Manu del Moral

Manuel "Manu" del Moral Fernandez (born 25 February 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as either a forward or winger.

He played 272 games and scored 53 goals in La Liga, representing Atletico Madrid, Getafe, Sevilla, Elche and Eibar. In Segunda Division, serving five other teams, he recorded 138 appearances and 29 goals.

Manu won one cap for the Spain national team.

Club Career

Atletico

Manu was born in Jaen, Andalusia. After starting his youth career with local Real Jaen he finished it with Atletico Madrid, where he played alongside Braulio, and served a one-and-a-half-season loan in the second division at Recreativo de Huelva, appearing in only five matches during his first year.

While mainly registered with the capital side's reserves, Manu did play five La Liga games in the 2005–06 campaign, mainly as a late substitute.

Getafe

Manu joined Madrid neighbours Getafe CF for 2006–07, scoring his first top-flight goal on 22 October 2006 in a 2–1 victory at precisely Recreativo and finishing the season with eight (squad's second-best, behind Dani Guiza). The following campaign he teamed up again with Braulio, and netted seven times – joint-top scorer alongside Juan Angel Albin – while also helping the Madrid outskirts team to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.

The arrival of Roberto Soldado relegated del Moral to a more secondary role in 2008–09, but he still made 29 league appearances, operating mostly on the wings. On 24 January 2010, he scored the game's only goal as Getafe defeated former side Atletico Madrid for the first time at home in its history; on 7 November, after netting in a 1–3 home loss against FC Barcelona, he became the club's best-ever scorer in the top division for the second time, surpassing precisely Soldado.

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