Personal information | |||
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Full name | Manuel Onwu Villafranca | ||
Date of birth | 11 January 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Tudela, Spain | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Lorca | ||
Youth career | |||
Valtierrano | |||
2002–2006 | Tudelano | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Tudelano | ||
2007–2012 | Osasuna B | 106 | (23) |
2007–2008 | → Iruña (loan) | 36 | (19) |
2008 | → Alzira (loan) | 4 | (1) |
2012–2015 | Osasuna | 31 | (2) |
2015 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 10 | (3) |
2015–2016 | Lleida Esportiu | 24 | (10) |
2016– | Lorca | 27 | (8) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 April 2017. |
Manuel Onwu Villafranca (born 11 January 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Lorca FC as a forward.
Born in Tudela, Navarre to a Nigerian father and a Spanish mother, and raised in neighbouring Valtierra, Onwu started playing with Club Atlético Valtierrano then moved to local CD Tudelano, making his senior debuts with the latter in 2006, in the fourth division. The following year he signed with neighbouring CA Osasuna, being assigned to its B-team and going on to serve two loans in the lower leagues subsequently.
In the 2011–12 season, Onwu scored 11 goals in 30 games with the reserves in the third level. On 11 March 2012 he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–1 home win against Athletic Bilbao. Two matchdays later he made his first start, in a 2–0 away win over Levante UD (71 minutes played).