Manolis Saliakas
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]
 Saliakas (left) 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 | ||
| 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 | 62 | (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) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 September 2021 | |||
Club career
Saliakas 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]
Saliakas 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.
On 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.
On 31 July 2020, he signed a contract with PAS Giannina.[3][4]
International career
Saliakas made his debut for Greece national team on 3 June 2021 in a friendly against Belgium. He substituted Thanasis Androutsos in the 80th minute.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 28 February 2022
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Olympiacos | 2013–14 | Super League 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 | Super League 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 | Super League Greece | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 2 | ||
| PAS Giannina | 2020–21 | Super League Greece | 31 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 57 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 63 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 157 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 11 | ||
References
- "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα: Ο Μανώλης Σάλιακας τιμάει και το τελευταίο ψίχουλο από το ψωμί που τρώει". www.sport24.gr. 8 December 2021.
- "Belgium v Greece game report". ESPN. 3 June 2021.