Ara in English - Joan Maria Pou

“I narrated a match knowing it was Tati’s last day alive and that he would listen to me.”

Àlex Gutiérrez — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:31:07 +0000

He commentated on Barça's first match on RAC1 and, more than twenty-five years later, he remains the voice of football on the station. In this relaxed conversation, we look back with Joan Maria Pou and also a little ahead, although the journalist is open to explaining why he never plans for the long term.

Joan Maria Pou: "It was a life-changing experience when my father told me we were going to live with someone else and another child."

Bea Cabezas — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 08:54:54 +0000

Joan Maria Pou (Barcelona 1974) is a journalist. Since 2000, he has been reporting on FC Barcelona matches for RAC1.

She lost her mother very early. "My mother died very young, at 26, when I was seven months old. Then we went to live with my grandmother in Sant Gervasi, until I was 12."