Manu (footballer, born 1984)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Manuel Rodríguez Morgade | ||
Date of birth | 22 June 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Wädenswil, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Youth career | |||
CD Ourense | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2007 | CD Ourense | 57 | (6) |
2007–2017 | Lugo | 344 | (19) |
2017–2018 | Cultural Leonesa | 2 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Elche | 22 | (0) |
2019–2022 | Coruxo | 67 | (1) |
2022–2024 | Ourense CF | 48 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
José Manuel Rodríguez Morgade (born 22 June 1984), commonly known as Manu, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a left-back.
Club career
[edit]Born in Wädenswil, Switzerland to Spanish immigrants, Manu started playing with CD Ourense in the Segunda División B. He remained in that level the following eight seasons, signing in summer 2007 with Galician neighbours CD Lugo.[1]
In the 2011–12 campaign, Manu contributed 43 matches (all starts) and five goals as the club promoted to Segunda División for the second time in its history, the first in 20 years.[2][3] He made his debut in the competition on 18 August 2012 in a 1–0 home win against Hércules CF, scoring the game's only goal through a penalty kick;[4] he served as team captain for several seasons.[5][6]
On 4 July 2017, after one decade with Lugo, free agent Manu joined fellow second-tier side Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.[7] The following 25 January, he signed for Elche CF of the third division after severing ties with the former.[8][9]
Manu continued competing in the lower leagues until his retirement, with Coruxo FC[10] and Ourense CF.[11]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 7 February 2021[12]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Ourense | 2003–04 | Segunda División B | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 15 | 0 |
2004–05 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
2005–06 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | |||
2006–07 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 5 | |||
Total | 57 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 6 | ||
Lugo | 2007–08 | Segunda División B | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 2 | |
2008–09 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |||
2009–10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||
2010–11 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 43 | 5 | ||
2011–12 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 44 | 5 | ||
2012–13 | Segunda División | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 43 | 3 | ||
2013–14 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 43 | 2 | |||
2014–15 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | |||
2015–16 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | |||
2016–17 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |||
Total | 344 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 362 | 19 | ||
Cultural Leonesa | 2017–18 | Segunda División | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
Elche | 2017–18 | Segunda División B | 12 | 0 | — | 6[a] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
2018–19 | Segunda División | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
Total | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
Coruxo | 2019–20 | Segunda División B | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |
2020–21 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
Total | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
Career total | 462 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 496 | 25 |
References
[edit]- ^ Manu: "De los 200 partidos, me quedo con el ascenso y el debut en Segunda" (Manu: "Of the 200 games, my favourite are the promotion and the Segunda debut"); La Información, 8 January 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Lugo, en Segunda 20 años después (Lugo, to Segunda 20 years later); Faro de Vigo, 25 June 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Manu, el indestructible (Manu, indestructible one); La Voz de Galicia, 23 June 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ Manu se empeña en escribir la historia lucense (Manu committed in writing lucense history); Marca, 18 August 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Manu y Óscar rompen récords (Manu and Óscar breaking records); La Voz de Galicia, 26 December 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Manu, capitán del CD Lugo, apadrina el campus de junio (Manu, CD Lugo captain, sponsors June campus); Faro de Vigo, 21 April 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ Alta Jose Manuel Rodríguez (Manu) (Jose Manuel Rodríguez (Manu) in); Cultural Leonesa, 4 July 2017 (in Spanish)
- ^ Oficial | Manu, nuevo refuerzo para el Elche C.F. (Official | Manu, new addition for Elche C.F.); Elche CF, 25 January 2018 (in Spanish)
- ^ El lateral zurdo Manu se incorpora al Elche C.F. (Left-back Manu added to Elche C.F.); Cadena SER, 25 January 2018 (in Spanish)
- ^ Experiencia para el lateral izquierdo del Coruxo con la llegada de Manu (Experience for Coruxo's left flank with the arrival of Manu); Faro de Vigo, 29 August 2019 (in Spanish)
- ^ Ourense CF | El orden y la disciplina (Ourense CF | Order and discipline); DXT Campeón, 3 September 2022 (in Spanish)
- ^ Manu at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from Wädenswil
- Swiss people of Spanish descent
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Men's association football midfielders
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Segunda Federación players
- CD Ourense footballers
- CD Lugo players
- Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players
- Elche CF players
- Coruxo FC players
- Ourense CF players
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen