Manuel Abaunza

Manuel Abaunza is a Nicaraguan-American former soccer inside right who played one season in the National Professional Soccer League.

Manuel Abaunza

Personal information
Date of birth	1941 (age 83–84)
Place of birth	Nicaragua
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Inside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960	Vizcoya
1961–1964	Los Angeles Kickers
1965–1966	Orange County Soccer Club
1967	Los Angeles Toros	26	(0)
1968	Los Angeles Armenians
1969	Los Angeles Saprissa
1969	San Pedro Olympia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

In 1960, Abaunza, the younger brother of Bayardo Abaunza, played for Vizcoya in Costa Rica. He moved to Los Angeles in 1961 where he joined the Los Angeles Kickers, an amateur team in the Greater Los Angeles League. In 1964, the Kickers won the 1964 National Challenge Cup over the Philadelphia Ukrainians. Abaunza scored in the first game, a 2–2 tie. The Kickers then won the return leg 2–0 to take the title.^[1] In 1965, he moved to Orange County Soccer Club of the Continental League. In 1966, Orange County lost in the final of the 1966 National Challenge Cup. On January 29, 1967, Abaunza signed with the Los Angeles Toros of the National Professional Soccer League. The Toros folded at the end of the season and Abaunza moved to the Los Angeles Armenians in 1968 and Los Angeles Saprissa, a team composed almost entirely of Costa Rican players. In September 1969, he moved to San Pedro Olympia.

Although he was called into the United States men's national soccer team in the 1960s, he never played for the team in a full international.