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The Jewish 'Gooooooaaaaaal' commentator whose parents fled the Holocaust

Lionel Messi led Argentina to victory, and Andrés Cantor led the emotional celebrations

December 19, 2022 17:24
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Some are famous for their performance on the field, and others are known for bringing those performances to life. At the World Cup Final, Lionel Messi delivered an iconic performance, and a Jewish commentator delivered iconic commentary.

Andrés Cantor, an Argentinian-American Jewish sports commentator has gone viral a number of times for his masterful delivery of the word "goooaaaaal" during football matches, with superstar Messi giving him the ultimate opportunity to scream the word out like never before.

But who is Andrés Cantor, and how did the Argentinian-born son of European Holocaust survivors end up as the voice of World Cup glory?

Cantor was born in December 1962 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His mother, Alicia, was born in Romania, and moved to Argentina at the age of 13, and his father, David, was born in Argentina. His father's parents were Polish and fled the country during the Nazi occupation in the Second World War.