Eugene Ravdin

Translator, reporter, editor, social media manager - you name it. Most prominently though, I've been the editor-in-chief of a UEFA.com language version from 2008 to 2021.

I witnessed John Terry slip under the pouring Moscow rain in the 2008 UEFA Champions League final. I interviewed Patrick Vieira on a freezing night outside Rubin Kazan stadium. I worked long hours in Warsaw and Paris at EUROs in 2012 and 2016.

But as I hail from Riga, one of my favourite football memories is Latvia holding star-studded Germany to a 0-0 draw at EURO 2004. I still remember those two German journalists at the media stand in Porto, and how their faces changed over that game. I learned many new German words that day.

Apart from football, I also follow international ice hockey and basketball, considered the Latvian national sports.

Publications

"Pedigree no comfort for Porto in Kiev
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01d3-0e7045083a13-f43fb3827bf0-1000
November 5, 2008

Pula: Mature Dinamo ready to win
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01ee-0ea1fabda579-9abe8f0ee752-1000
April 28, 2013

Ляп да ляп, Глеб да Шмидт
https://ru.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0227-0e9296fa8e8d-f19cd7698978-1000
November 24, 2015

Ten to watch from U17 EURO in Azerbaijan 
https://www.uefa.com/under17/news/0252-0cda5b011791-4b5d708b3116-1000
May 23, 2016

Луис Адриано: ""Я пришел в ""Спартак"" выигрывать трофеи""
https://ru.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0242-0e985c8a9f7c-660328479fb6-1000
February 14, 2018

UEFA.com wonderkid: Ignatyev, the Krasnodar Kerzhakov
https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/news/0252-0cda39afc79e-117fc67736b7-1000
February 16, 2018"