{"id":188632,"date":"2026-05-27T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/?p=188632"},"modified":"2026-05-27T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:00:00","slug":"dominique-gathier-show-up-when-the-world-is-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/dominique-gathier-show-up-when-the-world-is-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominique Gathier: Show up when the world is watching\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- post header -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumn\">\n    <div class=\"col breadcrumb\">\n        <a href=\"\/es\/\">Inicio<\/a>\/\n        <a href=\"\/es\/category\/sports\/\">Deportes<\/a>\/\n        Dominique Gathier: Aparecer cuando el mundo est\u00e1 mirando\u00a0\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowPostHeaderImage headerImageAnim\">\n    <div class=\"scrollAnim\" \n        id=\"postHeaderImage\"\n         style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;        aspect-ratio:2        ;\" >\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n        class=\"\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Puma_Beyond-the-score_-Q1_116.webp\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;        object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide rowPostHeader\">\n    <div id=\"postHeaderText\" class=\"col tcenter\" >\n        <div class=\"cat\"><a class=\"secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/category\/sports\/\">Deportes<\/a><\/div>\n        <div id=\"headerSocialIcons\" class=\"headerSocialIcons tleft\">\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Fdominique-gathier-show-up-when-the-world-is-watching%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Fdominique-gathier-show-up-when-the-world-is-watching%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/dominique-gathier-show-up-when-the-world-is-watching\/&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Fdominique-gathier-show-up-when-the-world-is-watching%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <h1 class=\"\" >Aparece cuando el mundo te mira\u00a0<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"articleintro\" >Dominique Gathier, Vicepresidente de Teamsport de PUMA, ve el f\u00fatbol, el rendimiento y la Copa Mundial 2026 como un hito.<\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">27 de mayo de 2026 <\/div>\n\n        <div id=\"\" class=\"headerSocialIconsMobile tcenter mobile\">\n            <a class=\"sharing\" id=\"mobileshare\" onclick='navigator.share({ \"title\": &quot;Dominique Gathier: Show up when the world is watching\\u00a0&quot;, \"text\": &quot;In conversation with Dominique Gathier, PUMA\\u2019s VP Teamsport, on World Cup 2026 as a milestone moment \\u2013 where performance, culture and emotion come together as the brand shows up on football\\u2019s biggest stage.&quot;, \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/dominique-gathier-show-up-when-the-world-is-watching\/\" })'  target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/dominique-gathier-show-up-when-the-world-is-watching\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/dominique-gathier-show-up-when-the-world-is-watching\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Fdominique-gathier-show-up-when-the-world-is-watching%2F&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Fdominique-gathier-show-up-when-the-world-is-watching%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_intro\" >PUMA acudir\u00e1 a la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026\u2122 de este a\u00f1o como proveedor de 11 equipos, el mayor n\u00famero desde la Copa Mundial de 2006. Antes del evento, CATch UP se sent\u00f3 con Dominique Gathier para hablar de ambici\u00f3n, emoci\u00f3n y lo que significa aparecer cuando el mundo est\u00e1 mirando.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default firstLetter\" >Para Dominique, que lleva en PUMA desde 2006, la expectaci\u00f3n ante la Copa Mundial es inconfundible. \u201cEstoy muy emocionado a diferentes niveles\u201d, afirma. \u201cPor supuesto, como aficionado al f\u00fatbol, pero tambi\u00e9n desde el punto de vista empresarial. Ser\u00e1 el Mundial m\u00e1s grande de la historia\u201d.\u201d<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"rowImageSingle spacing\">\n\t<div>\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"full;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Puma_Hauptversammlung-2026_image_008-1_cropped.webp\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" >Este a\u00f1o, se\u00f1ala, marca la mayor presencia de PUMA en la Copa Mundial en 20 a\u00f1os. En 2006, 12 selecciones nacionales vistieron PUMA, incluida la campeona del mundo, Italia. En el torneo de 2026, PUMA equipar\u00e1 a 11 selecciones nacionales. La alineaci\u00f3n abarca cuatro continentes, incluyendo Portugal, Austria, Rep\u00fablica Checa y Suiza en Europa, Marruecos, Senegal, Egipto, Costa de Marfil y Ghana en \u00c1frica, as\u00ed como Paraguay en Sudam\u00e9rica y Nueva Zelanda en Ocean\u00eda.<br><br>El mundo entero estar\u00e1 pendiente de este torneo, que sigue siendo el escenario m\u00e1s emocionante del f\u00fatbol. En \u00e9l se definen carreras y se crean momentos que permanecen en la memoria de los aficionados mucho despu\u00e9s del pitido final. Por primera vez, tres naciones albergar\u00e1n la competici\u00f3n, y la FIFA espera una asistencia total r\u00e9cord de m\u00e1s de cinco o seis millones de aficionados en los estadios y una audiencia televisiva mundial de hasta cinco o seis mil millones de telespectadores en todo el torneo.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnNarrow spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_quote\" >\u201cEl f\u00fatbol es ante todo cultura: ah\u00ed es donde aparece PUMA\u201d.\u201d<br><strong>- Dominique Gathier<\/strong><\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" >PUMA aborda la Copa Mundial con la idea de que el f\u00fatbol a menudo se desarrolla m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de las expectativas y las jerarqu\u00edas establecidas. <em>Roba el show<\/em> reflexiona sobre aquellos momentos y personas que no se dejan llevar por el ruido, sino por la emoci\u00f3n y la presencia, especialmente en situaciones que se salen de las narrativas habituales de favoritos y predicciones.