Manu Barreiro
Spanish footballer (born 1986)
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Manuel 'Manu' Barreiro Bustelo (born 8 July 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Barreiro Bustelo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 July 1986[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Compostela, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| 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) |
| 2023–2025 | Compostela | 65 | (13) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 June 2025 | |||
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 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]