Manuel "Manu" García Humanes (born 11 February 1991) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

Real Murcia Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, playing ho ...

Club career

Born in Pedrera, Seville,

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, García represented CD Pedrera,

Écija Balompié Écija Balompié, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Écija, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1939, it plays in División de Honor Andaluza, the fifth tier of Spanish football. History In 2007–08 season, the club b ...

and UD Marinaleda as a youth. He made his senior debut with the latter team on 27 September 2009, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 7–1

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 ...

home routing of Recreativo de Huelva B. In 2013 García joined

Atarfe Industrial CF Atarfe Industrial Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Atarfe, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1970, it plays in '' División de Honor – Group 2'', holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipal de Atarfe''. Hi ...

in the fourth division, after spells at

Montilla CF Montilla Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Montilla, Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1973, they play in División de Honor – Group 1, holding home matches at , with a capacity of 5,000 spectato ...

and CD Pedrera in the regional leagues. He subsequently represented UD Maracena and

CD El Ejido Club Polideportivo El Ejido 1969 is a Spanish football club based in El Ejido, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1989 under the name of El Ejido Fútbol Sala (was only a futsal club until 2012), it currently plays in Segunda D ...

, achieving promotion to

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 ...

with the latter in

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. On 7 June 2017, García signed for fellow third division side

Extremadura UD Extremadura Unión Deportiva was a Spanish football team based in Almendralejo, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 2007, it last played in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at ''Estadio Francisco de la Her ...

. He was an undisputed starter during the campaign, contributing with 36 league appearances as his side achieved a first-ever promotion to

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. García made his professional debut on 19 August 2018, starting in a 1–1 away draw against

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: ''Real Stadium Club Ovetense'' and ''Real Club De ...

. After starting the first matches of the campaign, he was overtaken by Álvaro Fernández and was subsequently loaned to

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the ...

in the third division on 28 December. On 30 July 2019, after being a starter as ''Ponfe'' achieved promotion to division two, García signed a permanent contract with the club. He was one of the three goalkeepers used during the 2019–20 season, along with José Antonio Caro and René Román, and was a backup to Caro in

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. On 21 June 2021, García moved to

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side

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. ...

on a one-year deal.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Manu 1991 births Living people People from Sierra Sur (Seville) Footballers from the Province of Seville Spanish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Atarfe Industrial CF players Extremadura UD footballers SD Ponferradina players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers