Matías Rivera founded Fanatiz in 2016 because expats from South America could only watch football from their home countries via illegal websites and in poor quality. He was eager to change this and founded Fanatiz which provides football from across South America to all countries without broadcasting rights and licenses. It started with the Argentine Football League (LPF) in September 2017.[1] In October 2018 they grew to 40 thousand registered users and have grown 30% per month.[2] In August 2020, Brazilian football leagues followed including both the national and state championships.[3] Fanatiz is based on the nunchee software.[4]