Fox Deportes (formerly Fox Sports en Español) is a cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day in Spanish. Fox Deportes is a joint venture between News Corporation and Fox Pan American Sports LLC (an international sports programming and production entity); featuring soccer, baseball, combat sports, auto-racing, among other sporting events from both the US and Latin America. The channel relaunched with its new name on October 1, 2010.^[1]

Programming[link]

Football[link]

The network hold rights to international football including UEFA Champions League, Copa Santander Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, Barclay's Premier League, FA Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

Baseball[link]

The network also serves as the Spanish-language home to Major League Baseball, including the MLB All-Star Game, American and National Championship League Series and World Series.

Auto Racing[link]

On October 9, 2010 Fox Deportes picked up Spanish language rights to Formula One coverage, a contract which runs though 2012.^[2]

UFC[link]

Fox Deportes will start covering Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 12 , 2011 showing the prelims for UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos it will air the Guida/Henderson and Poirer/Garza fights. Dana White announced that the winner of the Clay Guida/Ben Henderson match will get the next title shot at Frankie Edgar ^[3]

Sports news[link]

Central Fox - This news show, broadcast nightly from Mexico City, covers sporting events from around the world.

La Ultima Palabra - This new program focuses on Mexican Football and the Mexican National Team. Among other things discussed are the UEFA Champions League, the Barclay's Premier League and other leagues that Latino players play in.

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Sergio Markarián

Personal information
Full name	Sergio Apraham Markarián Abrahamian
Date of birth	(1944-11-01) November 1, 1944 (age 67)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Teams managed
Years	Team
1983–1986	Olimpia
1987–1989	Club Sol de América
1990–1991	Cerro Porteño
1992	Paraguay
1993–1995	Universitario de Deportes
1996–1997	Sporting Cristal
1998–1999	Ionikos
1999–2002	Paraguay
2002–2004	Panathinaikos
2004–2005	Iraklis
2005–2007	Club Libertad
2007–2008	Cruz Azul
2009	Universidad de Chile
2010	Danubio
2010–	Peru
Honours Competitor for  Peru Association football Copa America Bronze Argentina 2011

Sergio Apraham Markarián (born November 1, 1944 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan-Armenian football coach. Currently, he is the head coach of the national football team of Peru.

Early life[link]

Markarián lived in Argentina during most of his childhood and adolescent years, from 7 to 18 years of age. He played football as a left center back defender until he was 17 years of age. Never making it to professional football, he entered into university studies and started working in a large fuel distribution company in Uruguay, eventually reaching the post of general manager.^[1] It was the Uruguay loss against Holland in the 1974 FIFA World Cup which spurred Markarian to realise that coaching football was his vocation.^[2] Markarian abandoned his well-paid post as general manager, taking many risks, even when facing criticism from colleagues and friends, in order to dedicate his life to coaching professional football. Markarian lost status and spending power and endured 10 difficult years at the beginning of his coaching career. As he stated, "I had to sell my Mercedes Benz and start catching the bus!"^[3] Markarián followed his heart and has become a well-respected professional coach worldwide. He is recognized for being a great tactician, which earned him the nickname, "El Mago" ("The Magician" in Spanish)

Coaching career[link]

Even though he set out with the idea for the improvement of Uruguayan football, he never coached professionally in Uruguay. Markarian started his career in 1974 coaching the Reserves of Club Atlético Bella Vista of Uruguay and went on to coach the first team.^[1] Markarian made his professional coaching debut as a coach for the football club, Olimpia Asunción of Paraguay in 1983. He won the Paraguayan league with Olimpia the very same year he started coaching in 1983 and then again in 1985. After his four year stay at Olimpia, he made the move to the Paraguayan club, Sol de America, leading them to win the Torneo Republica and to become the Paraguayan league runner-up in 1989. He then made the move to another Paraguayan giant, Cerro Porteño, winning the Torneo Republica in 1990. Markarian coached the Paraguay U-23 National Team in 1992, winning the South American Pre-Olympic Championships and a spot to compete in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.^[2] From 1993 to 1997, Markarian coached the Peruvian teams, Universitario de Deportes and Sporting Cristal winning one Peruvian league title with each of them. Markarian is also recognized for taking Sporting Cristal to the Copa Libertadores Final in which Sporting Cristal was the runner-up.^[1] In 1998, Markarian coached the Greek team, Ionikos, reaching fifth place in the Greek league and qualifying them for the UEFA Cup.^[2]

Markarian became the coach of the Paraguay National team from 1999 through 2001 qualifying Paraguay to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan. He was fired by the Paraguayan Football Association in 2001 prior to the World Cup because he had lost his last two qualifier matches, a 3-1 away loss against Venezuela and a 0-4 home loss against Colombia. He was to be replaced by the Italian coach, Cesare Maldini.^[4]

After coaching the Paraguay National team, Markarian returned to Greece and became the head coach of Panathinaikos in 2002 reaching the quarter finals in the UEFA Champions League. Markarian resigned his post as head coach in May, 2002 only to return in October saying that he "needed time off to collect his thought and relax".^[5] The following season, Markarian led them to the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup but lost to Jose Mourinho's FC Porto.^[6] In 2005, the Iraklis Greek team hired him to help improve their first division standings.^[7]

