Manuel Lucena

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lucena and the second or maternal family name is Medina.
Manolo Lucena
Personal information
Full name Manuel Lucena Medina
Date of birth (1982-11-18) 18 November 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Granada, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2000–2001 Imperio Albolote
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Arenas
2002–2005 Granada 64 (4)
2004–2005 → Marino (loan) 32 (6)
2005 Sporting Gijón 3 (0)
2006–2013 Granada 181 (15)
2013–2014 Mirandés 11 (0)
Total 291 (25)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel 'Manolo' Lucena Medina (born 18 November 1982) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.

His professional career was mainly associated with Granada, with which he competed in all four major levels of Spanish football.[1]

Club career[edit]

Lucena was born in Granada, Andalusia. In 2002 he signed for his hometown's Granada CF, at the time in the Tercera División. After two years as a starter he was loaned to Marino de Luanco of Segunda División B, being first-choice in his only season as the Asturias club narrowly avoided relegation.[2]

In the summer of 2005, Lucena joined Sporting de Gijón in the Segunda División. In January 2006, with only three league appearances to his credit – seven minutes in total – he returned to Granada, scoring five goals as the team promoted from the fourth division.[2]

Lucena remained a key player in the following three third-tier campaigns, never appearing in less than 32 league games and occasionally pitching in at defensive midfielder.[3] In 2009–10, already as team captain, he contributed 26 matches and one goal en route to a return to division two after 22 years.[1]

In late June 2011, after a second consecutive promotion for Granada, with him as the club's only player from the region of Granada, Lucena renewed his contract for a further two seasons.[4][5] He made his La Liga debut on 27 August in a 0–1 home loss against Real Betis (90 minutes played),[6][1] but totalled only nine official games over two seasons, being released subsequently.

Lucena retired at the end of the 2013–14 campaign at the age of 31, following a spell with CD Mirandés in the second tier.[7] In February 2015, he returned to Granada as match delegate.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Manolo Lucena: un héroe en Tercera, Segunda B, Segunda y Primera (Manolo Lucena: hero in Tercera, Segunda B, Segunda and Primera); Diario AS, 4 October 2019 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ a b Lucena hace historia (Lucena makes history); Granada Hoy, 9 February 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Manolo Lucena, el 'controller' rojiblanco (Manolo Lucena, red-and-black controller); Tablón Deportivo, 29 September 2010 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ El Granada se da un baño de masas por su ascenso a Primera (Granada drown in the masses for promotion to Primera); Marca, 19 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ El capitán Manolo Lucena renueva su contrato con el Granada CF (Captain Manolo Lucena renews his contract with Granada CF); Ideal, 26 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Rubén Castro hace justicia (Rubén Castro does justice); El País, 27 August 2011 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ El Mirandés confirma el fichaje del defensa Lucena (Mirandés confirm signing of defender Lucena); Marca, 30 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ El Granada ficha de nuevo a Lucena (Granada sign Lucena again); Ideal, 10 February 2015 (in Spanish)

External links[edit]

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