Juan Muñiz (footballer, born 1992)

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.

For the Spanish retired footballer and manager, see Juan Ramón López Muñiz.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñiz and the second or maternal family name is Gallego.
Juan Muñiz
Personal information
Full name Juan Muñiz Gallego[1]
Date of birth (1992-03-14) 14 March 1992[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 20 (8)
International career
2008 Spain U17 1 (0)
2011 Spain U19 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:45, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

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]

Career statistics
As of 12 November 2016[10][1]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting Gijón B 2009–10 Segunda División B 320000—32
2010–11 Segunda División B 3560000—356
2011–12 Segunda División B 3140000—314
Total 69120000—6912
Sporting Gijón 2009–10 La Liga 100000—10
2010–11 La Liga 100000—10
2011–12 La Liga 100000—10
2012–13 Segunda División 1830000—183
2014–15 Segunda División 2930000—293
2015–16 La Liga 401000—50
Total 5461000—556
Mirandés (loan) 2013–14 Segunda División 2020000—202
Total 2020000—202
Gimnàstic 2015–16 Segunda División 130000021151
2016–17 Segunda División 94200000114
Total 224200021265
Career total 1652430002117025

Honours

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Spain U19

References
  1. "Juan Muñiz". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. "Sergio 'madruga' en la élite" [Sergio 'takes early liking' to elite] (in Spanish). Canal Sporting. 16 May 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  3. "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.
  4. "Juan Muñiz ficha por el Mirandés" [Juan Muñiz signs for Mirandés]. Marca (in Spanish). 5 August 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  5. "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.
  6. "Acuerdo entre Nàstic y Juan Muñiz" [Agreement between Nàstic and Juan Muñiz] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  7. "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.
  8. "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.
  9. Tempelis, Vassilis (17 August 2019). "Βόλος: Ανακοίνωσε τον Μουνίθ" [Volos: Muñiz announced] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  10. "Juan Muñiz". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  11. "Polémica en la celebración" [Controversial celebration] (in Spanish). Eurosport. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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