Manolis Saliakas ( el, Μανώλης Σάλιακας; born 12 September 1996) is a Greek professional

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who plays as a right-back for

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club FC St. Pauli.

Club career

Saliakas began his football career attending the Ergotelis Youth Academy, the youth system of his local

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club

Ergotelis The Gymnastics Club «Ergotelis» Heraklion Crete ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος «O Εργοτέλης» Ηρακλείου Κρήτης, Γ.Σ. Εργοτέλης), commonly known simply as Ergotelis ( el, Εργοτέλης), ...

. Already capped with the Greece U17 national team, he was spotted by

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

' scouts, who arranged his transfer to the

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champions in the winter of 2013.

Olympiacos

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.

Lamia

On 12 July 2019, facing competition at Olympiacos for his playing position from

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and

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, Saliakas moved to Lamia on a free transfer. He made 29 consecutive appearances in all competitions.

PAS Giannina

On 31 July 2020, he signed a contract with

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...

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. He played against

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where he got into the semi-final of the Greek Cup in the season

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. With PAS Giannina he achieved 6th place in the

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FC St. Pauli

In June 2022 Saliakas moved to FC St. Pauli.

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.

Career statistics

Honours

Olympiacos *

: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 * Greek Cup: 2014–15 Individual * Super League Greece Team of the Season: 2021–22

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saliakas, Manolis 1996 births Living people Footballers from Heraklion Greek men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Greece men's international footballers Greece men's youth international footballers Greece men's under-21 international footballers Super League Greece players Super League Greece 2 players Cypriot First Division players 2. Bundesliga players Olympiacos F.C. players AO Chania F.C. players PAS Giannina F.C. players FC St. Pauli players Greek expatriate men's footballers Greek expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Germany