Giorgos Manousos

Giorgos Manousos
Personal information
Full name Georgios Manousos
Date of birth (1987-12-03) 3 December 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Mytilene, Greece
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward/Winger
Team information
Current team
 Aetos Loutron
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Pallesviakos 50 (11)
2003–2004 Dafni Mesagros 29 (18)
2004–2005 Atromitos Agia Marina 30 (7)
2005–2008 Aiolikos 65 (16)
2008–2011 OFI 37 (6)
2011–2016 Kalloni 158 (36)
2016–2017 Platanias 30 (9)
2017–2021 Atromitos 97 (32)
2021–2023 Lamia 59 (9)
2023–2024 Aiolikos 12 (2)
2024- Aetos Loutron 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2023

Giorgos Manousos (Greek: Γιώργος Μανούσος; born 3 December 1987) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a forward for Aetos Loutron.

Career

Born in Mytilene, Manousos began playing football with local side Aiolikos in the Football League 2. In the summer of 2008 he joined OFI and he made his debut in the Superleague Greece on 4 October 2008 against AEL. On 30 October 2011 he made his debut for Kalloni After five years with the club, Manousos attracts the interest of Atromitos which are interested in signing 28-year-old striker after his announcement that is intended to leave his current club at the end of season.[1]

In April 2016, Manousos announced his intention to leave Kalloni, which suffered relegation to Football League, at the end of the current season and two Superleague Greece's clubs are already monitoring his case. Asteras Tripoli and Platanias are interested in signing the 28-year-old striker, who has scored 14 times in 101 Superleague Greece career appearances and was the first scorer of Kalloni in this season's Super League (6 goals in 28 performances). He left the club having 169 appearances (40 goals, 9 assists) in all competitions. Eventually on 8 June 2016, Manousos signed with Platanias a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee, returning to Crete after 5 years.[2] On 3 May 2017, Giorgos Manousos will be released from Platanias immediately, after his controversial interview. The 30-year-old player stated that nothing happened in the locker rooms of Karaiskaki Stadium during the halftime of recent Superleague Greece game against Olympiacos, in spite of his teammates' (such as Alexis Apostolopoulos) official statements about violent behavior from the Reds, so the president of Cretan club Manolis Mathioudakis told him during 1 May training that he should be ashamed of yourself for that interview.[3]

Atromitos

On 27 May 2017, Atromitos announced the signing of Manousos on a two-year deal.[4] On 4 November 2017 Atromitos faced Panionios and the striker was the recipient of a nasty knee injury. This injury was grossly underestimated by both the player and club alike as the plan was to return to playing action as soon as possible, but the pains did not disappear. This led to Manousos undergoing knee surgery in February 2018 and missing the remainder of the 2017–18 season.

On the beginning of the 2018–19 season, has a positive impact in his club's effort in qualifying in the UEFA Europa League third round, but besides his goals both abroad and home did not succeed to help his club to overpass Dynamo Brest.[5] On 3 February 2019, Manousos who returned to the side after a lengthy spell out injured since 1 December, scored with a superb left-footed shot which left AEL's goalkeeper Ögmundur Kristinsson no chance in the 89th minute, sealing a vital 1–0 away win. It was his first goal with the club for the 2018–19 season.[6]

On 14 April 2019, he scored with a powerful header, after an assist from Efthymis Koulouris helping his club achieve a fourth-placed finish in the 2018–19 Super League season with an impressive 2–0 away win over rivals Aris at the Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium.[7]

On the beginning of the 2019–20 season, he helped his club to escape with a 2–1 away win against Dunajska Streda as he scored the second goal.[8]

