Mauro Manotas

Mauro Andres Manotas Paez (born 15 July 1995) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Tijuana.

Club Career

Uniautonoma

Manotas was the top soccer at the 2013 Colombian U20 championship with 21 goals, and the following year he scored 22 goals for Uniautonoma's youth team in the group stage of the Campeonato Postobon 2014.

On 29 May 2013, Manotas made his first team debut for Uniautonoma when he got the start in a 3–2 loss to Valledupar FC in the Copa Colombia. He made his Categoria Primera A debut on 12 April 2014 when he came on as a sub in a 1–0 win over Millionarios. Manotas scored his first goal for the Uniautonoma first team on 13 August 2014 in a 2–1 Copa Colombia defeat to Valledupar. On 16 August 2014, he scored his first Primera A goal to give Uniautonoma a 3–2 win over La Equidad. Uniautonoma faced off with Deportes Quindio in the 2014 relegation playoffs, and Manotas scored the winning goal in the second leg to keep his team in the top flight.

Houston Dynamo

2015 season

On 13 May 2015, Manotas signed with MLS club Houston Dynamo. He made his Dynamo debut on 17 June 2015 in a 2–0 win vs the Austin Aztex in the US Open Cup and got an assist in stoppage time. He made his MLS debut in the team's next match, coming on as a sub against the Portland Timbers on 20 June. Manotas got his first Dynamo start on 30 June in an Open Cup match vs the Colorado Rapids and scored the winning goal, which was his first as a Dynamo. He made 12 appearances and scored 1 goal across all competitions in his first season with Houston. It was a poor season for the Dynamo as a team, failing to qualify for the playoffs.

2016 season

After only getting 3 substitute appearances in the team's first 6 games of the 2016 season, Manotas went on loan to the Rio Grande Valley Toros, the Dynamo's USL affiliate. After scoring twice in 4 games with the Toros, he re

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