He holds the record for the fastest hat-trick in the history of Greek football.
Manikas started his career from Pierikos in 1997 and remained for 4 years.
[1] He returned to Pierikos in 2007 and 2013 and later was appointed as technical director.
On 5 December 2011 Manikas scored the fastest hat-trick in the history of Greek football, after scoring 3 times within 4 minutes during the Asteras Magoula - Zakynthos (3-1) in Gamma Ethniki.
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