Manuel Onwu

Manuel Onwu

Personal information
Full name	Manuel Onwu Villafranca
Date of birth	(1988-01-11) 11 January 1988
Place of birth	Tudela, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Lleida Esportiu
Youth career
	Valtierrano
2002–2006	Tudelano
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	Tudelano
2007–2012	Osasuna B	106	(23)
2007–2008	→ Iruña (loan)	36	(19)
2008	→ Alzira (loan)	4	(1)
2012–2015	Osasuna	31	(2)
2015	Dinamo Tbilisi	10	(3)
2015–	Lleida Esportiu	24	(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Onwu and the second or maternal family name is Villafranca.

Manuel Onwu Villafranca (born 11 January 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Lleida Esportiu as a forward.

Club career

Born in Tudela, Navarre to a Nigerian father and a Spanish mother, and raised in neighbouring Valtierra, Onwu started playing with Club Atlético Valtierrano then moved to local CD Tudelano, making his senior debuts with the latter in 2006, in the fourth division. The following year he signed with neighbouring CA Osasuna, being assigned to its B-team and going on to serve two loans in the lower leagues subsequently.

In the 2011–12 season, Onwu scored 11 goals in 30 games with the reserves in the third level. On 11 March 2012 he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–1 home win against Athletic Bilbao. Two matchdays later he made his first start, in a 2–0 away win over Levante UD (71 minutes played).

External links

• Manuel Onwu profile at BDFutbol
• Futbolme profile (Spanish)
• La Segunda B profile (Spanish)
• Manuel Onwu at Soccerway