Leonard Manole

Leonard Andrei Manole (born 19 April 1993) is a Romanian footballer.^[2] He made his Liga I debut on 16 September 2013 for Vaslui, in a match against Poli Timişoara.

Leonard Manole

Personal information
Full name	Leonard Andrei Manole
Date of birth	(1993-04-19) 19 April 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Ștefănești, Romania[1]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Argeş Piteşti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	Argeş Piteşti	52	(2)
2013–2014	Vaslui	3	(0)
2014–2016	Metalul Reșița	39	(1)
2016	Farul Constanța	4	(0)
2016–2017	SCM Pitești	1	(0)
2017	Șirineasa	8	(4)
2018	CSMȘ Reșița
2019–2020	Alexandria	9	(1)
2021	Unirea Bascov	8	(2)
2021–2023	Sporting Roșiori	33	(7)
International career‡
2011–2012	Romania U-19	3	(1)
2013–2015	Romania U-21	4	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:23, 17 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2013

Club career

Argeş Piteşti

Manole began his professional career with his home club Argeş Piteşti. He made his debut for Argeş Piteşti on 9 October 2010 as a second-half substitute for Ionuţ Murineanu against Arieşul Turda.^[3]

Vaslui

Although he was supposed to sign a four–year contract with Astra Giurgiu following Argeş Piteşti's disaffiliation,^[4] he ended up signing with Vaslui.^[2] He made his debut in a 1–0 home victory against Poli Timişoara, coming in as a substitute for Vaslui captain Lucian Sânmărtean. He was handed the number 10 jersey, left vacant following the departure of Nicolae Stanciu.^[5]

International career

While involved with the Romania national under-19 football team, Manole photographed himself with controversial Serbian figure Ratko Butorović. As a result, he was banned from representing Romania for six months.^[6]

Statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Argeş Piteşti	2010–11	3	0	0	0	–		3	0
	2011–12	21	1	2	0	–		23	1
	2012–13	18	1	1	0	–		19	1
Total		42	2	3	0	0	0	45	2
Vaslui	2013–14	2	0	1	0	–		3	0
Total		2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Career Total		44	2	4	0	0	0	48	2

Statistics accurate as of match played 24 September 2013