Manu Barreiro

Manuel 'Manu' Barreiro Bustelo (born 8 July 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Lugo as a forward.

Club Career

Born in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Barreiro was a Valencia CF youth graduate. He made his debut as a senior with the reserves in the 2004–05 season, in Tercera Division.

After prolific lower league spells at CD Lalin and Algeciras CF, Barreiro joined Cadiz CF on 31 January 2008. Initially assigned to the B side, he made his first-team debut on 20 April 2008, coming on as a late substitute for Natalio in a 1–0 away win against CD Numancia for the Segunda Division.

Barreiro scored his first professional goal on 18 May 2008, but in a 5–2 loss at RC Celta de Vigo. After the club's relegation to Segunda Division B, he was definitely promoted to the main squad.

Released by Cadiz in the summer of 2009, Barreiro subsequently represented Jerez Industrial CF,Zamora CF,CCD Cerceda, Pontevedra CF and Racing de Ferrol. With the latter, he scored a career-best 21 goals in two consecutive seasons, as his team achieved promotion to the third division and missed out another in the play-offs.