Takis Tsoukalas

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Panayiotis "Takis" Tsoukalas is a prominent member of Gate 7, the fan club of the Greek multisports club Olympiacos, based in Piraeus. Tsoukalas is locally familiar for hosting the midnight Olympiacos fans' pre-game show Ante geia on the TV Magic channel.

Sometimes he appears on the "Gate 7" TV show as well; in these shows, Tsoukalas is often confronted through the telephone with fans of other Greek teams. Generally the host and callers exchange crude insults and swear at each other, with Takis yelling his trademark "Άντε Γειά!" before he cuts the line off.

His tv show was recently halted due to a serious confrontation between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos fans in Paiania, Greece in which a 25 year old Panathinaikos fan was stabbed to death.