Manolo Bleda

Manuel Bleda Rodríguez (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈnwel ˈβleða roˈðɾiɣeθ];,[lower-alpha 1] Chinese: 洛迪古斯; born 31 July 1990), also known as Manolo Bleda, is a Spanish professional footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee.

Manuel Bleda

Personal information
Full name	Manuel Bleda Rodríguez
Date of birth	(1990-07-31) 31 July 1990
Place of birth	Sagunto, Spain
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Kitchee
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2010	Castellón	5	(0)
2010–2012	Levante B
2012	Burriana	15	(8)
2013	Catarroja	7	(5)
2013	Alzira	12	(9)
2014	Belshina Bobruisk	19	(7)
2014–2015	Istiklol	20	(9)
2016	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	5	(1)
2016–2019	Eastern	43	(33)
2019–	Kitchee	9	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 December 2019

Career

After playing for Alzira,[1] Bleda had a six-month spell with Belshina Bobruisk in Belarus.[2]

In August 2014, Bleda moved from Belshyna Babruisk to Tajik League side FC Istiklol on a contract until November 2014.[3][4] Bleda scored twice on his competitive debut, Istiklol's 10-0 Tajik Cup victory over Khosilot Farkhor.[5] Bleda scored on his league debut for Istiklol after 16 minutes versus Parvoz on 16 October 2014.[6] On 22 November 2015, Bleda scored FC Istiklol's 500th league goal.[7] Bleda left Istiklol at the end of the 2015 season after his contract wasn't renewed.[8]

At the start of March 2016, Bleda signed for Romanian Liga II side Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.[9]

On 3 July 2019, Kitchee announced the addition of Bleda to their club.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 November 2019[11][12][13]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Belshina Bobruisk	2014	Belarusian Premier League	19	7	3	1	–		–		22	8
Istiklol	2014	Tajik League	6	2	3	5	–		–		9	7
	2015		14	7	6	0	10	1	1	0	31	8
	Total		20	9	9	5	10	1	1	0	40	15
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	2015–16	Liga II	5	1	0	0	–		–		5	1
Eastern	2016–17	Hong Kong Premier League	17	16	1	0	5	1	3	0	26	17
	2017–18		10	5	0	0	0	0	3	3	13	8
	2018–19		16	12	1	0	1	1	2	1	20	14
	Total		43	33	2	0	6	2	8	4	59	39
Kitchee	2019–20	Hong Kong Premier League	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	3
Career total			93	52	14	6	16	3	10	8	133	66

Honors

Istiklol

• Tajik League (2): 2014, 2015[14]
• Tajik Cup (2): 2014, 2015[15]
• Tajik Supercup: 2015[16]

Notes

1. In isolation, Bleda is pronounced [ˈbleða].

References

1. Manuel Bleda, un goleador valenciano en las antípodas lasprovincias.es
2. La aventura tayika de Manuel Bleda as.com
3. Manuel Bleda, un valenciano en Tayikistán plusfutbol.es
4. "Tajik FC Acquires Spanish Goalscorer". shanghaidaily.com. Shanghaidaily. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
5. Истиклол устроил разгром Хосилоту. fc-istiklol.tj/ (in Russian). FC Istiklol. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
6. "ON-LINE: "Истиклол" - "Парвоз" - 5:1". fc-istiklol.tj (in Russian). FC Istiklol. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
7. "Бледа Родригес стал автором 500-го гола "Истиклола" в чемпионатах Таджикистана". fc-istiklol.tj/ (in Russian). FC Istiklol. 23 November 2015.
8. "Истиклол расстался с пятью игроками". fc-istiklol.tj (in Russian). FC Istiklol. 3 January 2016. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
9. "Manuel Bleda Rodriguez este alesu!". fcceahlaul.ro (in Romanian). FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. 3 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
10. Yuen, Chi Ho. "傑志聘波斯尼亞新帥執教　3000萬班費望重奪聯賽冠軍". HK01. Retrieved 3 July 2019. (in Chinese)
11. "Manolo Bleda". uk.soccerway.com/. Soccerway. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
12. 2014 FC Istiklol season
13. 2015 FC Istiklol season
14. ""Истиклол" досрочно выиграл чемпионат Таджикистана!". fc-istiklol.tj/ (in Russian). FC Istiklol. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
15. "ИСТИКЛОЛ - ПЯТИКРАТНЫЙ ОБЛАДАТЕЛЬ КУБКА ТАДЖИКИСТАНА!". fc-istiklol.tj/ (in Russian). FC Istiklol. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
16. "Истиклол - Хайр - 2:2". fc-istiklol.tj/ (in Russian). FC Istiklol. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

External links

• Manolo Bleda at Soccerway
• Manolo Bleda at FootballDatabase.eu