Giorgos Georgiou (; 26 May 1947 – 5 June 2023) was a Greek television and radio personality. He started his career as a

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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. Apollon Smyrnis Football Club () is a professional association football, football club based in Athens, Greece, which competes in the Athens Football Clubs Association, Athens FCA first division. It is part of GS Apollon Smyrnis (Γυμναστι ...

and served as the chairman of the

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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.

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