, Gilles Verdez publicly proposed to his girlfriend, Fatou, during Touche Pas à Mon Poste (TPMP) TV show. After expressing multiple reasons that made him loving her, he asked her to marry him. Her reaction, or rather the lack of it, created a media storm.

Television

Publications
  • Les années Jacquet, with Vanessa Caffin, éditions Solar, 1999.
  • Les années Lemerre, with Vanessa Caffin, éditions Solar, 2001.
  • Le roman noir des bleus, avec Eugène Saccomano, éditions de La Martinière, 2010.
  • Verdez, Gilles; Suc, Matthieu (29 September 2011). La face cachée de Franck Ribéry. éditions du Moment. ISBN 978-2354171261.
  • Hermant, Arnaud; Verdez, Gilles (24 January 2013). Le PSG, le Qatar et l'argent : l'enquête interdite. éditions du Moment. ISBN 978-2354171933.
  • Ramsay, Arnaud; Verdez, Gilles (17 April 2014). Champions du monde 98 : secrets et pouvoir. éditions du Moment. ISBN 978-2354172886.
  • Hennen, Jacques; Verdez, Gilles (30 April 2014). Le Conquistador : Manuel Valls, les secrets d'un destin. éditions du Moment. ISBN 978-2354173258.
  • Allez le PSG !, avec Eugène Saccomano et Gervais, Pat a Pan éditions, 2013.
  • Verdez, Gilles; Evin, Guillaume (2 April 2015). Les Vipères du foot. éditions du Moment. ISBN 978-2354173746.
  • Gilles Verdez et Jacques Hennen, Le système Benzema, éditions Mazarine, 2 mars 2016

References
  1. "Le Parisien décapité". lejdd.fr. 2009-09-24. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016..
  2. "L'Équipe de Touche Pas à mon Poste". www.d8.tv (in French). Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  3. "Les prix depuis 2007". www.prixedgarfaure.fr. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016..
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