Derek Rae
@RaeComm
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⚽️ Commentator: Lead @ESPN Bundesliga comm, DFL world feed, La Liga/ESPN, FIFA 19/20/21/22/23 video game & #EAFC24/25. Contact: [email protected]
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Joined February 2009
In that other place where the sky is blue, same nickname if anyone is interested.
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Three points. Clean sheet. Focus on Wednesday. Thanks for the amazing support 🙏
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Disappointing 2nd half by Aberdeen tonight after opening the scoring at an opportune time right on the break through Nisbet. Still a lot of work to do.
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A little personal rankings column I put together for ESPN. https://t.co/E7i3gldyHj
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With roughly a third of the season gone, ESPN's Derek Rae assesses the most breathtaking attackers plying their trade in the Bundelsiga in 2025-26.
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Hornby was given a rarely awarded, out of this world rating of 1 for excellence by Kicker magazine. Named in their 2. Bundesliga team of the week for the 3rd time this season.
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Fraser Hornby had a dreamy Saturday in Darmstadt‘s 4:2 win with 2 superb goals. Continues to be one of the best performers in the 2. Bundesliga. Again - as with Burke - must ask people to judge the player now, as opposed to the one they may remember from a few years ago.
Steve Clarke deserves all the congratulations going. Now the task becomes to build a squad for the finals & squads will be a lot larger. Hope he & his staff will be regular watchers of Oli Burke at Union & Fraser Hornby at Darmstadt (2. Bundesliga.)
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Not at all superstitious but… My mate & fellow Bundesliga co-commentator @1_LPfannenstiel (now @AberdeenFC sporting director) has attended 3 games at Pittodrie in his life. His record? 3 wins 0 draws 0 defeats - GD 7:0. Caps off a busy but positive first week for Lutz.
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.@FOXSportsU's "Road to FIFA World Cup 26" speaker series lands at @BU_Tweets! With FIFA World Cup 26 coming to Boston next summer, FOX Sports brought two BU alums @JennyTaft and @grossman back to campus alongside @RaeComm to give @COMatBU students the inside scoop on
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Walking through Boston yesterday, I did imagine what it would be like to have tens of thousands of other Scots here next summer.
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Current Bochum coach Uwe Rösler talks to Bild about his career: “I was given my job at Fortuna Düsseldorf by Lutz Pfannenstiel (new Aberdeen sporting director) who is someone always looking at other markets and who thinks outside the box. That was lucky for me.“ #AberdeenFC
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Romantically it’s often suggested you just stick with who got you there. Scotland have often made that mistake (78 with Rioch & Masson who were both off form & in form Souness available.) Several months now to find new candidates in what out of necessity will be a large squad.
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Both offer something different: Burke with his size, pace, athleticism and greatly improved touch as a Bundesliga starter. Hornby as a forward with playmaking qualities & having an excellent season.
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Steve Clarke deserves all the congratulations going. Now the task becomes to build a squad for the finals & squads will be a lot larger. Hope he & his staff will be regular watchers of Oli Burke at Union & Fraser Hornby at Darmstadt (2. Bundesliga.)
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My ESPN column with the focus on Eintracht Frankfurt. #SGE
https://t.co/OCvjgjBow9
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Eintracht Frankfurt were German darlings last season, but without star strikers Hugo Ekitike and Omar Marmoush, how big of a step back will they take?
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It has been a remarkable 24 hours to be a Scot🏴 So much love sent from around the globe because everyone saw a bit of themselves in the spontaneous reactions, the despair to sheer joy, the celebrations, the meaning of it all in the only sport that truly unites the world. ⚽️
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28 years since the last time. Scotland 🏴 have done it. And not sure you could make a better movie than the actuality of the 90 minutes tonight. So happy!
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Here’s a link to the @AberdeenFC interview with @1_LPfannenstiel in its entirety. Interviewer is Malcolm Panton. Tremendous detail here for Dons fans. https://t.co/TvEFEKYexC
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💼 The role of Sporting Director 🔴 Getting to know AFC from top to bottom ⚽ Vast football experience in Germany & the USA 📈 Making an impact in the short and long term RedTV subscribers can watch an exclusive interview with Lutz Pfannenstiel now. 📺 https://t.co/v4tH8Nf7gf
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A fresh and exciting chapter. Our new Sporting Director Lutz Pfannenstiel gets his Dons career officially underway. Welcome to Aberdeen!
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A deep dive into Scottish football history before starting my work early next week with @AberdeenFC I really enjoyed some @SHFLfb today watching @BrechinCityFC vs @TurriffUnitedFC 👍 ⚽️🏴 Thanks for the hospitality 🙏
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Not much since I don’t watch MLS a lot. But his reputation among colleagues is strong & a high profile, more pressure packed European club with a big following like Celtic, logical next step after success in N America. Reminiscent somewhat of the Ange appointment if it happens.
@RaeComm hey Derek, any comment on Wilfried Nancy, or feedback ? Cheers.
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