Giorgos Georgiou

For other people named Giorgos Georgiou, see Giorgos Georgiou (disambiguation).

Giorgios Georgiou
Γιώργος Γεωργίου
Born(1947-05-26)26 May 1947
Athens, Greece
Died5 June 2023(2023-06-05) (aged 76)
Athens, Greece
OccupationSports journalist
Children2 or 3 (one deceased)

Giorgos Georgiou (Greek: Γιώργος Γεωργίου; 26 May 1947[1][2] – 5 June 2023) was a Greek television and radio personality.[3]

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[1] 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.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Apollon Smyrnis Board of Directors - General Electronic Commercial Registry (G.E.MI.)".
  2. ^ a b "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.