Manolo el del Bombo

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Manolo during the 2006 World Cup in Germany, 23 June 2006

Manuel Cáceres Artesero (born January 15, 1949 in San Carlos del Valle , province of Ciudad Real ), called Manolo el del Bombo ("Manolo, the one with the drum"), is one of the most famous football fans in the world. He ensures the atmosphere at games of the Spanish national team and, until 2001, at the games of FC Valencia as well.

According to his own statements, Manolo started drumming around 1972 at the lower class club UD Huesca , and in 1979 he traveled to an away game for the national team for the first time. From 1982 to 2010 he never missed an international match in Spain until he stayed away from the game against Paraguay at the 2010 World Cup because of pneumonia. The first years hitchhiked Manolo lack of money to foreign games and have traveled 16,000 kilometers by hitchhiking alone 1,982th His goal is to continue to participate in all major tournaments with Spain until 2026, and then to retire at the age of 77 after his 12th World Cup.

Manolo is considered Spain's most famous fan and has also achieved international fame through television broadcasts. His trademarks are his oversized beret and his bass drum (more precisely: bombo ). He runs the El Bombo (The Drum) restaurant next to the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia with an affiliated fan shop .

However , Manolo can no longer be found at the Estadio Mestalla in Valencia. Since the club did not send him a ticket for the Champions League final in 2001 , he has only attended the national team's games and occasionally international appearances by Real Madrid and FC Barcelona . He is the namesake of Manolo vom Bökelberg , who was a constant part of Mönchengladbach football folklore between 1977 and 2002 .

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Individual evidence

  1. a b Sid Lowe: Euro 2012: Manolo the drummer, the man who lost everything for Spain , on theguardian.com on June 21, 2012
  2. ^ Daniel Mandl: The long history of the FC-Valencia-Heimstätte on abseits.at on February 18, 2016
  3. Tobias Ahrens: The five most curious fans of the EM participants on 11freunde.de on March 26, 2016