Georgios Manthatis (; born 11 May 1997) is a Greek professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club Athens Kallithea.

Club career

Olympiacos

Manthatis began his career at

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

and broke into the first team in the 2016/17 season as the Reds won the Super League 1 championship and reached the Round of 16 of the

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, making 18 domestic appearances and nine European appearances. On 15 December 2016, Manthatis scored the only goal in a

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preliminary round match against

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. It was the first goal with the club in all competitions. On 18 December 2016, he made his debut in the

as a substitute, in a 3–1 home win against

Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club (), or with its full name officially romanized as Panaitolikós Gymnastikós Filekpaideftikós Sýllogos (''; Pan- Aetolian Gymnastic and Educational Club''), is a Greek professional football club. It is based in Agrini ...

. On 21 January 2017, he scored, as a substitute, his first

goal in a 2–0 home win game against

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. He would go out on a series of loans to

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club (), or with its full name Panipirotikós Athlitikós Síllogos Giánnina (, ''Panepirotic Athletic Club Giannina'') is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in the city of Ioannina, the capita ...

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), ...

, Anorthosis, before eventually leaving Olympiacos in 2020.

Panetolikos

On 23 December 2020, Manthatis joined

. In his debut, he scored helping to a 2–1 home win against OFI.

Athens Kallithea

Manthatis joined AKFC in January 2022. Playing primarily as a right-back, he quickly established himself as a key figure in the team that finished in second place in the 2021–22 season.

Loan to KTP

In January 2023, AKFC loaned Manthatis to Finnish club

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(KTP) in top-tier

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. Manthatis would make 17 total league and cup appearances for KTP with one goal and one assist, before being recalled by AKFC in July 2023.

International career

On 15 March 2017, as an

youngster Manthatis' international call in

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was a big surprise by Michael Skibbe for Greece's crucial qualifier next week against

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

;Olympiacos *

: 2016–17

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manthatis, Georgios 1997 births Footballers from Sofia Bulgarian people of Greek descent Living people Greek men's footballers Greece men's youth international footballers Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Olympiacos F.C. players PAS Giannina F.C. players Panionios F.C. players Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players Super League Greece players Greek expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Greek expatriate sportspeople in Finland Anorthosis Famagusta FC players Panetolikos F.C. players Athens Kallithea F.C. players Greece men's under-21 international footballers 21st-century Greek sportsmen 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen