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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

South Beach Sessions - Andrés Cantor

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Meadowlark Media

Sports

4.732.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

"Even though I am an Argentinian American, Argentina is my blood, and it transported me back to Argentina... I felt part of the team winning, I felt I was representing all Argentinians." Andrés Cantor has been the voice of the beautiful game to millions for decades. Andrés takes Dan through his prolific career, detailing his journey from a young fan in Argentina to working as a student journalist at USC to bringing his signature "GOOOOL" call to the mainstream and more than 25 years with Telemundo. Together, Andrés walks Dan through his viral emotional moment calling Argentina's 2022 FIFA World Cup win, the undeniable highlight of a storied career. Andrés also speaks about sharing a legacy with his son, Nico, and their history-making experience of calling a game side by side. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Draft Kings Network. Look, you see how happy I am right here.

0:29.7

This is a gigante.

0:31.1

We've got an icon, a legend in here.

0:33.2

Andres Cantor, the last name means in Spanish singer, and he is the voice of song, the booming voice of gold calls, one of the most unique scoring calls in the history of broadcasting and 25 years with Telemundo.

0:48.1

Thank you for making the time. I've been an admirer of your work. I hugged you when you came in because I feel like your voice has been a part of my

0:54.8

life for a long time. I'm sure you get this a lot. Thank you, Dan. Likewise. It's a pleasure to be here.

1:00.5

I do. It's really incredible, really when people recognize me by my voice and not my appearance. I've

1:06.6

been working in television for 40 years, and yet the best compliments I get is when I'm in a supermarket

1:12.5

line and the lady behind me says wait aren't you the voice how often does that happen quite a bit

1:21.0

quite a bit which is super super nice you never expected any of this right like what did your

1:26.3

professional dreams look like when you were first thinking about working in sports?

1:31.1

I think we have something in common because I went to USC and wanted to be a professional writer.

1:39.6

I started my career as a written journalist.

1:43.6

I went through the four years of the journalism curriculum in USC

1:49.6

without taking one television or radio course

1:52.9

because I started writing for a magazine in Argentina,

1:57.5

or actually a publishing company,

1:59.7

they had five very, very popular

2:01.6

magazines at the time.

2:03.6

You were going to be a sports writer.

2:04.6

I wanted to be a sports writer. I was a sports writer for many, many years until I was called

2:10.6

for an audition at the old Univision without having stepped a day in my life in a TV studio, I had a break.

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