Juan Manuel "Manu" Viale Ochoa (born 9 March 1981) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Spanish club CF Mollet as a central defender.

Manu Viale
Personal information
Full name Juan Manuel Viale Ochoa
Date of birth (1981-03-09) 9 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Córdoba, Argentina
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Mollet
Youth career
0000–1999 Mallorca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Mallorca B 90 (5)
2002–2003Ciudad Murcia (loan) 13 (0)
2003–2004 Sabadell 25 (1)
2004–2005 Zamora 27 (0)
2005–2006 Gramenet 23 (1)
2006 Figueres 9 (0)
2007 Logroñés 19 (0)
2007–2009 Dénia 63 (5)
2009–2014 Hospitalet 129 (5)
2014–2016 Sant Andreu 55 (4)
2016–2017 Vilassar Mar 14 (1)
2017– Mollet 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 August 2018

Football career

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Born in Córdoba, Viale played his entire senior career in Spain, but never in higher than Segunda División B. He started out at RCD Mallorca in 1999, but was all but associated with the B-team during his four-year tenure; he appeared in two games with the main squad in the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup, both against FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (3–4 aggregate loss).[1][2]

In the 2008–09 season Viale scored a career-high three goals in 32 games, helping CD Dénia narrowly avoid relegation from the third level.[3]

Personal life

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He have a 4 chilldrens: Andrea Viale, Alex Viale, Manel Viale and Martin Viale . Viale's younger brother, Lucas, was also a footballer and a stopper. They shared teams at CE L'Hospitalet[4] and UE Sant Andreu.[5]

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