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Giorgos Georgiou (Greek: Γιώργος Γεωργίου; 26 May 1947 – 5 June 2023) was a Greek television and radio personality.

He started his career as a journalist in 1983 in the sport newspaper "Φίλαθλος" (Filathlos, translating "Sports Fan").

In November 1992 he started hosting the radio show "The Sport Fans' Cafe" (Greek: "Το Καφενείο των Φιλάθλων") on Sprint FM 105.3 which was the first sports radio station in Greece. The show was so popular that in September 1995 became also a daily column to "Filathlos" newspaper. From 1996 he also hosted his show on several TV channels in Greece until 2019.

He was a supporter of Apollon Smyrnis F.C. and served as the chairman of the board of directors of the team from 2 April 2019 until 28 May 2019. He then remained a member of the board of directors until his death.

Georgiou died from cancer in Athens, on 5 June 2023, at the age of 76.

References

1. ^ "Apollon Smyrnis Board of Directors - General Electronic Commercial Registry (G.E.MI.)".
2. ^ "Πέθανε ο δημοσιογράφος Γιώργος Γεωργίου". www.naftemporiki.gr (in Greek). 5 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
3. Γιώργος Γεωργίου: "Η απόφασή μου να εγκαταλείψω τα ΜΜΕ, ισχύει". Gossip TV (in Greek). 19 March 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2011.

• 1947 births
• 2023 deaths
• Deaths from cancer in Greece
• Greek television presenters
• Greek male journalists
• Journalists from Athens
• 20th-century Greek journalists
• 21st-century Greek journalists