Juan Munafo
Juan Manuel Munafo Horta (born 20 March 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League club Asteras Tripolis, for which he is captain.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Manuel Munafo Horta | ||
| Date of birth | 20 March 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Mendoza, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Asteras Tripolis | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Boca Juniors II | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Panthrakikos | 66 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | → Platanias (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Asteras Tripolis | 65 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Platanias | 59 | (3) |
| 2017– | Asteras Tripolis | 160 | (8) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2023 | |||
Career
His career began in July 2009 when he signed a professional contract with Panthrakikos. He played in Panthrakikos from 2009 to 2013 and in Asteras Tripolis for the next two years. On 31 August 2015, he signed a two years' contract with his former club Platanias for an undisclosed fee.
On 2 August 2017, Asteras Tripolis officially announced the return of experienced defensive midfielder to the club, after two seasons. The 29-year-old Argentine, who was also a member of the ambitious Superleague club between 2013 and 2015 (83 performances in all competitions) and has played for Platanias since his first transfer move to Greece back in the summer of 2009 as well, signed two-season contract with the team of manager Staikos Vergetis, who knows him very well from their common spell at Asteras Tripolis, for an undisclosed fee.[1] On 1 October 2017 he scored his first goal, opening the score in a 2–0 home win against AEK Athens, the first in the 2017–18 season.[2] On 4 November 2018, he scored an 88th minute winner in a 1–0 home win against Panathinaikos.[3]
Career statistics
| Season | Club | league | Championship | National cup | Europe | Total | ||||
| appear | goals | appear | goals | appear | goals | appear | goals | |||
| 2008–09 | Boca Juniors II | Primera B Nacional | ||||||||
| 2009–10 | Panthrakikos | Super League Greece | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | Platanias | Football League 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 25 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | Panthrakikos | Football League | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 27 | 1 |
| 2012–13 | Panthrakikos | Super League Greece | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 1 |
| 2013–14 | Asteras Tripolis | Super League Greece | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | Asteras Tripolis | Super League Greece | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | Platanias | Super League Greece | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | Platanias | Super League Greece | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 |
| 2017–18 | Asteras Tripolis | Super League Greece | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | Asteras Tripolis | Super League Greece | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | Asteras Tripolis | Super League Greece | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 2020–21 | Asteras Tripolis | Super League Greece | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| 2021–22 | Asteras Tripolis | Super League Greece | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Career total | 314 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 357 | 11 | ||
References
- Επίσημο: Μουνάφο για δυο χρόνια στον Αστέρα
- "Ο Αστέρας έστησε "μπλόκο" στην ΑΕΚ, 2–0 στην Τρίπολη". www.sport24.gr. 1 October 2017.
- "Αστέρας Τρίπολης - Παναθηναϊκός 1-0". www.gazzetta.gr. 4 November 2017.
External links
- insports.gr Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Panthrakikos Official Site[Usurped!]
- Panthraxstats Archived 2012-07-08 at archive.today