{{short description|Greek footballer and manager (born 1974)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ilias Solakis | image = | fullname = Ilias Solakis | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|12|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Florina, Greece | height = 1.79m | position = Forward | currentclub = PAS Florina (manager) | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1989–1994 | youthclubs1 = PAS Florina | years1 = 1994–1998 | clubs1 = Veria | caps1 = 46 | goals1 = 5 | years2 = 1996–1997 | clubs2 = → Almopos Aridea (loan) | caps2 = 20 | goals2 = 8 | years3 = 1998 | clubs3 = Ialysos | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 21 | years4 = 1998–2001 | clubs4 = Panachaiki | caps4 = 85 | goals4 = 29 | years5 = 2001–2002 | clubs5 = APOEL | caps5 = 26 | goals5 = 15 | years6 = 2002–2005 | clubs6 = AEK Athens | caps6 = 8 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2002–2003 | clubs7 = → Panionios (loan) | caps7 = 3 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2003–2004 | clubs8 = → Niki Volos (loan) | caps8 = 21 | goals8 = 5 | years9 = 2005–2006 | clubs9 = Doxa Drama | caps9 = 13 | goals9 = 3 | years10 = 2006–2007 | clubs10 = Kastoria | caps10 = 31 | goals10 = 21 | years11 = 2007–2009 | clubs11 = PAS Giannina | caps11 = 59 | goals11 = 29 | years12 = 2009–2010 | clubs12 = Diagoras | caps12 = 12 | goals12 = 6 | years13 = 2010–2011 | clubs13 = Olympiacos Volos | caps13 = 43 | goals13 = 20 | years14 = 2011–2012 | clubs14 = Asteras Tripolis | caps14 = 14 | goals14 = 1 | years15 = 2012–2013 | clubs15 = Panachaiki | caps15 = 4 | goals15 = 0 | years16 = 2013 | clubs16 = Olympiacos Volos | caps16 = 31 | goals16 = 6 | years17 = 2014–2015 | clubs17 = Anagennisi Ptolemaida | caps17 = | goals17 = | years18 = 2015–2016 | clubs18 = Makedonikos Foufa | caps18 = 36 | goals18 = 42 | years19 = 2016–2017 | clubs19 = PAS Florina | caps19 = | goals19 = | manageryears1 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs1 = PAS Florina | manageryears2 = 2020 | managerclubs2 = Olympiacos Volos (assistant) | manageryears3 = 2020 | managerclubs3 = Olympiacos Volos | manageryears4 = 2020–2021 | managerclubs4 = Olympiacos Volos (assistant) | manageryears5 = 2022–2023 | managerclubs5 = Kastoria | manageryears6 = 2024– | managerclubs6 = PAS Florina | pcupdate = 19 June 2013(UTC) }}
'''Ilias Solakis''' ({{langx|el|Ηλίας Σολάκης}}; born 15 December 1974) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the manager of PAS Florina.
==Club career== Solakis began his career at his local club, PAS Florina. In 1994 he moved to Veria, where he played in the first division during the 1996–97 and 1997–98 seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk97.html|title=Greece 1996/97|author=Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander|website=RSSSF|date=21 March 2004}}</ref> During his spell at the club he was loaned to Almopos Aridea for a season. In 1998 Solakis signed for Panachaiki, where he also played in the first division during the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk00.html|title=Greece 1999/00|author=Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander|website=RSSSF|date=26 April 2003}}</ref>
In summer of 2001 he moved to APOEL, where he helped the club to win the 2001–02 Cypriot First Division by scoring 15 goals in 26 appearances.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cyp02.html|title=Cyprus 2001/02|website=RSSSF}}</ref> On 5 August 2002 Solakis returned to Greece and signed for AEK Athens, but was sent to Panionios as a loan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.in.gr/2002/08/05/sports/ston-paniwnio-mesw-aek-o-solakis-poy-ypegrapse-5etes-kitrinomayro-symbolaio/|title=Στον Πανιώνιο μέσω… ΑΕΚ ο Σολάκης, που υπέγραψε 5ετές "κιτρινόμαυρο" συμβόλαιο|date=5 August 2002|url-status=live|website=in.gr|language=el|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183345/https://www.in.gr/2002/08/05/sports/ston-paniwnio-mesw-aek-o-solakis-poy-ypegrapse-5etes-kitrinomayro-symbolaio/|archive-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> He returned to AEK in January 2003,<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 December 2002|title=Παρών και ο Σολάκης|page=9|work=Athletic Echo|language=el}}</ref> where he spent the rest of the season. In the summer of 2003 he was loaned to Niki Volos for a season. Afterwards, he returned to the club of Athens and spent a season where he was used as a back-up option.
