Manuel Jesús Ortiz Toribio (born 22 August 1984), known as Lolo, is a Spanish former professional

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. A versatile defensive unit, he could play as both a

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Club career

Born in

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, Lolo was a product of

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA Euro ...

's youth system. In the 2002–03 season he started playing as a senior with their reserves in the

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, scoring a decisive goal against

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which led to a promotion to

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in 2007. Lolo made his

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debut the following campaign, appearing in two matches in March 2008, the first being on the 1st in a 2–1 away loss to

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. Earlier, in December, he had made his first appearance in the

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, playing the entire match in a 3–0 group stage victory at

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. However, he spent the majority of the season with the reserves, being a defensive stalwart for the

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ns whom retained their league status. Lolo was loaned to neighbours

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a association football, football club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, that competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, ...

for 2008–09, spending most of the season as

and scoring home deciders against

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(2–1) and

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(1–0). In October 2009, already established in Sevilla's first team, he signed a new contract until June 2011. He scored his first goal as a ''Sevillista'' on 10 April 2010, in the 84th minute of a 2–1 win at former club Málaga. After being deemed surplus to requirements at Sevilla, Lolo joined fellow top-flight side

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on a four-year deal, in late August 2010. In his debut campaign, in which the

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se narrowly avoided relegation, he was used mainly as a

while also starting regularly, and also contributed goals against Hércules CF (3–0, at home) and

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(4–0, also at home). On 19 January 2018, after stints in his country with

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and

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(second tier) and Hércules (third), 33-year-old Lolo moved abroad for the first time in his career with

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club

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. He retired later that year. In 2021, Lolo joined Bodø-based

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's coaching staff, with his compatriot

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being in charge of the academy and his wife Tamara Carrillo also working there.

Career statistics

Honours

Sevilla B *

: 2006–07 Sevilla *

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: 2009–10

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lolo 1984 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from Huelva Association football defenders Association football midfielders Association football utility players La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Sevilla Atlético players Sevilla FC players Málaga CF players CA Osasuna players Real Zaragoza players Elche CF players Hércules CF players Indian Super League players FC Pune City players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in India Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Norway