Ilias Manikas

Ilias Manikas
Personal information
Full name	Ilias Manikas
Date of birth	11 May 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Katerini, Greece
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Pierikos
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2001	Pierikos
2001–2002	AE Didymoteixou
2002–2005	Paniliakos
2005	Atromitos
2006	Levadiakos
2006	Apollon Kalamarias
2007	Pierikos
2007–2008	Thrasyvoulos
2008–2010	Panetolikos
2010–2011	Rodos
2011–2012	Asteras Magoula
2012	Vataniakos
2013–2015	Pierikos
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ilias Manikas (Greek: Ηλίας Μανίκας; born 11 May 1980 in Katerini) is a Greek former professional footballer. He holds the record for the fastest hat-trick in the history of Greek football.

Career

Manikas started his career from Pierikos in 1997 and remained for 4 years. In 2002 he signed for Paniliakos. Between 2008 and 2010, he played for Panetolikos. After his contract expired, he signed with Rodos F.C.^[1]

He returned to Pierikos in 2007 and 2013 and later was appointed as technical director. Since then he has joined lower leagues clubs.

Record

On 5 December 2011 Manikas scored the fastest hat-trick in the history of Greek football, after scoring 3 times within 4 minutes during the Asteras Magoula - Zakynthos (3-1) in Gamma Ethniki.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Ανακοίνωσε Μανίκα η Ρόδος - Γ' Εθνική (Ν) - Ρόδος - Contra.gr". contra.gr. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010.
^ Θανάσης Σακελλαρίου (23 March 2022). "Δέκα χατ-τρικ που άφησαν εποχή στο ελληνικό ποδόσφαιρο". capitano.gr.
^ Αστέρας ήταν ο Μανίκας! - onsports.gr

External links

Profile at epae.org

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[1] "Ανακοίνωσε Μανίκα η Ρόδος - Γ' Εθνική (Ν) - Ρόδος - Contra.gr". contra.gr. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010.

[2] Θανάσης Σακελλαρίου (23 March 2022). "Δέκα χατ-τρικ που άφησαν εποχή στο ελληνικό ποδόσφαιρο". capitano.gr.

[3] Αστέρας ήταν ο Μανίκας! - onsports.gr

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