Ilias Solakis

{{short description|Greek footballer}}

{{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 =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| 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

| 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 = 2020

| managerclubs1 = Olympiacos Volos

| manageryears2 = 2022–2023

| managerclubs2 = Kastoria

| 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.

Career

Born in Florina, Solakis began his professional career with Veria and played for the club in the Alpha Ethniki during the 1996–97 and 1997–98 seasons.{{cite web|author=Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander|title=Greece 1996/97|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk97.html|date=2004-03-21}} He played in the Alpha Ethniki again with Panachaiki during the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 seasons.{{cite web|author=Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander|title=Greece 1999/00|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk00.html|date=2003-04-26}} On summer of 2001 he moved to APOEL where he helped the club to win the Cypriot First Division 2001-02 by scoring 15 goals in 26 appearances. The next summer Solakis returned to Greece and had a brief spell in the Greek Super League with AEK Athens during the 2004–05 season.{{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}} He also played for Panionios, Niki Volos, Doxa Drama, Kastoria, PAS Giannina and Diagoras. On 29 September 2011 he signed a 1-year contract with Asteras Tripolis.

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