Marcelo Araujo, legendary football commentator, has died | OneFootball

At 78 years old, the journalist who formed an unforgettable duo with Enrique Macaya Márquez on Fútbol de Primera and Fútbol Para Todos has passed away.

Marcelo Araujo, historic commentator of Fútbol de Primera and Fútbol Para Todos, has died, forming an unforgettable duo with commentator Enrique Macaya Márquez and becoming an icon of Argentine television. He was 78 years old.

Lázaro Jaime Zilberman, who was born in Villa Crespo and was popularly known as Marcelo Araujo, his stage name, had been hospitalized at the Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires for a few days and, according to Clarín, there will be no wake.

Throughout his career as a commentator, which began in 1973, Araujo marked an era both on the screen of Fútbol de Primera, a show he led from 1989 to 2004, as well as on open television, since he was one of the most important faces of the Fútbol Para Todos cycle, from 2009 to 2014.

His relaxed and disruptive style touched a generation of viewers, who still remember some of his most repeated catchphrases, such as “Was it a penalty or am I crazy, Macaya?” or “If you score, I'm leaving!”, among other phrases of his personal signature.

Among his most notable goal shouts is one by Martín Palermo in a superclásico between Boca and River played on May 9, 1999. “776,420 the revenue for a new edition of the Argentine Soccer Superclásico… Marteeeeeeen…Gooooooooool”, was Araujo's phrase.

Besides those references, many remember him for popularizing nicknames for various footballers, such as calling Carlos Tevez “Apache” or Marcelo Salas “Shileno.” At one time referred to as the “people's commentator,” his passing leaves an open wound in the world of sports journalism and football.

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