Manolis Saliakas (; born 12 September 1996) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Super League club Olympiacos and the Greece national team.
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.
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. He played against Panathinaikos where he got into the semi-final of the Greek Cup in the season 2020–21. With PAS Giannina he achieved 6th place in the 2021–22 Super League Greece.
St. Pauli In June 2022 Saliakas moved to St. Pauli.
Return to Olympiacos In 2026, it was revealed that Saliakas would return to Olympiacos.
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.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsOlympiacos2013–14Super League Greece101000—202014–15001000—102015–16003000—30Total105000—60Karmiotissa (loan)2016–17Cypriot First Division30010——310Chania (loan)2017–18Football League26400——2642018–1919240——232Total45640——496Lamia2019–20Super League Greece24151——292PAS Giannina2020–2131051——3612021–2235110——361Total66161——722St. Pauli2022–232. Bundesliga33410——3442023–2431240——3522024–25Bundesliga30210——3122025–2617130——201Total111990——1209Olympiacos2026–27Super League Greece00001010Career total2771730210—30819
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsGreece202120202200202310202410202500202620Total60
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
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