Tunisian football commentator Issam Chaouali has agreed a new four-year contract with beIN SPORTS, extending his association with the Qatari broadcaster and ensuring he will continue covering leading international competitions.
Chaouali announced the agreement on his official Facebook account, describing the new deal as a renewed challenge with the broadcaster he considers his professional home and the audience that has followed his work over many years.
“New contract and a renewed challenge, four more years in my home and among my audience, four years of the strongest competitions. Thank you to the management of beIN media channels, and what is coming will be better, God willing,” he wrote.
The announcement was met with a strong response from supporters, many of whom welcomed the decision to continue the commentator’s partnership with beIN SPORTS.
The renewal means Chaouali will remain one of the most recognisable Arabic-language voices attached to major football events around the world. His work has included coverage of the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League and the leading European domestic leagues.
Chaouali is regarded as one of the most prominent sports commentators in the Arab world over the past two decades. He has built a substantial following through a style that combines excitement with a strong command of language, often incorporating lines of poetry and literary quotations into his match commentary.
That distinctive approach has helped him develop a particularly close connection with football supporters, while also establishing him as one of the most familiar voices on major matches and finals involving clubs and national teams.
He began his media career in Tunisia before moving to the network known as Al Jazeera Sport. That broadcaster later became beIN SPORTS, where Chaouali developed into one of its leading figures and became closely associated with commentary on high-profile matches and major continental and global finals.
Across his career, Chaouali has commentated on dozens of historic matches at the FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship, UEFA Champions League and Africa Cup of Nations. He has also covered a large number of classic fixtures from the major European leagues.
Those assignments have reinforced his standing as one of the region’s most influential and popular football commentators. His continued presence at beIN SPORTS will allow him to remain part of the coverage of the biggest competitions watched by the network’s audience.
The new agreement also represents a continuation of a professional journey that began in Tunisia and progressed through Al Jazeera Sport before the network’s transformation into beIN SPORTS. During that time, Chaouali became an established part of the broadcaster’s coverage of defining moments in world football.
His announcement made clear that he views the next four years not simply as a contract extension, but as another opportunity to work within a familiar environment and in front of a loyal audience. Adopting the tone of his message, he ended by expressing confidence that the coming period would bring further success.
