Manuel Zúñiga

Manuel Zúñiga Fernández (born 29 June 1960) is a Spanish retired football right midfielder and manager.

He amassed La Liga totals of 323 games and 20 goals over 12 seasons, mainly with Espanyol (nine years) but also Sevilla.

After starting professionally with lowly CD Calvo Sotelo in the Segunda División B, he signed for RCD Español in 1979, being immediately cast in the team's rotation at the age of 19.

He helped them to reach the final in the subsequent continental competition, but missed his penalty in the shootout in an eventual loss against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

[2] In the following three years, Zúñiga played with fellow top-flight club Sevilla FC, where he still was regularly used.