Manolis Saliakas (Greek: Μανώλης Σάλιακας; born 12 September 1996) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli.[1]
 Saliakas in 2015 with Olympiacos U19s | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emmanouil Saliakas | ||
| Date of birth | 12 September 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Heraklion, Crete, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC St. Pauli | ||
| 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) |
| 2020–2022 | PAS Giannina | 66 | (1) |
| 2022– | FC St. Pauli | 69 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 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 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 | |||
Club career
editSaliakas began his football career attending the Ergotelis Youth Academy, the youth system of his local Super League Greece club Ergotelis. Already capped with the Greece U17 national team, he was spotted by Olympiacos' scouts, who arranged his transfer to the Super League champions in the winter of 2013.[2]
Olympiacos
editSaliakas played little for Olympiacos and moved to Limassol-based side Karmiotissa on loan, who had been newly promoted to the Cypriot First Division. Having made 31 appearances, he returned to Greece joining Chania of the Football League Greece on a two-year loan. He scored seven goals in 50 games.
Lamia
editOn 12 July 2019, facing competition at Olympiacos for his playing position from Omar Elabdellaoui, Bruno Gaspar and Vasilis Torosidis, Saliakas moved to Lamia on a free transfer. He made 29 consecutive appearances in all competitions.
PAS Giannina
editOn 31 July 2020, he signed a contract with PAS Giannina in Ioannina.[3][4] He played against Panathinaikos where he got into the semi-final of the Greek Cup in the season 2020–21.[5][6] With PAS Giannina he achieved 6th place in the 2021–22 Super League Greece.
FC St. Pauli
editIn June 2022 Saliakas moved to FC St. Pauli.[7]
International career
editSaliakas made his debut for Greece national team on 3 June 2021 in a friendly against Belgium. He substituted Thanasis Androutsos in the 80th minute.[8]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 9 November 2024[1]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Olympiacos | 2013-14 | Super League Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2014-15 | Super League Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 | Super League Greece | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Karmiotissa (loan) | 2016-17 | Cypriot First Division | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| Chania (loan) | 2017-18 | Football League | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 4 | ||
| 2018-19 | Football League | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 2 | |||
| Total | 45 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 6 | ||||
| Lamia | 2019-20 | Super League Greece | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 2 | ||
| PAS Giannina | 2020-21 | Super League Greece | 31 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2021-22 | Super League Greece | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | |||
| Total | 66 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 72 | 2 | ||||
| St. Pauli | 2022-23 | 2. Bundesliga | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 4 | ||
| 2023-24 | 2. Bundesliga | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 | |||
| 2024-25 | Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 73 | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 79 | 6 | ||||
| Career total | 239 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 266 | 16 | |||
- ^ Includes Greek Cup, Cypriot Cup, DFB-Pokal
International
edit- As of match played 11 June 2024[9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | |
Honours
editOlympiacos
FC St. Pauli
Individual
References
edit- ^ a b "Manolis Saliakas". Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "Aπό τον Εργοτέλη στον Ολυμπιακό ο Σάλιακας" (in Greek). 30 January 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "ΚΑΛΩΣ ΟΡΙΣΕΣ ΜΑΝΩΛΗ ΣΑΛΙΑΚΑ". 31 July 2020.
- ^ "ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα: Ο Μανώλης Σάλιακας τιμάει και το τελευταίο ψίχουλο από το ψωμί που τρώει". www.sport24.gr. 8 December 2021.
- ^ "PAS Giannina FC 2 - 1 Panathinaikos FC". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Panathinaikos 1 - 2 PAS Giannina FC". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Vielen Dank für drei Jahre am Millerntor und alles Gute für die Zukunft, Rico!". www.fcstpauli.com (in German). FC St. Pauli. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Belgium v Greece game report". ESPN. 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Manolis Saliakas". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 November 2024.