Manuel Herrera López (born 21 November 1991), known as Súper, is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a defender for

Cambodian League The Cambodian Premier League ( km, លីគកំពូលកម្ពុជា, ) is the highest professional football division in Cambodia and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Cambodian League 2. Starting with the 2022 se ...

club Nagaworld. He started his career in the youth and reserve teams of Real Betis and later played for clubs in the

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. He then played for Filipino club Ceres–Negros where he won three consecutive league titles.

Club career

Born in Seville, Andalusia, Súper graduated from the youth academy of Real Betis, and reached the reserves midway through the 2010–11 season. He made his debut in

on 2 January 2011, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–2 home draw against

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. On 9 March 2012, Súper was called to the first team by manager Pepe Mel for a La Liga match against

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, but he remained on the bench in the 2–3 home loss the following day. After leaving the

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he continued to compete in the third level, representing in quick succession

Elche CF Ilicitano Elche Ilicitano Club de Fútbol, known officially as Elche Ilicitano is a Spanish football team based in Elche, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1932 as Club Deportivo Ilicitano, a farm team, it is the reserve team of Elche CF, ...

, FC Cartagena,

CD San Roque de Lepe Club Deportivo San Roque de Lepe, SAD is a Spanish football team based in Lepe, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1956 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio Ciudad de Lepe'', with a ...

and

CF Villanovense Club de Fútbol Villanovense is a Spanish football team based in Villanueva de la Serena, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1992 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 4, holding home matches at ''Estadio Romero Cuerda' ...

. Súper signed with Tercera División club Caudal Deportivo in the last minutes of the 2016 winter transfer window. He appeared in 16 matches across all competitions in his debut campaign (including the play-offs), helping to promotion. On 10 December, he was released. On 31 December 2016, Súper moved abroad for the first time as he joined Ceres-Negros of the Philippines Football League (PFL). He was recruited by the club's coach,

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, who was his former coach at Betis B. Súper headed the consolation goal in their 2–1 PFL defeat by Meralco Manila on 16 August 2017. Ceres ended the season as winners of the PFL's inaugural title. He also played in the

2017 AFC Cup The 2017 AFC Cup was the 14th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Defending champions Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Istiklol in the final to win their second AFC Cu ...

. In the

2018 AFC Cup The 2018 AFC Cup was the 15th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the title for the third consecutive year, defeating Altyn Asyr in the fin ...

group match against

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, he headed the equalising goal from

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's corner kick, forcing a 1–1 draw. In the first leg of the ASEAN zonal semifinal, he contributed a goal in their 4–2 win over

Yangon United Yangon United Football Club ( my, ရန်ကုန် ယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံးအသင်း ) is a Burmese football club, based at Yangon United Sports Complex, in Yangon, Myanmar. Owned by Tay Za, a prominent Burme ...

. In the 2018 PFL, Ceres successfully defended their title. Súper was part of the squad that won the 2019 domestic double without a single defeat. He scored the first goal in their 3–0 win over

Philippine Air Force The Philippine Air Force (PAF) ( tgl, Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas, , Army of the Air of the Philippines) ( es, Ejército Aérea del Filipinas, , Ejército de la Aérea de la Filipinas) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Armed Forc ...

on 17 August. He last played for Ceres in the

2020 AFC Cup The 2020 AFC Cup was the 17th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic after group stage matches on 11 March ...

as tournaments were suspended or cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The financial impact of the pandemic forced the club to terminate its players' contracts. After a change in ownership, majority of the Ceres players re-signed but Súper did not. In September 2020, he returned to Spain and joined

UD Lanzarote Unión Deportiva Lanzarote is a Spanish football team based in Arrecife, Lanzarote, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded in 1970 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 12, holding home games at the ''Ciudad Deportiva de La ...

of the Tercera División's Group 12 (Canary Islands). In 2021, he signed for Nagaworld of the

Career statistics

Honours

Ceres–Negros * Philippines Football League:

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* Copa Paulino Alcantara:

References

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*{{BDFutbol, 401086 1991 births Living people Footballers from Seville Spanish footballers Association football defenders Segunda División B players Tercera División players Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers Elche CF Ilicitano footballers FC Cartagena footballers CD San Roque de Lepe footballers CF Villanovense players Caudal Deportivo footballers Ceres–Negros F.C. players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Philippines Expatriate footballers in Cambodia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cambodia