Manuel Pavón

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pavón and the second or maternal family name is Castro.
Manuel Pavón
Personal information
Full name Manuel Pavón Castro
Date of birth (1984-02-27) 27 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Santa Fe, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Don Benito
Youth career
Santa Fe
1999–2000 Granada
2000–2001 Logroñés
2001–2002 Real Madrid
2002–2004 Numancia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Numancia B
2006–2012 Numancia 111 (0)
2007 → Granada (loan) 11 (1)
2012–2015 Lugo 99 (1)
2015–2016 Ponferradina 20 (1)
2016–2017 Fuenlabrada 23 (0)
2017–2020 Marbella 92 (3)
2020–2021 Orihuela 16 (1)
2021– Don Benito 85 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:25, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Manuel Pavón Castro (born 27 February 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Don Benito.

Over eight seasons, he totalled 217 Segunda División matches for Numancia, Lugo and Ponferradina (two goals scored). In La Liga, he also appeared for the first club.

Club career

Pavón was born in Santa Fe, Granada. After passing through a host of academies, he finished his development at CD Numancia. In early 2007, he had an unassuming Segunda División B loan spell at his second youth club, Granada CF,[1] returning to the Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos in the 2007–08 season.[2]

Pavón made his La Liga debut on 26 October 2008, playing the entire 2–1 home win against Racing de Santander.[3] At the end of the campaign, however, the Soria side went back to Segunda División after only one year up.[4]

Pavón continued competing in the second tier the following years, representing CD Lugo and SD Ponferradina.[5] He scored his first goal as a professional on 27 September 2014 whilst at the service of the former team, contributing to a 4–3 home victory over CA Osasuna.[6]

References

  1. ^ De suplente en el Granada a marcador de Tamudo (From backup in Granada to Tamudo's man-marker) Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine; La Opinión de Granada, 19 November 2008 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El Numancia vuelve a sonreír (Numancia smile again); Marca, 26 October 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ La estela de los astros granadinos (In the wake of Granada-born stars); Ideal, 5 July 2009 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ La Ponferradina ficha a Lolo Pavón (Ponferradina sign Lolo Pavón); La Vanguardia, 3 July 2015 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ El Lugo encuentra el gol y remonta a Osasuna (Lugo find goal and come back against Osasuna); La Voz de Galicia, 27 September 2014 (in Spanish)