Manel
Forward · Lusitânia Lourosa · №80
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Lusitânia Lourosa
FC Porto B
Liga Portugal 2
|
2:0 | |
União de Leiria
Lusitânia Lourosa
Liga Portugal 2
|
0:0 | |
Vizela
Lusitânia Lourosa
Liga Portugal 2
|
4:3 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Liga Portugal 2 | 2025 | 2 |
| Liga Portugal 2 | 2026 | 1 |
About the player
Manel is still a teenager at Lourosa, and his story so far is simple: he came through the club's own U19 side and, at the start of 2026, signed his first professional contract, tying him to Lusitânia Lourosa for three and a half years.
The deal itself is the headline. Rather than moving on after his youth football, Manel stayed put, a vote of confidence from a club that had just won the Liga 3 title. What part, if any, he played in that promotion campaign is not on record, but the timing places him at a club on the rise just as he steps into the professional ranks.
There is no senior international recognition yet, no individual honours, no transfer saga to speak of. What there is instead is a contract running to the middle of 2029, giving Lourosa time to work with him and Manel time to show what his move from the youth ranks to the first team actually amounts to.
