Manuel Gato

{{short description|Spanish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Gato|Thomason|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Manuel Gato

| image = Manuel Gato Nova Creu Alta 2014.jpg

| caption = Gato playing with Sabadell in 2014

| fullname = Manuel Gato Thomason

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|1|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Alicante, Spain

| height = {{convert|1.69|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Novelda UD

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Benidorm CF

| youthyears2 = 2000–2003 | youthclubs2 = Valencia

| years1 = 2003–2005 | clubs1 = Albacete B | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2004–2007 | clubs2 = Albacete | caps2 = 48 | goals2 = 5

| years3 = 2007–2009 | clubs3 = Pontevedra | caps3 = 73 | goals3 = 12

| years4 = 2009–2010 | clubs4 = Alicante | caps4 = 17 | goals4 = 6

| years5 = 2010 | clubs5 = Conquense | caps5 = 16 | goals5 = 4

| years6 = 2010–2012 | clubs6 = Alcoyano | caps6 = 76 | goals6 = 24

| years7 = 2012–2015 | clubs7 = Sabadell | caps7 = 90 | goals7 = 9

| years8 = 2015–2016 | clubs8 = Hércules | caps8 = 33 | goals8 = 6

| years9 = 2016–2018 | clubs9 = Alcoyano | caps9 = 70 | goals9 = 10

| years10 = 2018–2019 | clubs10 = Sabadell | caps10 = 23 | goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2019–2020 | clubs11 = Novelda CF | caps11 = 15 | goals11 = 6

| years12 = 2020–2021 | clubs12 = Atlético Benidorm | caps12 = 22 | goals12 = 6

| years13 = 2021–2023 | clubs13 = CF Benidorm | caps13 = 61 | goals13 = 6

| years14 = 2023– | clubs14 = Novelda UD | caps14 = 34 | goals14 = 4

| totalcaps = | totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 2001 | nationalteam1 = Spain U16 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 1

| club-update = 19:18, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update =

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Manuel Gato Thomason (born 28 January 1984 in Alicante, Valencian Community) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for Novelda UD.