Manolis Siopis (; born 14 May 1994) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Super League club Panathinaikos and the Greece national team.
Born in Tychero, Siopis began playing football with the Greek side Olympiacos.
In 2013, he was loaned to Platanias and he made his debut in the Super League on 25 August 2014 against Ergotelis.
On 1 August 2014 he joined the Greek club Panionios. On 1 June 2016, he voted from the fans as the MVP of the club for the 2015âÂÂ16 season.
Prior to the 2016âÂÂ17 season, the officials of Panathinaikos are monitoring the case of Panionios' defensive midfielder, whose current contract expires at summer of 2017. However, Olympiacos still hold the 30% of 23-year-old international's rights and this was the reason Panionios did not sell him to Italy last January, even if there were offers, because their profit would not had been big enough.
On 23 November 2016, the international defensive midfielder will return to his former club Olympiacos, where he started his professional career, in January 2017. The Reds will pay about â¬150,000 in order to purchase the 22-year-old former player of Platanias, whose current contract expires at summer of 2017 and is expected to remain at Panionios until the end of 2016âÂÂ17 season.
On 30 August 2017, Siopis returns to his former club, Panionios on loan from Olympiacos until the end of 2017âÂÂ18 season. Olympiacos bought Siopis this summer but the player even he played three matches with Olympiacos, asked the club to let him return to Panionios.
On 27 August 2018, newly promoted Aris has taken out-of-favour midfielder Manolis Siopis as a free transfer from Olympiacos by signing a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee. Siopis was expected to be a key player for Olympiacos after a strong showing on loan with Panionios last season, but when engaging in a conflict with the clubâÂÂs administration, he was exiled from the team.
On 5 May 2019, in the last matchday of the season, Siopis scored his first ever career goal, successfully converting a penalty, in a remarkable 7âÂÂ2 home win against Xanthi.
On 30 June 2019, Alanyaspor paid the release clause of â¬500,000 for the Greek international, who will play for the Turkish club for the next three years on a fee of â¬2.1 million.
At the summer of 2021, after two full seasons with his previous club, Siopis signed a 3-year contract with Trabzonspor. On 16 August 2023, the club announced it had terminated the player's contract.
On 18 August 2023, Siopis joined Championship side Cardiff City on a 3-year contract.
On 31 January 2025, Siopis returned to Greece, joining Panathinaikos on a two-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee.
Siopis made his Greece national team debut on 30 May 2019, in a friendly against Turkey, as a starter.
Siopis' younger brother, Dimitrios, is also a professional footballer.
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