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]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emmanouil Saliakas | ||
| Date of birth | 12 September 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Heraklion, Crete, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 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 | 45 | (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 15 December 2021 ‡ 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 club Ergotelis. Already capped with the Greek U17 national football team, Saliakas was spotted by Olympiacos' scouts, who arranged his transfer to the Super League champions in the winter of 2013.[2]
It was difficult to find a place in Olympiakos, and the 31 games in Cyprus, on loan at -the newly enlightened- Karmiotissa based in Limassol, favored the plan, before he returned to play for two years in the Chania FC of the Football League Greece and distinguished himself, scoring 7 goals in 50 games. In the summer of 2019, in Pedro Martins's Olympiakos, Saliakas was complicated to find enough space. The presence of the irreplaceable Omar Elabdellaoui and his reserves (Bruno Gaspar, Vasilis Torosidis) blocked the way to stay in the red and white roster and the solution of Lamia F.C., with free transfer, was a option that only had benefits, after 29 consecutive appearances in all competitions. In the summer of 2020 Saliakas signed a contract with PAS Giannina.[3] [4]
International career
He made his debut for Greece national football team on 3 June 2021 in a friendly against Belgium. He substituted Thanasis Androutsos in the 80th minute.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 7 December 2021
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Olympiacos | 2013–14 | Superleague 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 | Superleague 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 | Superleague Greece | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 2 | ||
| PAS Giannina | 2020–21 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 43 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 49 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 143 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 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.
- "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.