Raphael Honigstein facts for kids
Raphael Honigstein is a German journalist and author. He was born in 1973.
Early Life
Raphael Honigstein was born in Bavaria, a region in Germany. In 1993, he moved from Munich, a big city in Germany, to London, the capital of England. Before he became a journalist, he studied law.
Journalism Career
In the 1990s, Honigstein wrote about pop culture for a German youth magazine called jetzt.
He is known for reporting on English football for the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. He also used to report on German football for the British newspaper The Guardian and the UK radio station, talkSPORT.
Raphael Honigstein also writes for 11Freunde, a popular football magazine in Germany. He also contributes to The Blizzard, a British football magazine published four times a year. He wrote for the UK part of The Athletic until 2024.
Broadcasting Work
Raphael Honigstein often appears on The Totally Football Show, which is a podcast. He used to be on the BT Sport TV show Sunday Night Football before it ended. Both of these shows were hosted by James Richardson. On these shows, Honigstein shares the latest news about German football.
He has also worked as an expert on German football for Sky Sports, appearing alongside host Alan McInally. He also covered the Bundesliga, which is Germany's top football league, for Setanta. He has appeared on The Friday Football Show on Setanta and on Setanta Sports News, where he talked about German football. Sometimes, he appears on the football show ESPN Soccernet Press Pass.
He is a regular guest on the BBC’s BBC Radio 5 Live Euro leagues show. This show is presented by Steve Crossman and also features other football experts like Guillem Balague, James Horncastle, and Julien Laurens.
