Tim vickery born

Tim Vickery born 25 May is a freelance English football journalist, who has lived in Brazil since After leaving school, he took a series of jobs, ranging from menswear shop assistant, labourer, comedy writer, box office assistant and finally a theatre manager in the West End of London. As a result, in having trained as a TEFL teacher, he left the UK and travelled to Brazil to teach English , learn the local language and immerse himself in Brazilian football.

Supporting himself through his TEFL income, he started writing a series of articles for various Brazilian football fanzines. Vickery starred in International Football Factories with Danny Dyer , a documentary about football hooligans in Brazil. Since May , he published weekly news on Sambafoot.

Tim Vickery is a freelance English football journalist, who has lived in Brazil since He is the South American football correspondent for BBC Sport, contributing to the corporation's output online, on TV and radio.

Vickery appeared as a pundit on the BBC, throughout their coverage of the World Cup during which time saw his number of Twitter followers double in size. Vickery cites as his main journalistic influences the "old style" of Brian Glanville , whose "international consciousness" always appealed, as well as the "social consciousness" of Hugh McIlvanney , formerly of The Sunday Times.

Originally from Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire , Vickery lives with his wife and two stepdaughters in Rio de Janeiro. In addition to his native English , he is fluent in both Portuguese and Spanish. Vickery has supported Tottenham Hotspur since childhood. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.

Tim Vickery (born 25 May ) is a freelance English football journalist, who has lived in Brazil since

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