 Saliakas with Olympiacos in 205 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emmanouil Saliakas | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-09-12)12 September 1996 (age 29) | ||
| 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 | 103 | (8) |
| 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 1 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 June 2024 | |||
Manolis Saliakas (Greek:Μανώλης Σάλιακας; born 12 September 1996) is a Greek professionalfootballer who plays as aright-back forBundesliga clubSt. Pauli.[1]
Saliakas began his football career attending theErgotelis Youth Academy, theyouth system of his localSuper League Greece clubErgotelis. Already capped with theGreece U17 national team, he was spotted byOlympiacos' scouts, who arranged his transfer to theSuper League champions in the winter of 2013.[2]
Saliakas played little for Olympiacos and moved toLimassol-based sideKarmiotissa on loan, who had been newly promoted to theCypriot First Division. Having made 31 appearances, he returned to Greece joiningChania of theFootball 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 fromOmar Elabdellaoui,Bruno Gaspar andVasilis Torosidis, Saliakas moved toLamia on a free transfer. He made 29 consecutive appearances in all competitions.
On 31 July 2020, he signed a contract withPAS Giannina inIoannina.[3][4] He played againstPanathinaikos where he got into the semi-final of theGreek Cup in the season2020–21.[5][6] With PAS Giannina he achieved 6th place in the2021–22 Super League Greece.
In June 2022 Saliakas moved toSt. Pauli.[7]
Saliakas made his debut forGreece national team on 3 June 2021 in a friendly against Belgium. He substitutedThanasis Androutsos in the 80th minute.[8]
| 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 | Super League Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 | Super League Greece | 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 | Football League | 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 | Super League Greece | 31 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2021-22 | Super League Greece | 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 | 2. Bundesliga | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 | |||
| 2024-25 | Bundesliga | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 2 | |||
| 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 102 | 8 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 110 | 8 | ||||
| Career total | 268 | 16 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 297 | 18 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | |
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