Manolis Saliakas
Greek footballer (born 1996)
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Manolis Saliakas (Greek: Μανώλης Σάλιακας; born 12 September 1996) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club St. Pauli.[1]
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Saliakas with Olympiacos in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emmanouil Saliakas | ||
| Date of birth | 12 September 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Heraklion, Crete, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | 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– | St. Pauli | 109 | (9) |
| 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) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals 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.
St. Pauli
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 8 March 2026[1]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Olympiacos | 2013–14 | Super League Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Karmiotissa (loan) | 2016–17 | Cypriot First Division | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| Chania (loan) | 2017–18 | Football League | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 4 | ||
| 2018–19 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 6 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| St. Pauli | 2022–23 | 2. Bundesliga | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 4 | ||
| 2023–24 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 2 | |||
| 2025–26 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 109 | 9 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 118 | 9 | ||||
| Career total | 275 | 17 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 305 | 19 | |||
- Includes Greek Cup, Cypriot Cup, DFB-Pokal
International
- As of match played 11 June 2024[9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | |
Honours
Olympiacos
FC St. Pauli
Individual
