Juan_Muñiz_(footballer,_born_1992)
Juan Muñiz (footballer, born 1992)
Spanish footballer
Juan Muñiz Gallego (born 14 March 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Muñiz Gallego[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-03-14) 14 March 1992 (age 32)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Gijón, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Johor Darul Ta'zim | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Clarín | |||
| 2001–2009 | Sporting Gijón | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | Sporting Gijón B | 69 | (12) |
| 2010–2016 | Sporting Gijón | 54 | (6) |
| 2013–2014 | → Mirandés (loan) | 20 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 | Gimnàstic | 62 | (6) |
| 2018–2019 | Lugo | 21 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Volos | 28 | (5) |
| 2020–2022 | Atromitos | 65 | (9) |
| 2023– | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 23 | (9) |
| International career | |||
| 2008 | Spain U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | Spain U19 | 8 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2023 | |||
Born in Gijón, Asturias, Muñiz was a product of Sporting de Gijón's prolific youth academy, Mareo. The 17-year-old made it to the reserves during the 2009–10 season, with the side playing in the Segunda División B.
Muñiz made his debut with the first team on 16 May 2010 in a 2–0 away loss against Racing de Santander, thus becoming the second youngest player ever to debut in La Liga for his hometown club, at the age of 18 years and 63 days.[2] Shortly after being definitely promoted to the main squad, he scored his first Segunda División goal, closing the 2–3 home defeat to Real Murcia on 25 August 2012.[3]
On 5 August 2013, Muñiz was loaned to CD Mirandés of the same league in a season-long deal.[4] On 8 July 2015, after achieving promotion to the top flight with Sporting by appearing in 29 matches and scoring three times, he renewed his contract until 2018.[5] The following January, after having been rarely used during the campaign, he cut ties with the club and moved to Gimnàstic de Tarragona shortly after.[6]
On 13 July 2018, free agent Muñiz signed a two-year deal with CD Lugo also in the second tier.[7] On 14 August of the following year he was released[8] and, three days later, joined Volos FC of the Football League Greece on a two-year contract.[9]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting Gijón B | 2009–10 | Segunda División B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 2 | |
| 2010–11 | Segunda División B | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 6 | ||
| 2011–12 | Segunda División B | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 4 | ||
| Total | 69 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 69 | 12 | |||
| Sporting Gijón | 2009–10 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Segunda División | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 3 | ||
| 2014–15 | Segunda División | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2015–16 | La Liga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 54 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 55 | 6 | |||
| Mirandés (loan) | 2013–14 | Segunda División | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | |
| Total | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | |||
| Gimnàstic | 2015–16 | Segunda División | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| 2016–17 | Segunda División | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
| Total | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 165 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 170 | 25 | ||
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Spain U19
- "Juan Muñiz". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- "Sergio 'madruga' en la élite" [Sergio 'takes early liking' to elite] (in Spanish). Canal Sporting. 16 May 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- "El Sporting fracasa con un Murcia que jugó una hora con diez" [Sporting fail with Murcia who played an hour with ten]. Marca (in Spanish). 25 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- "Juan Muñiz ficha por el Mirandés" [Juan Muñiz signs for Mirandés]. Marca (in Spanish). 5 August 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- "El Sporting renueva los contratos de Iván Cuéllar y Juan Muñiz" [Sporting renew the contracts of Iván Cuéllar and Juan Muñiz] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- "Acuerdo entre Nàstic y Juan Muñiz" [Agreement between Nàstic and Juan Muñiz] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- "El Lugo ficha al centrocampista Juan Muñiz procedente del Nàstic" [Lugo sign midfielder Juan Muñiz from Nàstic]. ABC (in Spanish). 13 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- "Acuerdo para la rescisión de contrato de Juan Muñiz" [Agreement for the rescision of Juan Muñiz's contract] (in Spanish). CD Lugo. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- Tempelis, Vassilis (17 August 2019). "Βόλος: Ανακοίνωσε τον Μουνίθ" [Volos: Muñiz announced] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- "Juan Muñiz". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- "Polémica en la celebración" [Controversial celebration] (in Spanish). Eurosport. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- Juan Muñiz at BDFutbol