.jpg) Muniain playing for Athletic Bilbao in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Iker Muniain Goñi | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 December 1992 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pamplona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger, forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | San Lorenzo | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2005 | Txantrea | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Athletic Bilbao | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Bilbao Athletic | 19 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2024 | Athletic Bilbao | 434 | (56) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | San Lorenzo | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Spain U16 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Spain U17 | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Spain U19 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Spain U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Spain U21 | 31 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Spain U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2019 | Spain | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2020 | Basque Country | 4 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:35, 8 November 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Iker Muniain Goñi (Basque: [iker muniain ɡoɲi], Spanish: [ˈikeɾ muˈnjajŋ ˈɡoɲi];[α] born 19 December 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a winger but also as a forward for Argentine Primera División club San Lorenzo.
He began his professional career with Athletic Bilbao, debuting aged 16 in 2009 as their youngest player in a competitive match. Due to his style of play and stature, as a teenager he was dubbed "the Spanish Messi" by the media.[2] He helped the team reach the final of the UEFA Europa League in 2012 and played in Copa del Rey finals in 2012, 2020 and 2021, but finished on the losing side each time. In 2022 he became the sixth player to make 500 appearances for the club, and lifted the Spanish Cup as captain in 2024, a few months before leaving to end a 19-year association. Following his departure, he joined San Lorenzo of Argentina.
Muniain made 59 appearances for Spain at youth level, winning the European Under-21 Championship in 2011 and 2013. He also featured at the 2012 Olympics, in the same year as his senior Spain debut. He was selected again in 2019, gaining a second international cap seven years after the first.
- ^ "Iker Muniain". Athletic Bilbao. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Manchester United given go-ahead to sign the "New Messi"". Sports Vibe. 19 October 2011. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
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