Manolo el del bombo

Manuel Cáceres Artesero ( born January 15, 1949 in San Carlos del Valle, Ciudad Real province ), called Manolo el del Bombo ( " Manolo, who with the kettledrum " ), is one of the most famous soccer fans in the world.

Cáceres makes in games of the Spanish national team and at the games of FC Valencia as Einheizer mood. Manolo drums for 38 years. Since 1982, he missed until the game Spain - Paraguay at the World Cup 2010 game no country of Spain. This game he had to cancel due to a severe cold.

It has grown over the television broadcasts to prominence. Its hallmarks are its oversized Basque hat and his big drum (more precisely: Bombo ). He runs the restaurant El Bombo ( The drum ) next to the Mestalla stadium in Valencia with an attached fan shop.

The most well-known supporter of Spain Manolo, the drummer, but you can no longer find at every home game of the Valencian people in the stadium. Since the club let him send no ticket for the Champions League final in 2001, he only goes to the games of the national team to the stadium. Nevertheless, he is international so well known that even the drummer from Gladbach was named after him, Manolo Bökelberg was from 1977-2002 part Moenchengladbach football folklore.