Manuel Castiñeiras

Manuel Castiñeiras Porto is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Castiñeiras' career was mainly associated with local SD Compostela. He represented them in four Spanish [football league system|levels of Spanish football], the highest being Segunda División.
Other than the Galicians, in that tier Castiñeiras also played for SD Eibar, CD Tenerife and Racing de Ferrol, for a total of 138 matches over five seasons. On 30 January 2015, the 35-year-old Compostela captain accepted to retire so that newly-signed Yacine Qasmi could be registered by the Royal [Spanish Football Federation]; he joined the club's organigram immediately afterwards.