User:Voane/sandbox/Jaime Macías Alarcón

Jaime Fernando Macias Alarcon (born Oct. 31, 1987, Guayaquil, Ecuador) is a sports analyst and journalist.

He has been participating in numerous sports programs and transmissions Since the end of

August 2015 he has been part of the television network Bein Sports in the USA as a studio analyst and panelist for transmissions of the Spanish “La Liga”, the Italian “Serie A” and the French “Ligue 1”, of the South American Soccer World Cup Qualifying Games, the “Copa Libertadores de América” (CONMEBOL South American Soccer Club Tournament), the South American Soccer Cup (National teams) and “Moto GP” (Grand Prix).

Beginnings
His first television appearance took place on March 21, 2004, when, at the age of 15, he commented live the Malaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix for Canal Uno (Ecuador)

In the year 2005, while still studying high school, he was part of the broadcasting team of “Diálogo Deportivo” for Caravana TV, with a motorsport segment, and he was also a member of the minor divisions of Club Sport Emelec.

His incursion in radio broadcasting began in 2006, when he became a member of the program “Contacto Deportivo” on radio Súper K-800, together with Vito Muñoz.9 At the end of this year, he participated in the program “Los Cronistas” on radio CRE Satelital with Diego Arcos.

Cabledeportes
In 2007 he signed his first contract with Cabledeportes to join the channel´s team of commentators, where he was part of the opinion panel. At this time, Luis Bustamante conducted, and the program was the audience leader of its time slot.

In 2008, while still finishing his studies, he became a correspondent reporting from Europe.

Tc Televisión
After his good performance he started to be part of TC Televisión, the channel in charge of the coverage of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. After this tournament he stayed in Europe for one more year. In July 2011 he returned to Ecuador and started to work with his friend Diego Arcos.

His arrival at TC Televisión concurred with the channel's acquisition of broadcasting rights for the Ecuadorian Soccer Championships, which allowed him to gain greater exposure.

Together with Diego Arcos he transmitted the Ecuadorian Championships in 2012 and 2013 and the South American Qualifying Games for the Soccer World Cup Brazil 2014. They were the “Duo” of this successful sports program.

The team was joined by María José Flores in 2013 and by Vito Muñoz in 2014 to cover the Soccer World Cup.

Jaime was the Channel´s broadcaster who commented most games of the Brazil 2014 World Cup.

During this time, he was also an ESPN correspondent in Ecuador for the CONMEBOL South American Soccer Club Tournament, the South American Soccer Cup, the South American Qualifying Games and the Soccer World Cup 2014.

Soon after commenting the final match of the Ecuadorian Soccer Championship 2014, between Emelec and Barcelona, he took his leave from this Channel, already holding a Pre-Agreement to join the team in BeIN Sports  for the America Cup 2015. This would be known shortly before the tournament.

Canal Uno
There was a brief intermezzo at Canal Uno during 2015, where he was responsible for the transmissions of the Champions League and the coverage in Berlin of the final match between Barcelona and Juventus.

BeIN Sports
Initially, his arrival at BeIN Sports would only be for the coverage of the America Cup. Nevertheless, his performance led the Channel to offer him a Contract Extension.

Currently, he is a panelist, presenter and commentator at the TV channel, which is holding the transmission rights for the main European leagues and for the South American Soccer Qualifying Games.

Among his new colleagues there are well known names like Eduardo Biscayart and former players Carlos Ruiz, Gary Bailey y Christian Vieri.

RTS
For the Soccer World Cup 2018, he was part of the RTS team, as a special envoy in Russia, for the coverage and transmission of the matches of the major tournament of national soccer teams.

Minuto Cero
In June 2011, he created the radio program “Minuto Cero”, with headquarters in Guayaquil which was broadcasted by Radio Diblu. The initial panel was integrated by Jaime Macías, Carlos Morán, Gerardo Calle, Diego Ordinola, José Alberto Molestina and Andrés Larriva.

The program´s success lies in the spontaneity and originality of the panelists, who analyze news on the grounds of discussions and debates. Besides, they use social networks to keep in touch with their listeners and followers, with whom they maintain constant interactions.

Guest Analyst
He is currently a guest analyst at Sirius XM (satelital radio station), the El Salvadorian TCS TV channel, the British newspaper “The Guardian” and “CNN en español”

Soccer
He was goalkeeper in the minor divisions of Club Sport Emelec between the years 2003 and 2006.

In 2006 he was set up for a first division match, in which he was Marcelo Elizaga substitute in the 1-1 tie against Liga Deportiva Universitaria from the city of Quito. In the same year, he played for a while for the Brooklyn Knights in New York before returning to Emelec.

He also performed with Liga Deportiva Universitaria from the city of Guayaquil in 2007, which was directed by Barcelona´s former goalkeeper Rolando Guerrero.

During his stay in Spain, in 2008, he played in this country´s 5th division at the C.D. Universidad de Navarra and in 2009 at the C.D. Subiza, this being the last sporting club through which he was federated.

Karting
He ventured into Karting at the age of 14. Nevertheless, at this time there were no regulations on weight and therefore he raced with persons whom he exceeded in 30 lbs. - which was a limitation.

In 2011, when weight was regulated, he took it up again professionally and since then he succeeded to win four championships.

In the years 2012 and 2013 he achieved the provincial and the national championships, the Rotax Max and he also became the South American Subchampion 2012.

In January 2014 he obtained the fifth place at the 16th season of the FWT Formula Kart Racing, which was held in Homestead - Florida.