Faberth Manuel 'Manu' Balda Rodríguez (born 21 February 1992) is an Ecuadorian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for

C.D. El Nacional Club Deportivo El Nacional (until 2018 ''Club Especializado de Alto Rendimiento El Nacional'') is an Ecuadorian sports club from Quito, known best for their professional football team. The team currently plays in the Serie A, the first-tier foot ...

as a winger.

Club career

Born in

Portoviejo Portoviejo (), also known as San Gregorio de Portoviejo, is a city in Ecuador, and the capital of the Province of Manabí from the Pacific coast. It is still known as the city of the "Royal Tamarind Trees" due to former Tamarind plantains in the ...

, Balda moved to

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

in 2001, aged nine, and started his career at

CE L'Hospitalet Centre d'Esports l'Hospitalet is a Spanish football team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1957 it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF - Group 5, holding home games at Estadi Municipa ...

's youth setup. He finished his formation with

UDA Gramenet Unión Deportiva Atlético Gramenet Milán is a Spanish football team based in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1945 it currently plays in ''Segona Catalana – Group 4'', holding home games at '' Muni ...

, and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2010–11 campaign; he also appeared with the main squad, being relegated from

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

. On 30 January 2013 Balda moved to

AE Prat Associació Esportiva Prat is a Spanish football team based in El Prat de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1945 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at ''Estadi Sagnier'', with a 500-s ...

, also in the third level. He suffered another relegation in 2013–14, being mostly used as a backup. On 17 July 2014 Balda signed for fellow league team

CF Badalona Club de Fútbol Badalona () is a Spanish football team based in Badalona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903 it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 5, temporarily holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Badalona, wit ...

, and featured regularly for the club during his spell. On 19 January of the following year he rescinded his link and moved to

Superleague Greece The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

side Panthrakikos F.C. Balda played his first match as a professional on 24 January 2015, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 home win against

Levadiakos F.C. Levadiakos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Λεβαδειακός) is a Greek professional Association football, football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Super League Greece, Alpha Et ...

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* * 1992 births Living people People from Portoviejo Ecuadorian footballers Spanish footballers Association football wingers Segunda División B players Tercera División players Ecuadorian Serie A players UDA Gramenet footballers AE Prat players UE Cornellà players CF Badalona players Super League Greece players Panthrakikos F.C. players C.D. El Nacional footballers Atlas F.C. footballers Ecuadorian expatriate footballers Spanish expatriate footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Mexico {{Ecuador-footy-bio-stub