Manu Fuster
Personal information
Full name Manuel Fuster Lázaro
Date of birth (1997-10-22) 22 October 1997
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Albacete
Number 10
Youth career
Don Bosco
Valencia
Huracán
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Olímpic Xàtiva 33 (10)
2017–2019 Guijuelo 64 (9)
2019– Albacete 160 (31)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2023

Manuel "Manu" Fuster Lázaro (born 22 October 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Albacete Balompié as an attacking midfielder.

Career

Fuster was born in Valencia, and was a Huracán Valencia CF youth graduate. On 23 July 2016, he signed for Tercera División side CD Olímpic de Xàtiva,[1] and made his senior debut on 21 August by starting in a 2–0 away win against CD Buñol.

Fuster scored his first senior goal on 28 August 2016, netting the opener in a 2–0 home defeat of Muro CF. The following 4 August, after scoring 11 goals as his side missed out promotion in the play-offs, he joined CD Guijuelo in Segunda División B.[2]

On 22 July 2019, Fuster agreed to a four-year contract with Albacete Balompié in Segunda División.[3] He made his professional debut on 18 August, starting in a match against SD Huesca.[4]

Fuster scored his first professional goal on 9 February 2020, netting a last-minute equalizer in a 1–1 home draw against SD Ponferradina. A regular starter in the 2020–21 season as the club suffered relegation, he was Alba's top goalscorer with 12 goals in the 2021–22 campaign, as the club achieved promotion from Primera División RFEF. He scored 8 goals in the 2022-23 Season[5] and 3 goals in the ongoing 2023-24 Season. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Bryan y Manu llegan al Olímpic" [Bryan and Manu arrive at Olímpic] (in Spanish). Portal de Xàtiva. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Manu Fuster nuevo jugador del Guijuelo" [Manu Fuster new player of Guijuelo] (in Spanish). Vavel. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Manu Fuster, orgulloso de ser del Alba" [Manu Fuster, proud to be of Alba] (in Spanish). Albacete Balompié. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "El VAR redime a un madrugador Albacete en El Alcoraz" [The VAR redeems an early bird Albacete at the El Alcoraz] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Spain - Manu Fuster - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Manu Fuster LALIGA HYPERMOTION". Manu Fuster. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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