Nikos Karanikas (Greek: Νίκος Καρανίκας; born 4 March 1992) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Super League 2 club Aiolikos.
[1] Karanikas started his career from his hometown team AEL.
He played for the club's youth teams from 2006 to 2010, until he signed a 5-years professional contract and moved to the first squad upon turning 18, in June 2010.
[2][3][4][5] The summer of 2018 he came back in AEL and signed a 3 years contract.
On May 14, 2021 there was an official announcement about the termination of the player's contract by mutual agreement.