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Manuel Pablo García Díaz (born 25 January 1976), known as Manuel Pablo, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña mainly as a right back. He played most of his professional career with Deportivo, appearing in nearly 450 official games and notably winning the 2000 national championship. With stamina as his main asset, he also represented Spain on 13 occasions. ==Football career== Born in Arucas, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Manuel Pablo was only 22 when he joined Deportivo de La Coruña from hometown's UD Las Palmas in the summer of 1998, being signed together with Argentine Turu Flores. He made his La Liga debut on 15 November 1998 in a 2–2 home draw against Deportivo Alavés,〔(El Deportivo, abonado al empate (Deportivo, married to draw) ); El Mundo Deportivo, 16 November 1998 〕 but faced serious competition from Armando in his first season, appearing in just 14 league matches. Manuel Pablo played 74 games from 1999 to 2001, and was a vital part of ''Depors defense as the Galicians were crowned national champions in 2000 for the first time in their history. His performances earned him a debut with the Spanish national team on 16 August 2000, in a 1–4 away friendly defeat to Germany.〔(Desastre (Disaster) ); El Mundo Deportivo, 17 August 2000 〕 In his fourth season at A Coruña, disaster struck: on 30 September 2001, Manuel Pablo sustained an horrific tibia injury during the Galician derby against Celta de Vigo, in a televised match, after an unlucky tackle by Everton Giovanella.〔(Deportivo y Celta deleitan (Deportivo and Celta delight) ); El Mundo Deportivo, 1 October 2001 〕〔(La operación de tibia de Manuel Pablo crea polémica entre los especialistas (Manuel Pablo's tibia surgery stirs up controversy amongst specialists) ); El Mundo, 17 November 2001 〕 Eventually, he missed the rest of the campaign.〔(Buoyant United ready for Deportivo )〕 One year later Manuel Pablo returned, playing the full 90 minutes against CD Corralejo in a Copa del Rey tie.〔(Luque y Juanmi, claves del Depor y vuelve M. Pablo (Luque y Juanmi, key to Depor and M. Pablo returns) ); El Mundo Deportivo, 12 September 2002 〕 On 6 October 2002 he was handed his league return by coach Javier Irureta, coming out as a late substitute in the 0–2 home loss against Racing de Santander.〔(El Racing da un baño al Depor (Racing humbles Depor) ); El Mundo Deportivo, 7 October 2002 〕 In 2003–04's closing stages Manuel Pablo proved he was fully recovered, as displayed in an excellent individual display on 7 April 2004 in a 4–0 second leg quarterfinal crushing of A.C. Milan in the UEFA Champions League.〔(El Depor baila al campeón (Depor waltzes champion) ); El Mundo Deportivo, 8 April 2004 〕 From the 2004–05 season onwards, he was the undisputed right-back at Riazor (although he faced stiff competition from Álvaro Arbeloa in the 2006–07 campaign until the latter departed for Liverpool in January 2007). In the following two seasons Manuel Pablo remained first-choice at his position, although he was challenged by younger Laure in 2008–09. After lengthy negotiations the 33-year-old renewed his ''Depor'' link in a 2+1 deal, in early May 2009.〔(Manuel Pablo renueva por dos temporadas (Manuel Pablo renews for two seasons) ); Marca, 11 May 2009 〕 From 2009 to 2015 Manuel Pablo still managed to appear in a combined 126 league games, being relegated twice from the top flight and achieving as many promotions. On 16 June 2015, he renewed his contract for a further year.〔(Manuel Pablo continuará una temporada más como capitán del Dépor (Manuel Pablo will remain one more season as captain of ''Dépor'') ); Deportivo's official website, 16 June 2015 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manuel Pablo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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