Manu Barreiro

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

Manuel 'Manu' Barreiro Bustelo (born 8 July 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for SD Compostela.

Manu Barreiro

Personal information
Full name	Manuel Barreiro Bustelo[1]
Date of birth	(1986-07-08) 8 July 1986 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth	Compostela, Spain
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Compostela
Number	9
Youth career
	Real Madrid
	Valencia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	Valencia B	3	(1)
2005–2006	Lalín	33	(8)
2006–2008	Algeciras	52	(16)
2008	Cádiz B	12	(8)
2008–2009	Cádiz	22	(2)
2009	Jerez Industrial	16	(6)
2010	Zamora	7	(0)
2010–2011	Cerceda	32	(20)
2011–2012	Pontevedra	35	(13)
2012–2014	Racing Ferrol	69	(42)
2014–2016	Alavés	63	(16)
2017–2019	Gimnàstic	78	(16)
2019–2023	Lugo	156	(30)
2023–	Compostela	59	(11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:36, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Barreiro was a Valencia CF youth graduate. He made his debut as a senior with the reserves in the 2004–05 season, in the Tercera División.^[2]

After prolific lower league spells at CD Lalín and Algeciras CF, Barreiro joined Cádiz CF on 31 January 2008.^[3] Initially assigned to the B side, he made his first-team debut on 20 April 2008, coming on as a late substitute for Natalio in a 1–0 Segunda División away win against CD Numancia.^[4]

Barreiro scored his first professional goal on 18 May 2008, but in a 5–2 loss at RC Celta de Vigo.^[5] After the club's relegation to Segunda División B, he was definitely promoted to the main squad.^[6]

Released by Cádiz in the summer of 2009, Barreiro subsequently represented Jerez Industrial CF,^[7] Zamora CF,^[8] CCD Cerceda, Pontevedra CF^[9] and Racing de Ferrol.^[10] With the latter, he scored a career-best 21 goals in two consecutive seasons, as his team achieved promotion to the third division and missed out another in the play-offs.^[11]

On 27 June 2014, Barreiro returned to division two after six years, signing for Deportivo Alavés.^[12] He scored 11 goals for the Basques in his debut campaign, including braces against CA Osasuna and CD Lugo,^[13] and added a further five in the following as they returned to La Liga after ten years.^[14]

After making no league appearances during the first half of the season, Barreiro terminated his contract on 22 December 2016^[15] and joined second-tier club Gimnàstic de Tarragona just hours later.^[16] He was sent off for two bookable offences on his debut – a 1–1 home draw with CD Tenerife – the latter for not wearing the obligatory shinpads.^[17]

Barreiro signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with second-division Lugo on 28 January 2019.^[18] In 2020–21, he totalled a squad-best 12 goals for the 18th-placed side, the last outside the relegation zone.^[19]

Honours

Cádiz

• Segunda División B: 2008–09

Alavés

• Segunda División: 2015–16^[14]