{{Short description|Italian sports journalist}} '''Roberto Beccantini''' (born 20 December 1950 in Bologna) is an Italian sports journalist.
== Career == He started writing for ''Tuttosport'' on 20 August 1970. On 1 March 1981, Beccantini transferred to ''La Gazzetta dello Sport''. He was head of the department for international football of ''La Gazzetta dello Sport''. He switched to ''La Stampa'' on 1 February 1992. Beccantini was one of the first journalists who reported on the 2006 Italian football scandal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abruzzoweb.it/contenuti/beccantini-il-cantore-della-juve-calciopoli-una-guerra-tra-bande/474928-308/|title=BECCANTINI: IL CANTORE DELLA JUVE, ''CALCIOPOLI? UNA GUERRA TRA BANDE''|publisher=abruzzoweb.it|accessdate=8 November 2012|date=2 May 2012|language=Italian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilsussidiario.net/News/Calcio-e-altri-Sport/Juventus/2011/11/10/SENTENZA-MOGGI-Beccantini-l-atteggiamento-della-Juventus-e-incomprensibile-esclusiva-/221064/|title=SENTENZA MOGGI/ Beccantini: l’atteggiamento della Juventus è incomprensibile (esclusiva)|publisher=ilsussidiario.net|accessdate=8 November 2012|date=10 November 2011|language=Italian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2011/11/10/un-altro-complotto-no-grazie/169669/|title=Calciopoli, Roberto Beccantini"Un altro complotto? No Grazie"|publisher=Il Fatto Quotidiano|accessdate=8 November 2012|date=10 November 2011|language=Italian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103202626/http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2011/11/10/un-altro-complotto-no-grazie/169669/|archivedate=3 November 2012}}</ref> In 2011, he won the Nando Martellini journalism award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/calcio/2011/04/04-164779/A+Mazzarri+il+Premio+Prisco|title=A Mazzarri il Premio Prisco|publisher=Corriere dello Sport|accessdate=8 November 2012|date=4 April 2011|language=Italian}}</ref>
==Authored books== *{{cite book|title=Dizionario del calcio|year=1990|location=Milan|isbn=8817145211}} *{{cite book|title=Juve ti amo lo stesso|year=2007|location=Milan|isbn=8804569069}} *{{cite book|title=Juventus. Quei derby che una signora non dimentica|year=2007|location=Scarmagno|isbn=8880683810}}
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== External links == * [http://www.beckisback.it/biografia/ Biography of Roberto Beccantini]
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