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M. Saliakas

Squad depthOlympiakos Piraeus · 29 yrsRotationNew signing

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameEmmanouil Saliakas
PositionFull-back
NationalityGreece
Age29
Date of birth12 Sept 1996
BirthplaceHeraklion
Height177 cm
Shirt number#2
ClubOlympiakos Piraeus
Full-back
17
Appearances
1
Goals
3
Assists
1110
Minutes

Domestic-league season · FC St. Pauli.

Also this season

Earlier this season at FC St. PauliDFB Pokal: 3 apps, 0g 0a, 160 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Olympiakos Piraeus; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
UEFA Champions League100576.6

Scout report

Squad depthFull-back

M. Saliakas is a 29-year-old full-back at FC St. Pauli, rated 42.4 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (36.3% 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.

On the season, Saliakas graded 13 for current form (age-blind), on 2 clean sheets and 3.486 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 33 → 13). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 42. At 29 Saliakas is in his prime years, and a market index of 13.9 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2022/23Trending downBreakout: 2022/23Stepped up 2024/25Injury-hit 2025/26
42.4
Ratingi
developing / rotation level
13
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
36.3%
Minutes
rotation minutes
3.49
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · FC St. Pauli finished 18th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

17
Apps
3.49
Def. / 90
29
Tackles
13
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

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.

Strengths

  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.32 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 36.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 42.4 overall — developing / rotation level. 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Super League 1 with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists3

Defending

Tackles29
Interceptions13
Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.