AEK Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis was handed a life ban from all national teams by Greece's football federation EPO on Sunday after he appeared to give a Nazi salute to supporters during a match.
Katidis, 20, a former captain of Greece's under-19 team, made the alleged salute in celebrating his winning goal in a 2-1 Super League victory over lowly Veria late on Saturday.
"The player's action to salute to spectators in a Nazi manner is a severe provocation, insults all the victims of Nazi bestiality and injures the deeply pacifist and human character of the game," EPO said in statement.
Katidis was heavily criticised by political parties and fans on Twitter and Facebook following the incident at the Athens Olympic Stadium. Sunday marks the 70th anniversary of Greek Jew deportations in Nazi concentration camps in the Second World War.
AEK have asked Katidis to explain himself and will then decide his future at a board meeting next week.
Katidis denied he gave a Nazi salute. "I am not a fascist and would not have done it if I had known what it meant," Katidis said on his Twitter account. [lying little shitstain.]
The player said he was simply pointing at Michalis Pavlis in the stands to dedicate the goal to his team mate as he continues to fight health problems.
AEK's German coach Ewald Lienen backed Katidis.
"He is a young kid who does not have any political ideas. He most likely saw such a salute on the internet or somewhere else and did it without knowing what it means," he said.
AEK are languishing in 10th place in the table with 29 points from 26 games. Veria are fourth from bottom.
Katidis joined the club from Aris Salonika last year after impressing in Greece's run to the final of the European Under-19 Championship where they lost to Spain.
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It's all Greek to him...
It's all Greek to him...
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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He was just looking for Kyle...
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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Taking off the shirt should be enough to ban him.
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Europeans are a politely correct bunch. I heard on the 700 Hundred Club that it is illegal to home school one's children in Germany. Since the NAZIs used the raised arm salute no one else can ever use a similar gesture. The Nazis also had universal health coverage and strict gun control, what about that? Since king Richard’s soldiers wore the cross on their tunics while they massacred the Moslems of Jerusalem the Christian cross should also be banded?
Just because he raised his arm does not make him a NAZI; You can tell by the sight of the ink in his skin that he is no great thinker. I doubt that he has given any consideration to what it will look like thirty years from now.
Just because he raised his arm does not make him a NAZI; You can tell by the sight of the ink in his skin that he is no great thinker. I doubt that he has given any consideration to what it will look like thirty years from now.
Soon, I’ll post my farewell message. The end is starting to get close. There are many misconceptions about me, and before I go, to live with my ancestors on the steppes, I want to set the record straight.
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Aside from the fact that just by looking at him you can tell that he didn't decide to become a soccer player because he thought that a career as a neurosurgeon wouldn't be challenging enough, he's also not exactly the blonde haired blue eyed "Aryan Ideal"...
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Nice that he has a picture of his boyfriend tattooed on his arm though..
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”