Giorgios Georgiou | |
Native Name: | Γιώργος Γεωργίου |
Native Name Lang: | el |
Birth Date: | 1947 5, df=y |
Birth Place: | Athens, Greece |
Death Place: | Athens, Greece |
Occupation: | Sports journalist |
Children: | 2 or 3 (one deceased) |
Giorgos Georgiou (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Γιώργος Γεωργίου; 26 May 1947[1] – 5 June 2023) was a Greek television and radio personality.[2]
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.[3]