Manu in action for Sevilla in 2011
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Manuel del Moral Fernández | ||
Date of birth | 25 February 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Jaén, Spain | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Numancia | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
Jaén | |||
2001–2002 | Atlético Madrid | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2006 | Atlético Madrid B | 71 | (11) |
2004–2006 | Atlético Madrid | 5 | (0) |
2004–2005 | → Recreativo (loan) | 33 | (4) |
2006–2011 | Getafe | 159 | (37) |
2011–2015 | Sevilla | 56 | (11) |
2013–2014 | → Elche (loan) | 24 | (2) |
2014–2015 | → Eibar (loan) | 28 | (3) |
2015–2016 | Valladolid | 25 | (3) |
2016– | Numancia | 20 | (9) |
National team | |||
2002–2003 | Spain U19 | 4 | (3) |
2002–2003 | Spain U20 | 9 | (0) |
2005 | Spain U23 | 5 | (2) |
2011 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 March 2017. |
Manuel del Moral Fernández (born 25 February 1984), commonly known as Manu, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Numancia as either a forward or winger.
Manu was born in Jaén, Andalusia. After starting his formation with local Real Jaén he finished it with Atlético Madrid, where he played alongside Braulio, and served a one-and-a-half-season loan in the second division at Recreativo de Huelva, only appearing in five matches with one goal during his first year.
While mainly registered with the capital side's B-team, Manu did appear in five La Liga matches in the 2005–06 campaign, mainly as a late substitute.
Manu joined Madrid neighbours Getafe CF for 2006–07, scoring his first top flight goal on 22 October 2006 in a 2–1 success at precisely Recre and finishing the season with eight (squad's second-best, behind Daniel Güiza). The following campaign he teamed up again with Braulio, and netted seven times – joint-top scorer alongside Juan Ángel Albín – while also helping the Madrid outskirts team to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.