Alejandro Figueredo, a celebrated broadcaster from Uruguay, serves as a Spanish-language play-by-play announcer for MLS on Apple TV. With more than three decades of experience, Figueredo has covered some of the world’s biggest sporting events, including five FIFA World Cups (1990, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018), multiple Copa América tournaments (1995, 2015), Copa América Centenario (2016), the FIFA U-17 and U-20 World Cups in 2011, and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, Figueredo has been a prominent voice in international soccer broadcasting. From 2017 to 2021, he called LaLiga matches for beIN Sports and has served as one of the network’s play-by-play voices for Ligue 1 since 2017. Prior to that, he covered Bundesliga matches for GolTV Latam from 2010 to 2016.
Figueredo spent 24 years with Telemundo in Uruguay (1993–2017), where he worked as a news coordinator, presenter, and host of popular programs such as Desayunos Informales and DÃa Perfecto. His career also includes hosting and producing numerous television shows and covering major global events like the Pan American Games, FIFA Confederations Cup, and presidential tours.
An accomplished author, Figueredo wrote Yo estuve ahÃ, chronicling Uruguay’s journey during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. His work has earned him prestigious honors, including Uruguay’s Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010 and Best Television Anchor in 2016.