Pierre Cangioni

Pierre Cangioni (born 29 July 1939) is a French sports journalist, best known for presenting the French football television programme Téléfoot from 1977 to 1982. He was the president of Olympique de Marseille from 1994 to 1995.

Personal life Cangioni was born in Paris in 1939. His parents were from Corsica, and he grew up in Bocognano, Corsica. He remembers Bocognano being protected by the Italian Army during the Second World War. In 1977, Cangioni had the idea for a French football television programme. He pitched the idea to bosses of TF1, who agreed to pay 700,000 F to acquire the rights for the coverage from Division 1. Cangioni presented the first episode of Téléfoot, France's first dedicated football television programme. He presented the programme for five years. Cangioni commentated with Jean Raynal at the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina. In 1986, Cangioni also commentated on Formula One and the Paris–Dakar Rally.

In December 1994, Cangioni became the president of Olympique de Marseille, replacing Bernard Tapie, who had been forced to resign due to the French football bribery scandal. Cangioni took ownership of 33% of the club, with the rest still belonging to Tapie. saying that the role was not well suited to him. In 2009, Cangioni was critical of the appointment of Jean-Claude Dassier as Marseille president.