Manuel Lucena

Manuel 'Manolo' Lucena Medina (born 18 November 1982) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender.

His professional career was mainly associated with Granada, with which he competed in all four major levels of Spanish football.

Club career Lucena was born in Granada, Andalusia. In 2002 he signed for his hometown's Granada CF, at the time in the Tercera División. After two years as a starter he was loaned to Marino de Luanco of Segunda División B, being first-choice in his only season as the Asturias club narrowly avoided relegation.

In the summer of 2005, Lucena joined Sporting de Gijón in the Segunda División. In January 2006, with only three league appearances to his credit – seven minutes in total – he returned to Granada, scoring five goals as the team promoted from the fourth division. In 2009–10, already as team captain, he contributed 26 matches and one goal en route to a return to division two after 22 years. He made his La Liga debut on 27 August in a 0–1 home loss against Real Betis (90 minutes played), In February 2015, he returned to Granada as match delegate.