Manuela “Manu” Lareo Polanco (born 29 May 1992) is a Spanish-born Dominican
footballer
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who plays as a
left attacking midfielder for
Segunda División Pro club
RCD Espanyol
Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...
and the
Dominican Republic women's national team.
Early life
Lareo was born in
Vitoria-Gasteiz
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to a Spanish father and a Dominican mother.
Club career
Lareo is a
CD Aurrerá de Vitoria product. She has played for
Athletic Bilbao
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,
Valencia CF
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and
Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...
in Spain.
International career
Lareo represented Spain at the
2010 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
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Qualifications
There were two separate rounds of ...
. In December 2015, she played for the
Basque Country in a 1–1 draw with
Catalonia
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Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
at
Mini Estadi
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. On 30 June 2021, she was called up by the
Dominican Republic
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.
Honours
;Real Sociedad
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Copa de la Reina
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:
2018–19
; Athletic Bilbao
*
Copa de la Reina
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COPA
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: runner-up
2012
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;Valencia
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Copa de la Reina
Copa or COPA may refer to:
COPA
COPA may refer to:
* Computer Operator Programming Assistant. trade of ITI
* Child Online Protection Act, a former U.S. law to protect minors from certain material on the internet
* Canadian Owners and Pilots Asso ...
: runner-up
2015
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References
External links
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La Liga
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at
Athletic Bilbao
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1992 births
Living people
Citizens of the Dominican Republic through descent
Dominican Republic women's footballers
Women's association football midfielders
Women's association football forwards
Dominican Republic women's international footballers
Dominican Republic people of Spanish descent
Footballers from Vitoria-Gasteiz
Spanish women's footballers
CD Aurrerá de Vitoria footballers
Athletic Club (women) players
Valencia CF Femenino players
Real Sociedad Femenino players
RCD Espanyol (women) players
Liga F players
Segunda Federación (women) players
Spain women's youth international footballers
Spanish people of Dominican Republic descent
Sportspeople of Dominican Republic descent
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