Manolis Saliakas

Manolis Saliakas
Saliakas with Olympiacos in 2015
Personal information
Full name Emmanouil Saliakas
Date of birth (1996-09-12) 12 September 1996
Place of birth Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Olympiacos
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)
2022–2026 St. Pauli 111 (9)
2026– Olympiacos 1 (0)
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 as of 30 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 June 2024

Manolis Saliakas (Greek: Μανώλης Σάλιακας; born 12 September 1996) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Super League club Olympiacos.[1]

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.

St. Pauli

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

Return to Olympiacos

In 2026, it was revealed that Saliakas would return to Olympiacos.[1]

International career

Saliakas made his debut for Greece on 3 June 2021 in a friendly against Belgium. He replaced Thanasis Androutsos in the 80th minute.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 April 2026[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Olympiacos 2013–14 Super League Greece 101000—20
2014–15 001000—10
2015–16 003000—30
Total 105000—60
Karmiotissa (loan) 2016–17 Cypriot First Division 30010——310
Chania (loan) 2017–18 Football League 26400——264
2018–19 19240——232
Total 45640——496
Lamia 2019–20 Super League Greece 24151——292
PAS Giannina 2020–21 31051——361
2021–22 35110——361
Total 66161——722
St. Pauli 2022–23 2. Bundesliga 33410——344
2023–24 31240——352
2024–25 Bundesliga 30210——312
2025–26 17130——201
Total 111990——1209
Olympiacos 2026–27 Super League Greece 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Career total 2771730210—30819

International

As of match played 11 June 2024[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Greece 202120
202210
202310
Total 40

Honours

Olympiacos

FC St. Pauli

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Σάλιακας: Επέστρεψε στην ομάδα της καρδιάς του | Gazzetta". www.gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 23 July 2026. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  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.
  9. ↑ "Manolis Saliakas". Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Manolis Saliakas". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
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