Juan Manuel Cordoba

Juan Manuel Cordoba (born 1979, Sevilla) is a Brunanter footballer. Cordoba was born in Spain but moved to Brunant with his family in 1988. He became a naturalized citizen in 1993.

Club career
In 1999, he joined 2. Liga side Brezonde 1920 F.C. as a defender. Cordoba was one of the best defenders in the league and came second in the MVP awards. After another successful season with Brezonde in 2000-01, he joined 1. Liga team St. Marks Koningstad for 1.2 million euros. At St. Marks he picked up many accolades and won the MVP award in 2002 and 2004. In the 2003-04 season, he also scored 5 goals, the highest count for a defender. In the end of the 2006 season, he was sold to rivals Grijzestad Strijders for 5 million euros. Cordoba failed to find good form in Grijzestad and was out most of the 2007-08 season with injuries. Relegated to the bench in '08-09, he was loaned to Sporting Markstad for the 2009-10 season with an option to buy, which they did at the season's end, for €2 million. At Markstad he unexpectedly performed really well in his first full season and Grjizestad's coach Miguel Pinto even said "I would buy him back were Sporting [Markstad] to offer him for sale".

National team
Cordoba earned his first cap for the Brunant national football team in 2002, in a friendly versus Austria. His first competitive appearance would be at the 2004 Micronations World Cup in Malta. In 2008 (Singapore) he would also appear, but he only appeared in three matches, fueling speculations of a falling-out with coach Henrik Schuster. In 2009 Cordoba announced his retirement from international football. He came back from retirement to participate in the 2012 Micronations World Cup, but he was only used as a substitute in four games.