On 26 August Solakis was transferred to Doxa Drama.<ref>{{Cite news|date=27 August 2005|title=«Μπαράζ» μεταγραφών|page=22|work=Athletic Echo|language=el}}</ref> In the following season he signed for Kastoria, where he made the best season of his career scoring 21 goals in 35 matches and emerged as the top scorer of the second division.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk07.html|title=Greece 2006/07|website=RSSSF}}</ref> He then moved to PAS Giannina, where he played for two seasons and signed for Diagoras. In 2010 he joined Olympiacos Volos, where he got the chance to play in the first division. In the summer of 2011 the expulsion of the club from the first division and their relegation to the fourth division, resulted in Solakis leaving the club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iefimerida.gr/news/16057/%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%81%CF%81%CF%85%CE%B8%CE%BC%CE%B7-%CE%B7-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%B2%CF%8C%CE%BB%CE%BF-%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%AC-%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD-%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D-%CF%83%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC-%CE%B2%CE%AF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BF|title=Πεδίο μάχης ο Βόλος μετά τον υποβιβασμό του Ολυμπιακού|date=24 August 2011|website=iefimerida.gr}}</ref> On 29 September 2011 he signed a 1-year contract with Asteras Tripolis.<ref>{{cite web|work=The Guardian|title=Stats Centre: Ilias Solakis Facts|url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=57&CPID=120&TEID=1403&PLID=188151&pStr=Player|access-date=2009-10-13}}</ref> After his contract was expired he returned to Panachaiki for a brief spell and then back to Olympiacos Volos.
In 2013 Solakis took a break from football that lasted about a year and then returned, joining Anagennisi Ptolemaida.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://e-ptolemeos.gr/ilias-solakis-ena-spoudeo-onoma-pou-kosmi-ta-gipeda-tis-e-p-s-kozanis|title=Ηλίας Σολάκης: Ένα σπουδαίο όνομα που κοσμεί τα γήπεδα της Ε.Π.Σ. Κοζάνης|first=Θεόφιλος|last=Ηλιάδης|date=8 October 2015}}</ref> In 2015 he moved to Makedonikos Foufa, where he played for a season. Afterwards, he returned to PAS Florina, where he ended his career in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://neaflorina.gr/2016/07/ston-p-s-florina-o-ilias-solakis/|title=Στον Π.Α.Σ. Φλώρινα ο Ηλίας Σολάκης!|date=22 July 2016}}</ref>
==Managerial career== In 2018 Solakis became the manager of PAS Florina for a season. In 2020 he served as an assistant manager at Olympiacos Volos, where he also had a brief spell as manager. In 2022 he took charge of Kastoria for a season. In 2024 he returned at the bench of PAS Florina.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radio-lehovo.gr/o-ilias-solakis-o-neos-proponitis-tou-pas-florina/|title=Ο Ηλίας Σολάκης ο νέος προπονητής του ΠΑΣ ΦΛΩΡΙΝΑ|date=27 July 2024}}</ref>
==Honours==
'''Individual'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.pathfinder.gr/football/greece/579394.html|title=Βραβεία ΠΣΑΠ: Ο "Λύμπε" κορυφαίος παίκτης για την περίοδο 2006-07|website=sports.pathfinder.gr|language=el|date=17 December 2007|access-date=8 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121064634/http://sports.pathfinder.gr/football/greece/579394.html|archive-date=21 January 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Beta Ethniki top scorer: 2006–07, 2009–10 *Beta Ethniki player of the year: 2006–07
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Sports links}}
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