{{Short description|Greek footballer (born 1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Manolis Tzanakakis | fullname = Emmanouil Tzanakakis | image = | height = {{height|m=1.78}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|04|30}} | birth_place = Tzermiado, Lasithi, Greece | currentclub = Chania | clubnumber = 27 | position = Right-back | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2011 | youthclubs1 = Ergotelis | years1 = 2011–2013 | clubs1 = Ergotelis | caps1 = 46 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2013–2016 | clubs2 = Olympiacos | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2013–2015 | clubs3 = → Ergotelis (loan) | caps3 = 51 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2015–2016 | clubs4 = → Anorthosis (loan) | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2016–2019 | clubs5 = Aris | caps5 = 64 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2020–2021 | clubs6 = Panetolikos | caps6 = 29 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2021–2022 | clubs7 = Xanthi | caps7 = 22 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2022–2023 | clubs8 = Karmiotissa Pano Polemidion | caps8 = 18 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2023 | clubs9 = Ionikos | caps9 = 9 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2024–2025 | clubs10 = Kalamata | caps10 = 21 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2025– | clubs11 = Chania | caps11 = 17 | goals11 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2010 | nationalteam1 = Greece U19 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2012 | nationalteam2 = Greece U21 | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | pcupdate= 4 April 2026 }}
'''Manolis Tzanakakis''' ({{langx|el|Μανώλης Τζανακάκης}}; born 30 April 1992) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Super League 2 club Chania.
==Career== Tzanakakis started his football career at the infrastructure segments of Heraklion-based Super League side Ergotelis, and signed his first professional contract with the club on 29 November 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.zougla.gr/page.ashx?pid=2&cid=10&aid=426768 | title=Επαγγελματίας ο Μανώλης Τζανακάκης | publisher=Zougla online | date=November 29, 2011 | author=Athanasoulis, Andreas | language=el | access-date=18 February 2012 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093009/http://www.zougla.gr/page.ashx?pid=2&cid=10&aid=426768 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Despite the club being relegated at the end of the season, Tzanakakis impressed with his subsequent stellar performances in the Greek Football League, drawing the attention of Greek champions Olympiacos, who arranged for both his, as well as teammate Andreas Bouchalakis' transfer in March 2013.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Olympiakos/ekleisan-ston-olympiako-oi-tzanakakhs-kai-mpoyxalakhs.2154048.html| title= "Έκλεισαν" στον Ολυμπιακό οι Τζανακάκης και Μπουχαλάκης| publisher= www.sport24.gr| date= 5 March 2013| language= el| access-date= 21 July 2015| archive-date= 22 July 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150722035944/http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Olympiakos/ekleisan-ston-olympiako-oi-tzanakakhs-kai-mpoyxalakhs.2154048.html| url-status= dead}}</ref> After celebrating promotion to the Super League at the end of the 2012–13 season with Ergotelis, Tzanakakis went on to sign a 4-year contract with Olympiacos in July 2013.<ref name="olympiacos">{{cite web | url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Olympiakos/anakoinwse-tzanakakh-o-olympiakos.2337878.html| title=Ανακοίνωσε Τζανακάκη ο Ολυμπιακός | publisher= www.sport24.gr| date= 18 July 2013|language=el}}</ref> He was immediately loaned out back to Ergotelis for another year,<ref name="olympiacos"/> and once again in August 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gazzetta.gr/football/article/638726/daneikos-ston-ergoteli-o-tzanakakis| title=Δανεικός στον Εργοτέλη ο Τζανακάκης | publisher= www.gazetta.gr| date= 1 August 2014|language=el}}</ref> In total, Tzanakakis amassed 100 caps with Ergotelis.
On 21 July 2015, Tzanakakis signed a one-year contract with Cypriot First Division side Anorthosis, again on loan from Olympiacos.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.themasports.com/thema-football/teams/anorthosi/2015/07/21/τέλος-ο-γκάμπριελ,-ανακοίνωσε-τζανακάκη-η-«κυρία»/| title=Εξέπληξε με Τζανακάκη η 'Κυρία' (έρχεται απόψε) | publisher= www.themasports.com| date= 21 July 2015| language=el}}</ref> He scored the first goal in his career on 27 April 2016, during a 1−1 championship draw vs. Apollon Limassol.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kerkida.net/articles/a-katigoria/eidiseis/171539-apo-ena-gkol-apo-ena-vathmo-fotos| title=(Χ)αμογελά στο Europa ο Απόλλωνας, το... ξεχνάει η Ανόρθωση (φώτος) | publisher= www.kerkida.net| date= 27 April 2016| language=el}}</ref>
On 26 August 2016, Tzanakakis, released from his contract with Olympiacos, signed a two-year contract with Greek Football League club Aris.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Aris/epishmo-ston-arh-o-tzanakakhs.4231772.html| title=Επίσημο: Στον Άρη ο Τζανακάκης| publisher=www.sport24.gr| date=26 August 2016| language=el}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
On 29 December 2019, he signed a contract with Panetolikos, until the summer of 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Panaitolikos/panaitwlikos-apekthse-kevin-kai-tzanakakh.5662984.html |title=Παναιτωλικός: Απέκτησε Κέβιν και Τζανακάκη |publisher=www.sport24.gr |date=29 December 2019}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|29 July 2020}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! rowspan=2 | Club ! rowspan=2 | Season ! colspan=3 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Division ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals |- |rowspan=3|Ergotelis |2011–12 |Super League Greece |13||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||14||0 |- |2012–13 |Super League Greece 2 |33||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||34||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !46!!0!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!48!!0 |- |rowspan=3|Ergotelis (loan) |2013–14 |rowspan=2|Super League Greece |28||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||28||0 |- |2014–15 |23||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||24||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !51!!0!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!52!!0 |- |rowspan=2|Anorthosis (loan) |2015–16 |Cypriot First Division |15||1||3||0||colspan="2"|—||18||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !15!!1!!3!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!18!!1 |- |rowspan=4|Aris |2016–17 |rowspan=2|Super League Greece 2 |22||1||5||0||colspan="2"|—||27||1 |- |2017–18 |21||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||22||1 |- |2018–19 ||Super League Greece |21||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||23||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !64!!2!!8!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!72!!2 |- |Panetolikos |2019–20 |Super League Greece |13||1||3||0||colspan="2"|—||16||1 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !189!!4!!17!!0!!0!!0!!206!!4 |}
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{sports links}}
{{AO Chania Kissamikos F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tzanakakis, Manolis}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Greek men's footballers Category:Greece men's under-21 international footballers Category:Greece men's youth international footballers Category:Ergotelis F.C. players Category:Anorthosis Famagusta FC players Category:Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Category:Olympiacos F.C. players Category:Panetolikos F.C. players Category:Super League Greece players Category:Football League (Greece) players Category:Cypriot First Division players Category:People from Lasithi Plateau Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Footballers from Crete Category:21st-century Greek sportsmen