Manuel 'Manolo' Higuera Sancho (born 14 March 1964) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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, and is the president of

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system ...

Club career

Born in

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Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...

, Higuera graduated with

's youth setup. He made his first team – and

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– debut on 9 September 1984, starting in a 0–1 away loss against

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club colo ...

. Higuera left the ''Verdiblancos'' in 1988, after appearing rarely.

Post-retirement

After retiring Higuera worked as an

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, being also a businessman. On 14 June 2015 he succeeded

Juan Antonio Sañudo Juan Antonio 'Tuto' Sañudo Herrero (born 13 June 1956) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Born in the village of Serdio in Val de San Vicente, Sañudo played 304 La Liga matches over the course of ten ...

as club chairman, as Racing was relegated back to

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after only one year. In the summer of 2023, he became the club's president again, purchasing 74% of the shareholding package together with Sebastian Ceria.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Higuera, Manolo 1964 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Santander, Spain Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Rayo Cantabria players Racing de Santander players Spanish football chairmen and investors