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 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.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)
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.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) 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;Manu se empeña en escribir la historia lucense (Manu committed in writing lucense history); Marca, 18 August 2012 (in Spanish) he served as team captain for several seasons.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)
On 4 July 2017, after one decade with Lugo, free agent Manu joined fellow second-tier side Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.Alta Jose Manuel Rodríguez (Manu) (Jose Manuel Rodríguez (Manu) in) ; Cultural Leonesa, 4 July 2017 (in Spanish) The following 25 January, he signed for Elche CF of the third division after severing ties with the former.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)
Manu continued competing in the lower leagues until his retirement, with Coruxo FCExperiencia 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) and Ourense CF.Ourense CF El orden y la disciplina (Ourense CF Order and discipline); DXT Campeón, 3 September 2022 (in Spanish)
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsOurense2003–04Segunda División B13000201502004–055000—502005–066110—712006–0733500—335Total5761020606Lugo2007–08Segunda División B35200—3522008–0935010—3602009–1020000—2002010–1137500604352011–1237510604452012–13Segunda División42310—4332013–1441220—4322014–1536200—3622015–1638010—3902016–1723000—230Total344196012036219Cultural Leonesa2017–18Segunda División2020—40Elche2017–18Segunda División B120—601802018–19Segunda División10010—110Total2403060330Coruxo2019–20Segunda División B23010—2402020–2112010—130Total3502000370Career total4622514020049625
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