Manuel Onwu

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Manuel Onwu
Personal information
Full name	Manuel Onwu Villafranca
Date of birth	(1988-01-11) 11 January 1988
Place of birth	Tudela, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Osasuna
Number	18
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–	Osasuna	18	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 October 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

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 CA Osasuna as a forward.

Club career

Born in Tudela, Navarre to a Nigerian father and a Spanish mother, and raised in neighbouring Valtierra,^[1] 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.^[2] Two matchdays later he made his first start, in a 2–0 away win over Levante UD (71 minutes played).^[3]

References

↑ Onwu, una promesa de futuro para el presente (Onwu, future promise for today); Noticias de Navarra, 14 March 2012 (Spanish)
↑ Bilbao brought back to earth; ESPN Soccernet, 11 March 2012
↑ Euro dream alive for Osasuna; ESPN Soccernet, 25 March 2012

External links

v t e CA Osasuna – current squad

1 Riesgo 2 Bertrán 3 Oriol 4 M. Flaño 5 Lolo 6 Nino 7 Acuña 8 De las Cuevas 9 Armenteros 10 Puñal (c) 11 Sisi 12 Satrústegui 13 Andrés 14 Arribas 15 Oier 16 Cejudo 17 Lobato 18 Onwu 19 Riera 20 Silva 21 Torres 22 Lotiès 23 Loé 24 Damià Coach: Gracia

Persondata
Name	Onwu, Manuel
Alternative names
Short description	Spanish footballer
Date of birth	11 January 1988
Place of birth	Tudela, Navarre, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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