Manuel 'Manu' Lanzarote Bruno (born 20 January 1984) is a Spanish former professional
footballer
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who played as a
left winger
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or an
attacking midfielder
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.
He amassed
Segunda División
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totals of 151 matches and 37 goals over six seasons, representing
Lleida
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,
Sabadell
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,
Alavés and
Zaragoza
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. He made 17 appearances in
La Liga
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with
Espanyol
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, and also played professionally in Greece and India.
Club career
Born in
Barcelona
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,
Catalonia
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, Lanzarote finished his youth career with
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...
, and played his first three years as a senior with the
C and
B teams. In summer 2005 he signed with neighbouring
UE Lleida
Unió Esportiva Lleida was a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It was founded as ''Lérida Balompié-AEM'' on 30 October 1939, and became ''Unión Deportiva Lérida'' in 1947, after a merger with ''C ...
in
Segunda División
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, but after being sparingly used in the first part of
the season, moved to
Atlético Madrid B
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on loan in January 2006.
Lanzarote returned to Lleida in June, but after again seeing limited playing time he joined
Real Oviedo
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The club plays at ...
also of the third division in January 2007. After
being relegated with the
Asturians
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, he signed for
UE Sant Andreu
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from
Tercera División
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.
[
Lanzarote scored eight goals in his ]first year
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with his new club, helping it return to division three at the first attempt. In his second he netted 14 times in all competitions, as the team went on to miss out on two consecutive promotions in the play-offs.[
On 19 August 2010, Lanzarote joined ]CD Atlético Baleares
Club Deportivo Atlético Baleares, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Palma de Mallorca, Palma, the capital of the Mallorca, island of Mallorca, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Foun ...
also in the third tier. Twelve days later, he terminated his contract and moved to SD Eibar
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Founded on 30 November 1940, the men’s te ...
in the same league after paying his buyout clause
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of €
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20,000 himself.
After scoring 11 times for the ''Armeros'', Lanzarote signed with CE Sabadell FC
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. He played his first game in the second division nearly six years on 27 August 2011, starting in a 2–1 home win against SD Huesca
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. His first goal came on 26 October, in a 2–2 draw at Xerez CD
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History
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.
Lanzarote scored 14 goals in the 2012–13 campaign, and on 5 February 2013 he agreed a three-year deal with La Liga
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side RCD Espanyol
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, effective as of July. On 24 August he appeared in his first top-flight match, coming on as a late substitute and providing the assist for Thievy's last goal in a 3–1 home victory over Valencia CF
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.
Lanzarote scored his only goal in the Spanish top tier on 15 September 2013, the game's only away against Granada CF
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through a free kick
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Association football
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. After being rarely used in 2014–15, he was loaned to second-division team Deportivo Alavés
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on 20 January 2015, until June.
On 2 July 2015, Lanzarote cut ties with Espanyol. Two days later, the 31-year-old moved abroad for the first time in his career and signed for two years with Asteras Tripolis F.C.
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in Greece. On 29 January 2016, club and player parted ways by mutual consent and he joined Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system. Zarag ...
on a six-month contract the following day.
On 23 August 2017, Lanzarote signed for FC Goa
Futebol Clube de Goa is an India, Indian professional association football, football club based in Fatorda, Goa, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top tier of Football in India, Indian football. The club was established on 2 ...
. On 6 June 2018, he moved to fellow Indian Super League
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franchise ATK.
Lanzarote returned to Spain and Sabadell on 14 August 2019, helping in another promotion to the second division. He rejoined Sant Andreu roughly one year later, with the side now in the league below.
On 11 January 2021, Lanzarote joined Chennaiyin FC
Chennaiyin Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014 during the inaugural sea ...
for the remainder of the season as an injury replacement for Rafael Crivellaro, in a return to the Indian top flight.
Career statistics
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
21st-century Spanish sportsmen
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Barcelona
Men's association football midfielders
Men's association football wingers
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
FC Barcelona C players
FC Barcelona Atlètic players
UE Lleida players
Atlético Madrid B players
Real Oviedo players
UE Sant Andreu footballers
CD Atlético Baleares footballers
SD Eibar footballers
CE Sabadell FC footballers
RCD Espanyol footballers
Deportivo Alavés players
Real Zaragoza players
Super League Greece players
Asteras Tripolis F.C. players
Indian Super League players
FC Goa players
ATK (football club) players
Chennaiyin FC players
Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in India
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India