Manolis Saliakas (Greek: Μανώλης Σάλιακας; born 12 September 1996) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a right-back for 2. Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli.[1]
![]() Saliakas (left) with Olympiacos U19s | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emmanouil Saliakas | ||
Date of birth | (1996-09-12) 12 September 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Heraklion, Crete, Greece | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Club 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 | 16 | (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) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 September 2021 |
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 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 the club of PAS Giannina he got 6th place in the season 2021–22 in Super League Greece becoming the club with most appearances in his career.
In June 2022 he moved to FC St. Pauli.[7]
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.[8]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 1 | |||
2021–22 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||||
Total | 66 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 72 | 2 | ||||
FC St. Pauli | 2022–23 | 2. Bundesliga | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||
Career total | 182 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 12 |
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