Manu Barreiro
Personal information
Full name Manuel Barreiro Bustelo[1]
Date of birth (1986-07-08) 8 July 1986[1]
Place of birth Compostela, Spain
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Compostela
Youth career
Real Madrid
Valencia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Valencia B 3 (1)
2005–2006 Lalín 33 (8)
2006–2008 Algeciras 52 (16)
2008 Cádiz B 12 (8)
2008–2009 Cádiz 22 (2)
2009 Jerez Industrial 16 (6)
2010 Zamora 7 (0)
2010–2011 Cerceda 32 (20)
2011–2012 Pontevedra 35 (13)
2012–2014 Racing Ferrol 69 (42)
2014–2016 Alavés 63 (16)
2017–2019 Gimnàstic 78 (16)
2019–2023 Lugo 156 (30)
2023– Compostela 9 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:11, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

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

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 the Tercera División.[2]

After prolific lower league spells at CD Lalín and Algeciras CF, Barreiro joined Cádiz CF on 31 January 2008.[3] 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 Segunda División away win against CD Numancia.[4]

Barreiro scored his first professional goal on 18 May 2008, but in a 5–2 loss at RC Celta de Vigo.[5] After the club's relegation to the Segunda División B, he was definitely promoted to the main squad.[6]

Released by Cádiz in the summer of 2009, Barreiro subsequently represented Jerez Industrial CF,[7] Zamora CF,[8] CCD Cerceda, Pontevedra CF[9] and Racing de Ferrol.[10] 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.[11]

On 27 June 2014, Barreiro returned to division two after six years, signing for Deportivo Alavés.[12] He scored 11 goals for the Basques in his debut campaign, including braces against CA Osasuna and CD Lugo,[13] and added a further five in the following as they returned to La Liga after ten years.[14]

After making no league appearances during the first half of the season, Barreiro terminated his contract on 22 December 2016[15] and joined second-tier club Gimnàstic de Tarragona just hours later.[16] He was sent off for two bookable offences on his debut – a 1–1 home draw with CD Tenerife – the latter for not wearing the obligatory shinpads.[17]

Barreiro signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with second-division Lugo on 28 January 2019.[18] In 2020–21, he totalled a squad-best 12 goals for the 18th-placed side, the last outside the relegation zone.[19]

Honours

Cádiz

Alavés

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Manu Barreiro". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Valencia, José Luis (27 June 2012). "Manu Barreiro se sube al nuevo proyecto racinguista en Tercera" [Manu Barreiro added to new Racing project in Tercera]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "El Cádiz ficha a Manu Barreiro" [Cádiz sign Manu Barreiro]. Diario de Cádiz (in Spanish). 31 January 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "El Cádiz araña tres puntos en casa del líder" [Cádiz scrape three points at leaders] (in Spanish). La Voz Digital. 20 April 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Martín, Miguel (18 May 2008). "El Celta se aferra a la Segunda División tras golear al Cádiz" [Celta cling on to Segunda División after routing Cádiz]. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  6. ↑ Aguilera, J. M. (5 September 2008). "Luismi tiene ficha del primer equipo y Barreiro del filial" [Luismi is registered with the first team and Barreiro, with the reserves] (in Spanish). La Voz Digital. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  7. ↑ De Jerez, Antonio (24 August 2009). "El Industrial presenta a Manu Barreiro y firma a González" [Industrial present Manu Barreiro and sign González] (in Spanish). Andalucía Información. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "La llegada de Manu Barreiro al Zamora está a falta de unos pequeños flecos" [The arrival of Manu Barreiro to Zamora is pending due to minor tweaks]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 26 December 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  9. ↑ Otero, Xabi (28 June 2011). "Manu: "Opté por el Pontevedra por su nombre, es un gran club"" [Manu: "I opted for Pontevedra because of its name, it's a great club"]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Manu Barreiro será racinguista" [Manu Barreiro will be racinguista] (in Spanish). Racing Ferrol. 27 June 2012. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "El Racing de Ferrol, rival del Laudio en la lucha por la 2ªB" [Racing de Ferrol, Laudio rivals in fight for 2ªB] (in Spanish). CD Laudio. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "El sustituto de Viguera en el Alavés será Manu Barreiro" [Viguera's replacement at Alavés will be Manu Barreiro]. Marca (in Spanish). 27 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "Manu Barreiro, cinco goles en los tres últimos encuentros" [Manu Barreiro, five goals in the last three contests]. El Correo (in Spanish). 30 March 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  14. 1 2 "La temporada, en números" [The season, in numbers] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  15. ↑ "Manu Barreiro y el Deportivo Alavés acuerdan la rescisión de su contrato" [Manu Barreiro and Deportivo Alavés agree to termination of his contract] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  16. ↑ "El davanter Manu Barreiro i el Nàstic arriben a un acord" [Forward Manu Barreiro and Nàstic reach an agreement] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  17. ↑ "¡Expulsado por no llevar las espinilleras!" [Sent off for not wearing shinpads!]. Marca (in Spanish). 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  18. ↑ "Manu Barreiro nuevo jugador del CD Lugo" [Manu Barreiro new player of CD Lugo] (in Spanish). CD Lugo. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  19. ↑ "Manu Barreiro, el 'verdugo' de Stoichkov y Pierre" [Manu Barreiro, Stoichkov and Pierre's 'henchman'] (in Spanish). Europa Sur. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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