Manuel Coronado Pla (born 7 April 1993), commonly known as Lolo, is a Spanish professional

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who plays as an

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for

Mérida AD Asociación Deportiva Mérida, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 2013 it is a successor club of CP Mérida, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1. Hist ...

Club career

Born in Mérida, Extremadura, Lolo began his career with

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's youth sides, and made his senior debut in

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for the

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in the

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. On 20 August 2012, he appeared in his first official game with the main squad, playing the last four minutes in a 1–0

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away win over

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, the first matchday of the season. Lolo signed for S.L. Benfica in Portugal on 2 August 2013 in spite of being threatened by his former club, which later led to compensation as his link was not severed by mutual consent. He was assigned to the reserves and played his first match for them on the 26th, coming from the bench in the 81st minute of the Segunda Liga home fixture against

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and scoring the final goal in a 3–0 victory. On 30 August 2014, Lolo was loaned to

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CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Anxo Carro''. History The new board of directors was o ...

on a

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-long deal. The following summer, he joined

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side

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., known simply as Cádiz, is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the La Liga, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20 ...

also on loan. In the 2016 off-season, Lolo was acquired by Mexican club

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, but was immediately loaned back to

CD Toledo Club Deportivo Toledo, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1928 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 18, holding home games at '' Estadio Salto del Caballo'', ...

of the Spanish third tier. He helped them to finish second in their group, and then signed for Elche CF of the same league in July 2017. Lolo contributed two goals in Elche's promotion campaign (five in all competitions), but spent the following season on loan at Recreativo de Huelva and

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. On 14 July 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Gimnàstic de Tarragona, but was unregistered from the main squad the following transfer window due to poor performances, and terminated his contract in March 2020.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lolo 1993 births Living people People from Mérida, Spain Sportspeople from the Province of Badajoz Spanish footballers Footballers from Extremadura Association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Primera Federación players Segunda Federación players Real Valladolid Promesas players Real Valladolid players CD Lugo players Cádiz CF players CD Toledo players Elche CF players Recreativo de Huelva players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers CD Guijuelo footballers Mérida AD players Liga Portugal 2 players S.L. Benfica B players Club Necaxa footballers Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal