Greek player banned for life for Nazi salute

[Shaun]

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ATHENS, Greece — Greek soccer player Giorgos Katidis has been banned from his national team for life after giving a Nazi salute while celebrating a goal in the topflight league.

Greece's soccer federation said Sunday in a statement that the AEK Athens midfielder's gesture "is a deep insult to all victims of Nazi brutality."

The 20-year-old Katidis gave a Nazi salute after scoring the go-ahead goal Saturday in AEK's 2-1 victory over Veria in the Greek league. He pleaded ignorance of the meaning of his gesture – right arm extended and hand straightened. He claimed on his Twitter account that he detests fascism.

AEK and the Greek league are considering separate sanctions. AEK fans have demanded Katidis' dismissal from the team.

Katidis has played for Greek national junior teams but not the senior side.

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scary lot of nationalism in Greece lately.

[Marcus.]

why do that
silly man

[King Gizzard]

bit OTT

and I'd like to see them do it to one of the main Greek players...oh yeah, they wouldn't

[Iceman]

Has he actually got Get Rich or die trying tattooed on himself? Thats just embarrasing.

[King Gizzard]

He's not on Papadopolous, Karagounis, Torosidis level yet though

it's similar in a way to when milan walked off against that amateur Italian team when KPB got racially abused, no way would they have done it if it was an actual match that counted for anything

Twattish thing to do still, I get that, life ban is a bit harsh though, especially when he is just 20

[Marc]

Good. Lets ban Suarez next for being Suarez