Manu Viale

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Viale and the second or maternal family name is Ochoa.
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
–1999 Mallorca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Mallorca B 90 (5)
2002–2003 → Ciudad 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

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

Football career

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

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]

References

  1. ^ El Mallorca gana en la Intertoto (Mallorca win in Intertoto); Mundo Deportivo, 2 July 2000 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ El Ceahlaul rumano elimina al filial del Real Mallorca (Romania's Cehlaul kick Mallorca reserves out); Mundo Deportivo, 9 July 2000 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ L'Hospi fitxa al central Viale, del Dènia (Hospi sign stopper Viale, from Dénia); LH Digital, 26 June 2009 (in Catalan)
  4. ^ Els germans Manu i Lucas Viale deixen l'Hospitalet (Brothers Manu and Lucas Viale leave Hospitalet); L'Esportiu, 20 July 2014 (in Catalan)
  5. ^ Els germans Viale fitxen per al Sant Andreu (The Viale brothers sign for Sant Andreu); BTV, 21 July 2014 (in Catalan)