in the summer of  he was loaned out to olympiakos volos then playing in beta ethniki to gain first team experience he debuted for olympiakos volos in the opening game of the - season a - away draw against pierikos he even managed to score for olympiakos volos to help the club grab an - home draw against veria until the end of the season he totally featured in  matches not managing to score any other goals after his loan spell in volos katsikas returned to iraklis for the - season he could not break into the starting lineup but nevertheless he made his debut for iraklis in a cup against gamma ethniki side trikala katsikas was sent off in his debut and eventually iraklis got eliminated by the cup after losing the contest by a - scoreline in that season he also made his league debut for iraklis as he came in for teammate achilleas sarakatsanos in the th minute in a - away defeat from panathinaikos in his second season for iraklis katsikas featured regularly in the playing squad of the club playing in  of the clubs league matches until february on  february  katsikas suffered a torn cruciate ligament in a friendly match of greece u- and lost the remainder of the season