After coaching in Greece since 2002, Markarian returned to Paraguay to coach Libertad from 2005 to 2007, winning Paraguayan League titles in 2006 and 2007.^[1] Markarian was appointed coach of Mexico's Cruz Azul in June 2007 and took them to the Apertura final but lost to Santos Laguna.^[8] He walked away a year later because of differences he had with the club's board regarding how to reinforce the squad.^[9]

He had the option to be the head coach of Costa Rica national team, but the Costa Rican Football Federation picked Rodrigo Kenton as their head coach. Markarian coached Universidad de Chile in 2009, winning the Chilean Torneo Apertura- the first title the Universidad de Chile had won in the last 5 years- before then terminating his contract due to differences with the club's management only six months into the year.^[10]

On July 2010, Markarian was appointed as the new head coach of the Peruvian national team for the upcoming 2011 Copa America and the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Markarian succeeded José del Solar who led the Peruvian team in a disastrous campaign, finishing last during the most recent World Cup qualifiers.^[11] Under great expectation from the media, Markarian stated in a press conference, "I expect from my heart that this will be my best work in my career as a coach".^[12] Markarian's objective is to qualify Peru to the next World Cup and recover the luster that Peruvian football once had. This could prove to be a great challenge since Peru has missed out on the last 6 editions of the World Cup. Markarian has set out to overcome this challenge with the help of his assistants Pablo Bengoechea and Óscar Aguirregaray and Physical Coach Gonzalo Barreiro.^[12] Markarian is currently the third best paid coach in South America earning $760,000 a year.^[13] Only Mano Menezes and Marcelo Bielsa have higher salaries than Markarian.^[13] After the 1-0 loss in a friendly game with Panama in October, Markarian excluded players Reimond Manco, Jefferson Farfán, and John Galliquio from the squad because they reportedly went to a Panama City club despite orders not to go out.^[14]

Honours[link]

National championships

• 1983 Paraguayan League Champion with Olimpia.
• 1985 Paraguayan League Champion with Olimpia.
• 1993 Peruvian League Champion with Universitario de Deportes.
• 1996 Peruvian League Champion with Sporting Cristal.
• 2006 Paraguayan League Champion with Libertad.
• 2007 Paraguayan League Champion with Libertad.
• 2009 Torneo de Apertura de Chile 2009 Champion with Universidad de Chile.
• 2011 Kirin Cup Champion with Peru shared with Czech Republic and Japan
• 2011 Copa America with Peru Third Place

Other successes

• 1986 Paraguayan League Runner-up with Olimpia.
• 1989 Paraguayan League runner-up and Torneo República champion with Sol de América.
• 1990 Copa Republica Champion with Cerro Porteno.
• 1991 Torneo de Honor Champion with Cerro Porteno.
• 1992 South American Pre-Olympics Champion with Paraguay's U-23 Team.
• 1995 Peruvian League runner-up with Universitario de Deportes.
• 1997 Copa Libertadores runner-up with Sporting Cristal.
• 1998/99 UEFA Cup qualification with Ionikos of Greece.
• 2002 Qualification to the 2002 FIFA World Cup with the Paraguay national football team.
• 2002 Panathinaikos of Greece to the quarter finals of the UEFA Champions League.
• 2003 Panathinaikos of Greece to the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup.
• 2008 Cruz Azul of Mexico to the final of Primera División de México.

References[link]

Sergio Markarián international tournaments v t e Paraguay squad – 1992 Summer Olympics 1 Ruiz Díaz 2 Duarte 3 Peralta 4 Jara 5 Ayala 6 Gamarra 7 Ferreira 8 Hugo Sosa 9 Benítez 10 Neffa 11 Yegros 12 Velasquez 13 Marecos 14 Sanabria 15 Alvarenga 16 Arce 17 Héctor Sosa 18 Bourdier 19 Caballero 20 Campos Coach: Markarián v t e Paraguay squad – 2001 Copa América 1 Tavarelli 2 Isasi 3 J.Cáceres 4 Amarilla 5 Sanabria 6 Struway 7 Robles 8 Morínigo 9 M.Cáceres 10 Alvarenga 11 Ferreira 12 Villar 13 Núñez 14 Escobar 15 Verón 16 Enciso 17 Garay 18 Benítez 19 Martínez 20 Gónzalez 21 Caniza 22 Masi Coach: Markarián v t e Peru squad – 2011 Copa América Third Place 1 Fernández 2 Rodríguez 3 Acasiete 4 Vílchez 5 Balbín 6 Vargas (c) 7 Ballón 8 Guevara 9 Guerrero 10 Cruzado 11 Lobatón 12 Libman 13 Revoredo 14 Ruidíaz 15 Corzo 16 Advíncula 17 Carmona 18 Chiroque 19 Yotún 20 Carrillo 21 Ramos 22 Gonzales 23 Butrón Coach: Markarián