M. Saliakas
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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · FC St. Pauli.
Injury-affected season
Missed 6 of FC St. Pauli's ~34 games this season through 6 injury absences (thigh, muscle, groin). He still appeared 17 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bundesliga | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1110 | 6.96 |
 DFB Pokal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 6.6 |
Scout report
M. Saliakas is a 29-year-old defensive midfielder at FC St. Pauli, rated 43.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 250th of 325 on scout potential in the Bundesliga. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (44% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.49 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Saliakas.
Judged on this season alone, Saliakas graded 31 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 31st of 55 of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga, on 1 goal, 3 assists and 3.486 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 33 → 31). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 44, 47th of 55 of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga. At 29 Saliakas is in his prime years, and a market index of 16.8 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Saliakas missed 6 games through injury (thigh, muscle, groin) out of roughly 34 this season. The 17 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · FC St. Pauli finished 18th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side
3.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 17 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.32 goal involvements per 90, useful for a defensive midfielder.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 44% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 43.5, Saliakas carries the 47th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga of 55, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (FC St. Pauli finished 18th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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