Domestic-league season · FC St. Pauli.
Missed 6 of FC St. Pauli's ~34 games this season through 6 injury absences (thigh, muscle, groin). He still appeared 17 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bundesliga | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1110 | 6.96 |
 DFB Pokal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 6.6 |
Saliakas's current-season form is down 12% on last season (Season 33→29), while his Rating eased 62→44. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 50).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | FC St. Pauli · 18th | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6.96 | 44 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | FC St. Pauli · 14th | 31 | 2 | 1 | 6.91 | 62 | 33 |
| 2023/24 | FC St. Pauli · 1st | 31 | 2 | 2 | 7.19 | 61 | 37 |
| 2022/23 | FC St. Pauli · 5th | 32 | 4 | 4 | 7.19 | 68 | 50 |
| 2021/22 | PAS Giannina · 4th | 35 | 1 | 0 | — | 42 | 35 |
| 2020/21 | PAS Giannina · 3rd | 31 | 0 | 0 | — | 41 | 24 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Saliakas is a 29-year-old defensive midfielder at FC St. Pauli, rated 43.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 251st of 325 in the Bundesliga. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (44% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.49 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Saliakas.
Judged on this season alone, Saliakas graded 29 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 35th of 55 of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga, on 1 goal, 3 assists and 3.486 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 33 → 29). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 44, 47th of 55 of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga. At 29 Saliakas is in his prime years, and a market index of 39.7 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Saliakas missed 6 games through injury (thigh, muscle, groin) out of roughly 34 this season. The 17 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 17 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 43.5, Saliakas carries the 47th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga of 55, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (FC St. Pauli finished 18th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~72), then tapers with age. At 29, Saliakas sits on 39.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Saliakas's projected Rating — 43.5 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
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