Manuel Onwu

Manuel Onwu
Personal information
Full nameManuel Onwu Villafranca
Date of birth11 January 1988
Place of birthTudela, Spain
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Dinamo Tbilisi
Number9
Youth career
Valtierrano
2002–2006Tudelano
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2006–2007Tudelano
2007–2012Osasuna B106(23)
2007–2008→ Iruña (loan)36(19)
2008→ Alzira (loan)4(1)
2012–2015Osasuna31(2)
2015–Dinamo Tbilisi0(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 January 2015.
† 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 Georgian club FC Dinamo Tbilisi 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

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

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