Stelios Manolas

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Stelios Manolas

Full name	Stylianos Manolas
Date of birth	July 13, 1961 (1961-07-13) (age 46)
Place of birth	Naxos, Greece
Playing position	Centre Back
Youth clubs
1978–1979	Pannaxiakos
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1979-1998	AEK Athens	451 (34)
National team
1982–1994	Greece	71 (6)
Teams managed
	Greece U-21
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Stylianos "Stelios" Manolas (Greek: Στέλιος Μανωλάς) (born 13 July 1961) is a retired Greek football defender.

Arguably the best football defender ever to come out of Greece, Manolas, a product of AEK Athens FC's youth academy, played for the team from 1980 until 1998. He made his debut in a match against Kastoria FC (1-1) on February 3, 1980 and became a mainstay in the AEK defensive until his 1998 retirement, in a May 17 match against Skoda Xanthi.

During his career, Manolas won 4 championships and 3 Greek Cups, playing 451 games in the Greek league scoring 32 times. He was capped 67 times by the Greece national football team, scoring 6 goals, and was a member of the 1994 FIFA World Cup squad.

After his playing days were over, Manolas coached the Greek under-21 team.

[edit] Honours

AEK Athens

Greek Championship: 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994
Greek Cup: 1983, 1996, 1997
Greek Super Cup: 1989, 1996
Greek League Cup: 1990
Pre-Mediterranean Cup: 1991

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Career history at National Football Teams

v • d • e Greece squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 Minou • 2 Apostolakis • 3 Kolitsidakis • 4 Manolas • 5 Kalitzakis • 6 Tsalouchidis • 7 Saravakos • 8 Nioplias • 9 Machlas • 10 Mitropoulos • 11 Tsiantakis • 12 Marangos • 13 Karagiannis • 14 Dimitriadis • 15 Karkamanis • 16 Alexoudis • 17 Hantzidis • 18 Karataidids • 19 Kofidis • 20 Atmatsidis • 21 Alexandris • 22 Alexiou • Coach: Panagoulias