The same scenario took place in the second match as Manousos with a penalty kick in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round scored helping his club to acquire a thrilling 3–2 home win over Dunajska Streda at the Peristeri Stadium which gave the Athens club a 5–3 aggregate success.[9] At the beginning of the season, the experienced striker who has been plagued by injuries himself, stepped up when his team needed him most. On 28 September 2019, he scored a brace in the 2–0 home win over rock-bottom Panetolikos to help his club acquiring his first win for the season.[10] He has scored nine goals over the past two seasons and seven of those goals came in victories, while the other two came in UEFA Europa League qualifying.[11] On 4 January 2020, Manousos slotted home a 90th-minute penalty to seal a tightly contested 2–1 home win for Atromitos over strugglers Asteras Tripoli game. The penalty was Manousos' second goal in the match, with the Greek striker having also put Atromitos ahead in the 76th minute. It was named Man of the match. He has already surpassed his best goal-scoring tally of the season (his previous best was eight goals with Platanias in the 2016–17 season).[12] On 4 June 2021, after fours years with Atromitos, the 33-year-old striker's contract expired, but was not renewed, and the club released him with a farewell video with some of his goals.[13] Manousos made 97 appearances (32 goals, 4 assists) with the club in all competitions.[14]

Lamia

On 15 June 2021, Lamia announced him as a new signing, with a two-year contract.[15] On 29 January 2022, he scored a brace sealing a vital 2-1 home win game against OFI Crete F.C.[16]

Career statistics

As of 20 February 2022
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
OFI 2008–09 Superleague Greece 14 0 0 0 — — 14 0
2009–10 Superleague Greece 12 2 2 2 — — 14 4
2010–11 Superleague Greece 8 2 1 0 — — 9 2
Total 34 4 3 2 — — 37 6
Kalloni 2011–12 Superleague Greece 34 8 2 1 — — 36 9
2012–13 Superleague Greece 37 14 1 0 — — 38 14
2013–14 Superleague Greece 30 5 2 1 — — 32 6
2014–15 Superleague Greece 28 3 3 1 — — 31 4
2015–16 Superleague Greece 29 6 3 1 — — 32 7
Total 158 36 11 4 — — 169 40
Platanias 2016–17 Superleague Greece 26 8 4 1 — — 30 9
Atromitos 2017–18 Superleague Greece 9 2 2 1 — — 11 3
2018–19 Superleague Greece 15 2 3 1 2 2 — 20 5
2019–20 Superleague Greece 31 14 2 0 4 2 — 37 16
2020–21 Superleague Greece 28 8 1 0 — — 29 8
Total 83 26 8 2 6 4 — 97 32
Lamia 2021–22 Superleague Greece 13 4 1 0 — — 14 4
Career total 314 78 27 9 6 4 0 0 347 91

References

  1. ^ Atromitos monitoring Manousos;Retrieved 15 April 2016
  2. ^ Υπέγραψε για 2 χρόνια στον Πλατανιά ο Μανούσος;Retrieved 8 June 2016
  3. ^ Οριστικά τέλος ο Μανούσος για τον Πλατανιά;Retrieved 3 May 2017
  4. ^ Στον Ατρόμητο ο Μανούσος;Retrieved 27 May 2017
  5. ^ Ατρόμητος - Ντινάμο Μπρεστ 1–1;Retrieved 2 August 2018
  6. ^ Λάρισα – Ατρόμητος 0–1;Retrieved 3 February 2019
  7. ^ Άρης-Ατρόμητος 0–2: "Κλείδωσαν" την τέταρτη θέση οι Περιστεριώτες!;Retrieved 14 April 2019
  8. ^ "Ατρομητάρα για πρόκριση με σούπερ Ούμπιδες!". www.sdna.gr. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Ατρόμητος - Ντουνάιτσκα Στρέντα 3–2: Πέταξαν στην επόμενη φάση οι Περιστεριώτες". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Ατρόμητος - Παναιτωλικός 2–0: Πρώτη νίκη με Μανούσο". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  11. ^ "MANOUSSOS TO THE RESCUE FOR ATROMITOS". www.agonasport.com. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Ατρόμητος - Αστέρας 2–1: Με Μανούσο η πρώτη νίκη Παντελίδη". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Το αποχαιρετιστήριο βίντεο του Ατρόμητου για τον Μανούσο". www.sport-fm.gr/ (in Greek). 4 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Ατρόμητος: Ολοκλήρωσε τη συνεργασία του με τον Μανούσο". www.sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Ανακοίνωσε Μανούσο η Λαμία" [Lamia announced Manousos]. www.sport-fm.gr (in Greek). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Λαμία - ΟΦΗ 2-1: Τρίποντο χρυσάφι με ανατροπή του Μανούσου μέσα σε πέντε λεπτά". www.sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 29 January 2022.