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

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who plays as a

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for Alcoyano.

Club career

Born in Pedrera, Seville,

Andalusia Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...

, 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 . History In 2007–08 season, the club became champion of the Segunda División B, Group 4. The next se ...

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 () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

home routing of

Recreativo de Huelva B Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, Andalucia, Spain. Founded on 23 December 1889, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play in , holding home games at ''Estadio Nuevo Colombi ...

. In 2013 García joined Atarfe Industrial CF 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 , holding home matches at , with a capacity of 5,000 spectators. History Montilla CF was fou ...

and CD Pedrera in the regional leagues. He subsequently represented

UD Maracena Unión Deportiva Maracena is a Spanish football team based in Maracena, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1945, it currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Ciudad Deportiva de Maracena'', with a 2,000-seat capacity. Sea ...

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 . Histor ...

, achieving promotion to

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: 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 ...

with the latter in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

. 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 ...

. 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 ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at ...

. 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 Primera Federación - Group 1, holding home ma ...

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 René Román Hinojo (born 15 December 1983), known simply as René, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Club career Born in El Bosque, Cádiz, René made his senior debut with local Arcos CF in the 2002–03 season ...

, 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 . The club was founded in 1886 an ...

on a one-year deal.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Manu 1991 births People from Sierra Sur (Seville) Footballers from the Province of Seville Living people Men's association football goalkeepers Spanish men's footballers Atarfe Industrial CF players CD El Ejido players Extremadura UD footballers SD Ponferradina players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers Real Murcia CF players CD Alcoyano footballers Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Tercera División players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen