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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Alfaro de la Torre | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-01-19)19 January 1971 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Alcalá de Henares, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Alcalá | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1989 | Alcalá | 4 | (1) |
| 1989–1992 | Atlético B | 68 | (34) |
| 1990–1994 | Atlético Madrid | 24 | (3) |
| 1993–1994 | →Valladolid (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1994–1998 | Hércules | 133 | (42) |
| 1998–2000 | Villarreal | 49 | (13) |
| 2000–2001 | Murcia | 14 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Hércules | 30 | (9) |
| Total | 327 | (102) | |
| International career | |||
| 1988 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Alcalá (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Jove Español | ||
| 2007–2008 | San Fernando Henares | ||
| 2009–2010 | Talavera | ||
| 2010–2012 | Toledo | ||
| 2013 | Jorge Wilstermann | ||
| 2015 | Orihuela | ||
| 2016–2017 | Azuqueca | ||
| 2017–2018 | Villarrubia | ||
| 2018–2019 | Azuqueca | ||
| 2022 | Toledo | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Manuel "Manolo"Alfaro de la Torre (born 19 January 1971) is a Spanish retiredfootballer who played as astriker, and amanager.
His 14-year professional career was mainly associated withHércules, for which he scored 55 official goals whilst competing in all three majorlevels of Spanish football.
Born inAlcalá de Henares,Community of Madrid, Alfaro made his professional debuts with the club at which he finished his football formation,Atlético Madrid. He played rarely for theColchoneros' first team, with 18 of his 24 appearances coming in the1992–93 season, and was also loaned toReal Valladolid during his stint in theSpanish capital.
Alfaro signed forHércules CF in 1994, scoring 20Segunda División goals in his first two seasons combined, including 12 in the1995–96 campaignen route to aLa Liga return after a ten-year absence for theAlicante side. Inthe following year he netted a career-best 15 goals, but they were immediately relegated back.
In1998–99, Alfaro produced another solid season in the top flight, now withVillarreal CF (35 games and 12 goals), but suffered another relegation. After years battling with chronictendinitis he decided to retire from football in December 2002, aged 31; his last club was Hércules, now inSegunda División B.[1]
After his retirement, Alfaro coached mainly in amateur football. In the2004–05 season he worked alongside former Hércules teammateJosip Višnjić at hometown'sRSD Alcalá, acting asdirector of football, youth coordinator and first-team assistant manager for the third division team; in the following year, he returned to his main club Hércules as ascout.
After two seasons inTercera División with as many sides, Alfaro again worked with Hércules, as director of football. In2009–10, he returned to coaching duties in the tier where he left off, withTalavera CF, but the club folded soon after. In November 2010, he was appointed at another fourth level team,CD Toledo.[2]
Atlético Madrid
Hércules
Toledo