Unforgettable announcer and presenter Halit Kıvanç, who left a mark in the minds of the audience with his immortal football memories in Turkey, passed away in October last year. John Motson, his colleague and the legendary announcer, who is also known in our country, passed away.
We don’t have to remember the faces of football announcers, but their unforgettable voices that bring all the excitement of the sports match into our homes are always in the back of our minds. For example, the last goal of Turkey A National Football Team that destroyed the Czech Republic is etched in our minds with the voice of Erdoğan Arıkan… Ercan Taner’s “Hagi Hagi Hagi” debut, Yalçın Çetin’s “Semih, Semih…” screams are very forgettable. there are few people.
Here is a symbol for anyone who experiences England and football in English. John Motson such a sound. Not only is he the world-opening voice of the English Premiere League, the pinnacle of football games is in the FIFA series. Between 1996 and 2008 He was also present as an announcer. He even became the announcer of the game in the global version of Head Ball 2, one of the most important mobile games from our country to the world.
In 2018, 10 years after leaving the FIFA series, he once again appeared before football fans around the world, this time as Head Ball 2 announcer:
Head Ball project, the foundations of which were laid within the body of İzmo Bilişim with the first game of the series, was opened to global markets with the second game and with the strong voice of Motson. Reaching over 200 million players It had achieved one of Turkey’s greatest sectoral successes.
John Motson; With this game, he carried his voice acting career, which he started in the 90s, until the 2020s. In the Turkish version of the game published in Turkey, he replaces John Motson. Ercan Taner was the speaker.
The unforgettable career of John Motson:
Motson, who started his career as an intern at BBC Radio in 1968, became the unforgettable voice of football matches until he ended his active career in 2008. Presenting his first match in 1971, Motson has been playing throughout his career. More than 2500 football matches broadcast live to the audience. It was a total of 10 World Cup matches, 6 of which were tournament finals, 10 Champions League finals and 29 FA Cup finals.
The thing that made Motson’s voice most memorable was the FIFA series, which allowed everyone who loves football to listen to his voice for hours. Motson game series In all games released between 1996 and 2008 featured as the main announcer, also made a nostalgic comeback in FIFA 2019.
John Motson, 77, died of natural causes on February 23, 2023.