<br><br>\u201cAntes de que el f\u00fatbol se convierta en un espect\u00e1culo global, es una cultura local\u201d, afirma. \u201cAh\u00ed es donde aparece PUMA\u201d. Es un principio que gu\u00eda la forma en que la marca se compromete con el juego m\u00e1s all\u00e1 del estadio.<br><br>\u201cNuestra ambici\u00f3n es reforzar la presencia global de PUMA durante la Copa del Mundo mediante activaciones culturalmente relevantes, elevando a nuestros equipos nacionales y jugadores globales, y mostrando nuestra innovaci\u00f3n y herencia futbol\u00edstica en todo el mundo\u201d, explica Dominique. Para \u00e9l, el torneo es una oportunidad \u00fanica para conectar con los aficionados a un nivel emocional.<br><br>Lo que permite a PUMA destacar, cree Dominique, es su larga relaci\u00f3n con el propio f\u00fatbol. \u201cDesde Pel\u00e9 y Eus\u00e9bio hasta Maradona, Johan Cruyff y Lothar Matth\u00e4us, PUMA siempre ha formado parte de los momentos m\u00e1s emblem\u00e1ticos del f\u00fatbol\u201d, afirma. Esa herencia contin\u00faa hoy en d\u00eda a trav\u00e9s de atletas que dan forma al juego a su manera.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnNarrow spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_quote\" >\u201cEstamos listos para robar el espect\u00e1culo\u201d.\u201d<br><strong>- Dominique Gathier<\/strong><\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row cols image text -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowTwoColumnsNarrow spacing articleText\">\n    <div class=\"col\">\n            <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\" aspect-ratio: 0.66581306017926  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Puma_Beyond-the-score_-Q1_124.webp'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 50%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col\">\n            <div class=\"\" >Cuando se trata de equipaciones, Dominique menciona a Portugal. Como vigente campeona de la Nations League y una de las favoritas, afirma que le gustar\u00eda verles progresar hasta el final del torneo. Al hablar de jugadores, su atenci\u00f3n se centra en tres nombres que reflejan diferentes cap\u00edtulos del juego. Christian Pulisic, capit\u00e1n de la selecci\u00f3n anfitriona, representa la experiencia, el liderazgo y la responsabilidad; el delantero alem\u00e1n Kai Havertz y el centrocampista ofensivo ingl\u00e9s Morgan Rogers representan a una nueva generaci\u00f3n de jugadores que est\u00e1n dando forma al f\u00fatbol moderno; y, por supuesto, est\u00e1 la superestrella mundial Neymar Jr, que regresa una vez m\u00e1s a la escena mundial. Y cuando se le pregunta por su final so\u00f1ada, Dominique a\u00f1ade con una sonrisa: \u201cSoy franc\u00e9s, as\u00ed que por supuesto ser\u00eda Portugal contra Francia\u201d.\u201d<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" >La base de todo es el compromiso de PUMA con el rendimiento deportivo. La marca equipa tanto a sus federaciones como a sus jugadores con productos dise\u00f1ados para ayudarles a competir al m\u00e1s alto nivel. Para ello son fundamentales las botas de f\u00fatbol FUTURE, ULTRA y KING, todas ellas parte del nuevo SHOWTIME Pack con una nueva y exclusiva combinaci\u00f3n de colores.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_intro\" >\u201cA medida que se acerca el Mundial, el objetivo es claro: estamos listos para robar el espect\u00e1culo\u201d, concluye Dominique.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hablamos con Dominique Gathier, Vicepresidente de PUMA Teamsport, sobre la Copa Mundial 2026 como un hito en el que el rendimiento, la cultura y la emoci\u00f3n se unen para que la marca aparezca en el mayor escenario del f\u00fatbol.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":188633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_top_article":true,"is_featured_article":true,"EasyPostViewCounter":40,"meta-headline":"Show up when the world is watching&nbsp;","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"class_list":["post-188632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"fullData":{"ID":188632,"post_author":"3","post_date":"2026-05-27 07:00:00","post_date_gmt":"2026-05-27 05:00:00","post_content":"<!-- wp:puma\/row-post-header {\"image\":{\"id\":188633,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Puma_Beyond-the-score_-Q1_116.webp\"},\"headline\":\"Show up when the world is watching\\u0026nbsp;\",\"content\":\"How Dominique Gathier, PUMA\\u0026rsquo;s VP Teamsport, views football, performance and World Cup 2026 as a milestone moment\",\"className\":\"\",\"previewImage\":\"\",\"lock\":\"\",\"metadata\":\"\",\"TrpContentRestriction\":{\"restriction_type\":\"exclude\",\"selected_languages\":[],\"panel_open\":true}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"PUMA will head into this year\\u0026rsquo;s FIFA World Cup 2026\\u0026trade; as the supplier of 11 teams, the most since the World Cup in 2006. 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That heritage continues today through athletes who shape the game in their own way.\",\"className\":\"\",\"width\":\"Wide\",\"style\":\"default\",\"firstletter\":\"\",\"gradient\":\"none\",\"spacing\":true,\"previewImage\":\"\",\"lock\":\"\",\"metadata\":\"\",\"TrpContentRestriction\":{\"restriction_type\":\"exclude\",\"selected_languages\":[],\"panel_open\":true}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u0026ldquo;We are ready to steal the show.\\u0026rdquo;\\u0026lt;br\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;strong\\u0026gt;- Dominique Gathier\\u0026lt;\/strong\\u0026gt;\",\"width\":\"Narrow\",\"style\":\"quote\",\"className\":\"\",\"firstletter\":\"\",\"gradient\":\"none\",\"spacing\":true,\"previewImage\":\"\",\"lock\":\"\",\"metadata\":\"\",\"TrpContentRestriction\":{\"restriction_type\":\"exclude\",\"selected_languages\":[],\"panel_open\":true}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:puma\/row-cols-image-text {\"content\":\"When it comes to kits, Dominique mentions Portugal. 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