Manolis Saliakas

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]

Manolis Saliakas

Saliakas in 2015 with Olympiacos U19s
Personal information
Full name	Emmanouil Saliakas
Date of birth	(1996-09-12) 12 September 1996 (age 28)
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)
*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

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]

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 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

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 PAS Giannina he achieved 6th place in the 2021–22 Super League Greece.

FC St. Pauli

In June 2022 Saliakas moved to FC St. Pauli.^[7]

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.^[8]

Career statistics

As of 19 May 2024^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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		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	33	4	1	0	—		—		34	4
	2023–24		31	2	4	0	—		—		35	2
	Total		64	6	5	0	—		—		69	6
Career total			230	15	27	2	0	0	0	0	257	17

Honours

Olympiacos

• Super League Greece: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Greek Cup: 2014–15

FC St. Pauli

• 2.Bundesliga : 2023–24

Individual

• Super League Greece Team of the Season: 2021–22

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.
4. "ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα: Ο Μανώλης Σάλιακας τιμάει και το τελευταίο ψίχουλο από το ψωμί που τρώει". www.sport24.gr. 8 December 2021.
5. "PAS Giannina FC 2 - 1 Panathinaikos FC". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
6. "Panathinaikos 1 - 2 PAS Giannina FC". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
7. "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.
8. "Belgium v Greece game report". ESPN. 3 June 2021.