Greek Player Banned For Life for Nazi (Hitler) Salute!

AEK Athens' player Giorgos Katidis giving the Nazi style salute (or perhaps waving at family?), teammate Roger Guerreiro looks on appalled #awkwardmoment.

Greek soccer player Giorgos Katidis will never play for his country after his use of the infamous "Hitler Salute" in his goal celebration. Katidis netted AEK's 2-1 victory over Veria in the Greek league last Saturday, took off his shirt, straightened is arm out at a 45 degree angle and did everything short of yelling out "Heil Hitler!".


If it was a joke, nobody found it funny. The Greek Football Federation said Sunday in a statement that the AEK Athens midfielder's gesture "is a deep insult to all victims of Nazi brutality." Katidis was then handed a lifetime ban, barring him from playing any football at international level for Greece. The football federation is also pressing AEK Athens to dismiss Katidis from involvement in domestic competition.

Katidis insists he did not know the meaning of his gesture, claiming to detest fascism on his Twitter account. If Katidis truly doesn't know the meaning of his gesture...well, "HE BETTER AXE SOMEBODY..."

Do you think Katidis did it on purpose? Is it possible he didn't know the meaning of this infamous gesture?

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