Kostas Manolas

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Kostas Manolas is a Greek football defender currently at Italian club SSC Napoli.

Manolas was born on June 14, 1991 in Naxos. He started his football career at Thrasyvoulos and played for the Fyli club until the summer of 2009 when he moved to AEK where his uncle - Stelios - had been a star for many years.

In July 2011, Manolas signed a three-year extension to his contract but left AEK in the Summer of 2012 for Olympiakos.

In August 2014, Manolas was signed by AS Roma in the Italian Serie A. In the summer of 2019 he moved to Napoli.

Manolas made his debut in the Greek National Football Team in 2013. He played for Greece in WC 2014 in Brazil. So far he has been capped 42 times, scoring one goal (against Hungary) in a qualifier for the Nations League.