Manuel Pavón Castro (born 27 February 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Tercera Federación club Don Benito.
Over eight seasons, he totalled 217 Segunda División matches for Numancia, Lugo and Ponferradina (two goals scored). In La Liga, he also appeared for the first club.
Club career Pavón was born in Santa Fe, Granada. After spells at a host of academies, he finished his development with CD Numancia. In early 2007, he was loaned to Segunda División B where his second youth club, Granada CF, competed,De suplente en el Granada a marcador de Tamudo (From backup in Granada to Tamudo's man-marker) ; La Opinión de Granada, 19 November 2008 (in Spanish) returning to the Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos in the 2007–08 season.Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish)
Pavón made his La Liga debut on 26 October 2008, playing the entire 2–1 home win against Racing de Santander.El Numancia vuelve a sonreír (Numancia smile again); Marca, 26 October 2008 (in Spanish) At the end of the campaign, however, the Soria side went back to Segunda División after only one year up.La estela de los astros granadinos (In the wake of Granada-born stars); Ideal, 5 July 2009 (in Spanish)
Pavón continued competing in the second tier the following years, representing CD Lugo and SD Ponferradina.La Ponferradina ficha a Lolo Pavón (Ponferradina sign Lolo Pavón); La Vanguardia, 3 July 2015 (in Spanish) He scored his first goal as a professional on 27 September 2014 whilst at the service of the former team, contributing to a 4–3 home victory over CA Osasuna.El Lugo encuentra el gol y remonta a Osasuna (Lugo find goal and come back against Osasuna); La Voz de Galicia, 27 September 2014 (in Spanish)
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