Antxón Muneta

Antxón Muneta Beldarrain (born 1 July 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UD Logroñés mainly as a midfielder.

Antxón Muneta
Personal information
Full name Antxón Muneta Beldarrain
Date of birth (1986-06-01) 1 June 1986
Place of birth Bilbao, Spain
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Portugalete 29 (1)
2006–2007 Zalla 34 (4)
2007–2008 Barakaldo 30 (6)
2008–2010 Osasuna B 46 (1)
2010–2014 Mirandés 118 (8)
2014–2015 Reus 14 (1)
2015 → Logroñés (loan) 16 (2)
2015–2018 Logroñés 90 (10)
2018–2019 Mérida 32 (5)
2020 Gimnástica Torrelavega 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2018
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muneta and the second or maternal family name is Beldarrain.

Football career

Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Muneta spent six of his first seven seasons in Segunda División B, representing Club Portugalete, Barakaldo CF, CA Osasuna B and CD Mirandés.[1] In 2006–07 he competed in Tercera División, with Zalla UC.

In the 2011–12 campaign, Muneta scored four goals in 32 games to help Mirandés promote to Segunda División for the first time ever. He made his debut in the competition on 17 August 2012, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 home loss against SD Huesca;[2] on 15 September he scored his first league goal, in a 2–2 draw at Real Murcia.[3]

Muneta was released by the Rojillos in the 2014 summer, and subsequently moved to CF Reus Deportiu in the third level.[4] On 30 January 2015 he was loaned to fellow league team UD Logroñés, until June.[5] He left the club in the summer 2018.

On 19 September 2018, Muneta signed with Mérida AD.[6] Muneta played 32 games and scored five goals, before he left the club at the end of the year.[7] Muneta remained without club until 3 February 2020, where he joined Gimnástica de Torrelavega on a deal for the rest of the season.[8] In August 2020, Muneta injured his meniscus and ligament in the knee, which required a surgery.[9]

References
  1. El polivalente centrocampista Antxon Muneta es el quinto fichaje del Mirandés (Versatile midfielder Antxon Muneta is Mirandés' fifth signing); El Correo, 3 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  2. El Huesca amarga el estreno del Mirandés (Huesca bitters Mirandés debut); Marca, 17 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  3. El Mirandés deja vivo al Murcia (Mirandés leaves Murcia alive); Marca, 15 September 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. El CF Reus ficha a Antxón Muneta (CF Reus Deportiu signs Antxón Muneta); Diari de Tarragona, 29 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. Antxón Muneta, cedido a la UD Logroñés (Antxón Muneta, loaned to UD Logroñés); Vavel, 30 January 2015 (in Spanish)
  6. El Mérida empieza a corregirse con Muneta, hoy.es, 19 September 2018
  7. Mérida A.D. on Twitter: "Comunicado Oficial | Adrián ..., twitter.com, 12 June 2019
  8. El experimentado centrocampista Antxon Muneta segundo refuerzo invernal de la Gimnastica, rsgimnastica.com, 3 February 2020
  9. Álvaro Prada sigue en la Gimnástica, eldiariocantabria.es, 19 August 2020
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