Manolis Saliakas

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Manolis Saliakas
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Personal information
Full name Emmanouil Saliakas
Date of birth (1996-09-12) 12 September 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 PAS Giannina
Number 2
Youth career
2013 Ergotelis
2013–2014 Olympiacos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Olympiacos 1 (0)
2016–2017 → Karmiotissa (loan) 30 (0)
2017–2019 → Chania (loan) 45 (7)
2019–2020 Lamia 24 (1)
2020– PAS Giannina 51 (1)
National team‡
2011–2013 Greece U17 8 (1)
2013–2014 Greece U18 4 (0)
2014–2015 Greece U19 17 (1)
2015–2018 Greece U21 15 (3)
2021– Greece 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 September 2021

Manolis Saliakas (Greek: Μανώλης Σάλιακας, born 12 September 1996) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Super League club PAS Giannina.[1]

Club career[]

Saliakas began his football career attending the Ergotelis Youth Academy, the youth system of his local Super League club Ergotelis. Already capped with the Greek U17 national football team, Saliakas was spotted by Olympiacos' scouts, who arranged his transfer to the Super League champions in the winter of 2013.[2]

It was difficult to find a place in Olympiakos, and the 31 games in Cyprus, on loan at -the newly enlightened- Karmiotissa based in Limassol, favored the plan, before he returned to play for two years in the Chania FC of the Football League Greece and distinguished himself, scoring 7 goals in 50 games. In the summer of 2019, in Pedro Martins's Olympiakos, Saliakas was complicated to find enough space. The presence of the irreplaceable Omar Elabdellaoui and his reserves (Bruno Gaspar, Vasilis Torosidis) blocked the way to stay in the red and white roster and the solution of Lamia F.C., with free transfer, was a option that only had benefits, after 29 consecutive appearances in all competitions. In the summer of 2020 Saliakas signed a contract with PAS Giannina.[3] [4]

According to various reports, PAS Giannina's right-back has attracted the interest of FC Twente with the Dutch side undecided whether to sign him in January transfer window or join next season via pre-contract. The 25 year old's current deal with the PAS Giannina ends in June 2022.[5]

International career[]

He made his debut for Greece national football team on 3 June 2021 in a friendly against Belgium. He substituted Thanasis Androutsos in the 80th minute.[6]

Career statistics[]

As of 31 January 2022
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Olympiacos 2013–14 Superleague Greece 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0
2014–15 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
2015–16 0 0 3 0 — — 3 0
Total 1 0 5 0 — — 6 0
Karmiotissa (loan) 2016–17 Cypriot First Division 30 0 1 0 — — 31 0
Chania (loan) 2017–18 Superleague Greece 2 26 5 0 0 — — 26 5
2018–19 19 2 5 0 — — 24 2
Total 45 7 5 0 — — 50 7
Lamia 2019–20 Superleague Greece 24 1 5 1 — — 29 2
PAS Giannina 2020–21 31 0 5 1 — — 36 1
2021–22 20 1 1 0 — — 21 1
Total 51 1 6 1 — — 57 2
Career total 151 9 22 2 0 0 0 0 173 11

Honours[]

Olympiacos

References[]

  1. ^ "Manolis Saliakas". Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Aπό τον Εργοτέλη στον Ολυμπιακό ο Σάλιακας" (in Greek). 30 January 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  3. ^ "ΚΑΛΩΣ ΟΡΙΣΕΣ ΜΑΝΩΛΗ ΣΑΛΙΑΚΑ". 31 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα: Ο Μανώλης Σάλιακας τιμάει και το τελευταίο ψίχουλο από το ψωμί που τρώει". www.sport24.gr. 8 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Εχει "λοκάρει" τον Σάλιακα η Τβέντε". www.sport24.gr. 13 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Belgium v Greece game report". ESPN. 3 June 2021.
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