Juan Manuel Lobato

Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lobato Lobato (born 10 May 1988) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Arroyo CP as a central defender.

Juan Manuel Lobato

Personal information
Full name	Juan Manuel Lobato Lobato
Date of birth	(1988-05-10) 10 May 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth	La Línea, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Arroyo
Youth career
	Málaga
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2009	Málaga B	73	(7)
2007–2008	Málaga	0	(0)
2009–2010	Lucena	24	(0)
2010–2011	Cultural Leonesa	22	(0)
2011–2012	San Roque	30	(0)
2012–2013	Espanyol B	25	(0)
2013–2014	Llagostera	19	(0)
2014–	Arroyo	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 June 2014

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lobato and the second or maternal family name is Lobato.

Football career

Born in La Línea de la Concepción, Province of Cádiz, Lobato finished his youth career with local Málaga CF, making his senior debuts with the B-team in the 2006–07 season, in Segunda División B. On 10 January 2007 he first appeared with the Andalusians' main squad, playing the last 33 minutes of a 0–3 home loss against Real Zaragoza for the season's Copa del Rey.^[1]

In July 2009 Lobato signed with Lucena CF.^[2] In his only season he was first-choice, totalling nearly 2,100 minutes of action.

Lobato continued competing in the third level in the following years, representing Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa,^[3] CD San Roque de Lepe,^[4] RCD Espanyol B,^[5] UE Llagostera.^[6] and Arroyo CP.^[7]