He appeared in 152 La Liga matches over seven seasons, scoring a total of 36 goals for Recreativo, Zaragoza, Getafe, Sporting de Gijón and Granada.

He scored 13 league goals (second-best in the squad) in the 2007–08 campaign for a Canary Islands side that was threatened with relegation until the last month of competition.

[4] Spanish football pundit Guillem Balagué compared the player, in his weekly report of first division encounters, to Valencia CF's David Villa;[5] despite a first fruitful year individually, Recre ranked last.

On 23 January 2010, after experiencing personal problems in the new season at Recreativo, which included a confrontation with club fans,[6] Colunga was loaned to Real Zaragoza of the top flight until June.

[7] He scored on his debut eight days later, a 3–1 away victory over CD Tenerife,[8] and finished the campaign as the team's top scorer in only four months of play, with the Aragonese finally escaping relegation.