Kheredine Idessane

Kheredine Idessane is a Scottish football commentator for BBC Scotland. He is commonly heard on "Sportsound", providing live commentary of Scottish Premier League matches, but he can also be heard commentating on highlights of Scottish Cup matches for "Sportscene". Occasionally, he presents midweek editions of "Sportsound".

In May, 2006, he was the commentator for "Sportscene's" live coverage of Scotland's two Kirin Cup matches, with Derek Whyte as his summariser.

He was born in Edinburgh, and was educated at Stewart's Melville College before moving on to Cambridge University and Oklahoma and Cardiff Schools of Journalism. His father is Moroccan and is mother is Scottish, hailing from Musselburgh, East Lothian.

He is a supporter of Hibernian FC.

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*bbc.co.uk|id=pressoffice/biographies/biogs/scotland/kheredine_idessane.shtml|title=Kheredine Idessane/pressoffice