Manuela Lareo

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Manuela Lareo
Lareo in 2018
Personal information
Full name Manuela Lareo Polanco
Date of birth (1992-05-29) 29 May 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Vitoria, Spain
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Left attacking midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
Dominican Republic Women (technical assistant)
Youth career
2006–2010 Aurrerá Vitoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Athletic Bilbao 79 (25)
2014–2015 Valencia 27 (4)
2015–2021 Real Sociedad 123 (14)
2021–2022 Espanyol 0 (0)
International career
2010 Spain U19 6 (3)
2021–2022 Dominican Republic 8 (3)
2015–2017 Basque Country 3 (0)
Managerial career
Dominican Republic Women (technical assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2021.[1]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 July 2021.

Manuela “Manu” Lareo Polanco (born 29 May 1992) is a football manager and former player who played as a left attacking midfielder. Born in Spain to a Dominican mother, she capped for the Dominican Republic women's national team, which she is the current technical assistant.

Early life[edit]

Lareo was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz to a Spanish father and a Dominican mother.[2]

Club career[edit]

Lareo is a CD Aurrerá de Vitoria product. She has played for Athletic Bilbao, Valencia CF and Real Sociedad in Spain.

International career[edit]

Lareo represented Spain at the 2010 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[3] In December 2015, she played for the Basque Country in a 1–1 draw with Catalonia at Mini Estadi.[4] On 30 June 2021, she was called up by the Dominican Republic.[5]


Honours[edit]

Real Sociedad
Athletic Bilbao
Valencia

References[edit]

  1. ^ Manuela Lareo at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  2. ^ Melero, Germán (25 October 2019). ""Estoy convencida de que podemos ganarles"" ["I am convinced that we can beat them."]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  3. ^ Guide of the tournament in UEFA's website: Spanish squad in p.73
  4. ^ "CATALUNYA 1 - 1 EUSKAL SELEKZIOA" (in Basque). Basque Football Federation. 26 December 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  5. ^ "22 guerreras fueron llamadas para enfrentar a Nicaragua y Panamá". Dominican Republic Football Federation (in Spanish). 30 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

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