Luis Manuel Arias Vega

Luis Manuel
Personal information
Full name Luis Manuel Arias Vega
Date of birth (1967-03-29) 29 March 1967
Place of birth Oviedo, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
Oviedo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1986 Oviedo B
1986–1995 Oviedo 213 (1)
1995–1998 Salamanca 36 (0)
1998–2000 Toledo 77 (2)
2000–2001 Ponferradina 30 (1)
2001–2003 Águilas
National team
1989 Spain U21 1 (0)
1989–1992 Spain 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Arias and the second or maternal family name is Vega.

Luis Manuel Arias Vega (born 29 March 1967), known as Luis Manuel, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.

He played 195 La Liga games over the course of nine seasons, with Oviedo and Salamanca.

Club career

Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Luis Manuel spent most of his career with local Real Oviedo, playing nine full seasons with the team and seven in La Liga. His debut in the top flight came on 3 September 1988, in a 1–0 home win against Real Sociedad.[1]

Luis Manuel played once in the UEFA Cup with his main club, the 1–0 home success over Genoa C.F.C. for the 1991–92 edition (2–3 aggregate loss).[2] He left the side in 1995, going on to represent at the professional level UD Salamanca and CD Toledo – the former also in the main category – and retiring for good in 2003 at the age of 36.

In the 2004 summer Luis Manuel returned to Oviedo, being appointed director of football.

International career

Luis Manuel gained four caps for Spain, in slightly more than two years. His debut came on 13 December 1989 in a friendly game with Switzerland, coming on as a second-half substitute for Genar Andrinúa in the 2–1 win in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "1–0: El Oviedo volvió con victoria" [1–0: Oviedo returned with a win] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 4 September 1988. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Una corta renta para el Oviedo" [Short lead for Oviedo] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 20 September 1991. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "La selección no pudo dar su mejor imagen" [National team could not show best side] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 14 December 1989. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
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