 He was only the second Lemnian footballer who played in the Superleague Greece, after Vertsonis who had played in Apollon Smyrni in the late '60s

Manousakis first called at national Greek football team U-17 at 1997, which competed in an international tournament in Portugal in February and in France.Indeed, on 03/27/97 scored his first goal in a match at Gabon.Also in 1998 he was a member of the Greece U19 that played in the knockout stage of the European Championship in Scotland.