Manolis Moniakis

Manolis Moniakis (Greek: Μανώλης Μονιάκης; born 9 November 1988) is a Greek professional footballer, who plays as a left back for O.F.Arkalochoriou in the Heraklion FCA A1 Championship, a regional league in the fifth tier of the Greek football league system.

Manolis Moniakis
Personal information
Full name Emmanuel Moniakis
Date of birth (1988-11-09) 9 November 1988
Place of birth Heraklion, Greece
Height 5 ft 11.3 in (1.81 m)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 O.F.Arkalochoriou
Number 12
Youth career
–2006 Ergotelis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 OFI 39 (0)
2010–2011 Olympiacos 0 (0)
2011 → Kerkyra (loan) 2 (0)
2011–2015 OFI 44 (1)
2015–2017 AEL 37 (0)
2017–2018 OFI 9 (0)
2018–2019 Mylopotamos
2019–2020 Almyros Gazi
2020– O.F.Arkalochoriou
National team‡
2006–2007 Greece U19 10 (0)
2007–2008 Greece U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:52, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 July 2015

Club career

Born in Heraklion, Moniakis began playing football in the Ergotelis Youth Academy. Considered among the greatest Cretan talents in his generation, and having already received call-ups for the Greek national U–19 team, Moniakis sparked controversy in November 2006, when he left the club as soon as he turned 18 to sign his first professional contract with Ergotelis' local arch rival OFI.[1] He played for the senior side of OFI from January 2007 until December 2010, featuring in 32 Super League games.[2] However, he tested positive for cocaine in March 2009,[3] and received a six-month suspension.[4] After his return to action, Moniakis capitalized on his performances with OFI, earning a transfer to Olympiacos.[5][6] He signed a four-year contract with the club in January 2011, and was immediately loaned out to fellow Super League side Kerkyra for six months.[7]

His stay with the Piraeus-club was short-lived however, and at the start of 2011-12 season, Moniakis returned to OFI. He played for the Cretans until March 2015, when OFI announced that they were withdrawing from the Super League as the administration failed to meet the club's pressing financial obligations.[8]

In July 2015, Moniakis signed a contract with Greek Football League side AEL, for an undisclosed fee.[9] He was one of the key players, helping the club earn promotion to the Super League. He left the club on mutual consent on 5 May 2017.[10] In July the same year, Moniakis made his second comeback to his former club OFI, at the time playing in the Football League, signing a two-year contract.[11] After winning the Division title in 2018, Moniakis was waived by the club,[12] and subsequently signed with recently relegated Rethymno FCA A Division club Mylopotamos.[13] After helping the club swiftly return to the Gamma Ethniki, Moniakis returned to Heraklion in July 2019 to sign with Heraklion FCA A1 Division club Almyros Gazi.[14]

International career

Moniakis played for the Greece Under-19 and Greece Under-21 national football teams between 2006 and 2008.[15]

Honours

AEL

OFI

References
  1. «Βεντέτα» για τον Μονιάκη στο Ηράκλειο (in Greek). tanea.gr. 1 December 2006.
  2. Επιβεβαίωση Μαχλά ότι ο Μονιάκης κλείνει στον Ολυμπιακό (in Greek). enet.gr. 30 December 2010.
  3. Θετικός σε κοκαΐνη ο Μονιάκης! (in Greek). athleticradio.gr. 8 April 2009.
  4. Eξι μήνες στον Μονιάκη για την υπόθεση ντόπινγκ (in Greek). contra.gr. 27 May 2009.
  5. OΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ: Πρώτη Μονιάκης, δεύτερη Μανιάτης (First Moniakis, Second Maniatis) iNews.gr, 30 December 2010 (Greek)
  6. Yπογράφει στον Ολυμπιακό ο Μονιάκης (Moniakis signs with Olympiacos) Athletic Radio 104.2 (Greek)
  7. Ερυθρόλευκος ....και Κέρκυρα ο Μονιάκης (in Greek). sportaction.gr. 4 January 2011. (Greek)
  8. "Football: OFI drops out of Greek Super League". Archived from the original on 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  9. Ανακοινώθηκαν από την Λάρισα Μονιάκης, Ροβίθης
  10. Αποχώρησε από την Λάρισα ο Μονιάκης
  11. Ορτέγκα και Μονιάκης στον ΟΦΗ
  12. Τέλος από ΟΦΗ ο Μονιάκης (in Greek). sport-fm.gr. 6 June 2018. (Greek)
  13. «Έκπληξη» με Μονιάκη η ΑΕ Μυλοποτάμου! (in Greek). capitano.gr. 4 August 2018. (Greek)
  14. Έκανε το “μπαμ” με Μονιάκη ο Αλμυρός! (in Greek). athleticradio.gr. 1 July 2019. (Greek)
  15. Mihalakakos, Dimitris (15 July 2007). Η Εθνική Νέων στο "μικροσκόπιο" (in Greek). contra.gr.
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