Manuel Farrona-Pulido (born 1 May 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for VfB Lübeck.

Manuel Farrona-Pulido
Farrona-Pulido in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Kaltenkirchen, Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
VfB Lübeck
Number 10
Youth career
Tus Hemdingen-Bilsen
0000–2006 Holsatia Elmshorn
2006–2012 Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Hamburger SV II 49 (10)
2014–2015 Wacker Nordhausen 26 (9)
2015–2017 1. FC Magdeburg 54 (7)
2017–2018 Fortuna Köln 26 (3)
2018–2020 VfL Osnabrück 37 (5)
2020–2021 Hansa Rostock 23 (4)
2021–2022 SC Preußen Münster 26 (4)
2022– VfB Lübeck 49 (7)
International career
2010 Germany U18 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 July 2017

Club career edit

Farrona-Pulido started playing youth football at Hemdingen-Bilsen before he moved on to Holsatia Elmshorn and eventually the youth department at Hamburger SV in 2006. Although he played for the club's reserve team from 2012, he could not break into the first team and moved to Wacker Nordhausen in 2014 where he scored nine goals in 26 matches before joining newly promoted 1. FC Magdeburg for the new 2015–16 3. Liga season.[1]

International career edit

Farrona-Pulido was born in Germany and is of Spanish descent.[2] In 2010, Farrona-Pulido played two matches for Germany's Under-18 national team against Ukraine and Turkey.[3]

Career statistics edit

As of match played on 1 September 2021[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hamburger SV II 2011–12 Regionalliga Nord 2 1 2 1
2012–13 26 6 26 6
2013–14 21 3 21 3
Total 49 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 10
Wacker Nordhausen 2014–15 Regionalliga Nordost 26 9 0 0 26 9
1. FC Magdeburg 2015–16 3. Liga 30 4 0 0 30 4
2016–17 24 3 1 0 25 3
Total 54 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 55 7
Fortuna Köln 2017–18 3. Liga 26 3 0 0 26 3
VfL Osnabrück 2018–19 3. Liga 30 5 0 0 30 5
2019–20 2. Bundesliga 7 0 0 0 7 0
Total 37 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 5
Hansa Rostock 2020–21 3. Liga 23 4 1 0 24 4
Career total 215 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 217 38

References edit

  1. ^ "Magdeburg rüstet personell auf" [Magdeburg upgrades personnel] (in German). Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  2. ^ GmbH, Stephan Jaensch, Jan Vesper, Marian Gaebler, Kristopher Jelinek, Philip Richter (Layout, HTML, CSS) - intosite. "FCM-Spieler Farrona-Pulido: "Mein Vorbild? Sergio Aguero!"".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Sebastian Grimm (18 December 2014). "Der Senkrecht-Starter Farrona Pulido" [Whizz kid Farrona-Pulido]. kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  4. ^ Manuel Farrona-Pulido at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 April 2018.