Vladimir Stognienko is a well-known Russian football commentator and journalist who for several years has been recognized as the best representative of his profession in Russia. What is interesting about his biography and personal life?
Commentator Biography
Vladimir was born on August 20, 1980 in Moscow. His parents were experienced teachers, so his son was brought up with special attention and care. From childhood, the boy began to get involved in sports. At the age of ten, he was recorded in the sambo section at the Kharlampiev club. But Stognnienko did not achieve much success in this field.
From early childhood, the future commentator began to follow football enthusiastically. He liked to collect different posters, stickers and inserts with famous football players. The first world championship, followed closely by Stognienko, was the 1990 World Cup in Italy. At that moment, the boy realized that he wanted to connect his life with this particular sport. And since he had a good memory for last names and dates, he wanted to be a commentator.
After receiving a general education, Vladimir went to study at the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation. In 2002, he successfully graduated from this educational institution. During his student life, Stognienko managed to get a job as an intern on NTV + football channels. In this he was very much helped by his brother, who was personally acquainted with Georgy Cherdantsev.
The first independent experience in commenting on a football match took place in Vladimir in 2002. From the very beginning, he began to work at the games of the Italian Championship. Stognienko began working on the 7TV channel, which had the rights to display many sporting events. This experience had a positive impact on the future career of a journalist. Vladimir traveled a lot and traveled to various countries on business trips.
Then, in his career as a commentator, there were works on such channels as Sport-1, Russia-2, Our Football and so on. Very often, Vladimir got to comment on the final matches of the main football tournaments. So he worked at the finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the 2012 European Championships in Ukraine and Poland. In 2009, Stognienko was recognized as the best sports commentator of the year. Then he received this prestigious Golden Gramophone award for several years in a row.
In 2016, Vladimir was not allowed to work at the 2016 European Championship matches on the Russia-1 channel. For this reason, he was forced to leave Match TV. He was called to be the chief editor of sports news on the Russia-24 channel. In parallel, Stognienko began to participate in several Internet projects and comment on matches on the Eurosport channel.
In 2018, Vladimir worked again at the 2018 World Cup games on the Russia-1 channel. He surprised many viewers when, after a live match between Russia and Spain, he included the song “You are just Stas Cosmos”, which he dedicated to the head coach of the national team. He again got to comment on the tournament finals.
