Iker Muniain

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Iker Muniain
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Personnel
Surname Iker Muniain Goñi
birthday December 19, 1992
place of birth Pamplona , Navarre ,  Spain
size 169 cm
position Left winger
Juniors
Years station
2000-2005 UDC Chantrea
2005-2009 Athletic Bilbao
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2009-2010 Athletic Bilbao B 19 0(3)
2009– Athletic Bilbao 303 (44)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2008 Spain U-16 2 0(1)
2008-2009 Spain U-17 20 0(2)
2010 Spain U-19 5 0(0)
2011 Spain U-20 1 0(0)
2011-2014 Spain U-21 28 0(7)
2012 Spain U-23 3 0(0)
2012– Spain 2 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of January 17, 2020

2 As of March 26, 2019

Iker Muniain Goñi ( ˈiker muniˈain ˈgoɲi ; born December 19, 1992 in Pamplona , Navarra ) is a Spanish football player who plays for Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Primera División .

Club career

Like so many athletic players born in Pamplona , Muniain never played for his hometown club CA Osasuna , but for the small UDC Chantrea, from the autonomous region of Navarre . As Navarre is a traditional Basque territory , his great talent did not remain hidden for long from the scouts of Athletic Bilbao , who are omnipresent throughout the Basque Country due to the self-imposed, consistent transfer policy.

In 2005 he signed his first contract in Bilbao, which was followed by a rise that is unparalleled. In record time he went through all the youth teams of the "Rojiblancos" and advanced to become the largest rough diamond of the club. This was not hidden from the coach of the professional team, Joaquín Caparrós , who let him train with the professional team at the age of 14.

As early as February 2008 he came to his first appearance for the professional team of Athletic in the friendly against SDA Amorebieta. In 2009 he was accepted into the B-team of Athletic, for which he scored 2 goals in 14 appearances this season.

For the 2009/10 season he was finally accepted into the professional squad, which resulted in several milestones for the club and players.

  • On July 30, 2009, he came into the Europa League qualifier against Young Boys Bern in the 59th minute as a substitute for Gaizka Toquero . This mission made him the youngest ever used player in an official game in Bilbao at the age of 16, 7 months and 11 days.
  • A week later he scored a goal in the second leg against the Swiss. That goal made him the youngest scorer in a competitive match for Bilbao.
  • On August 30, 2009 he made his professional debut in the Primera División in a 1-0 win against Espanyol Barcelona . Here, too, his commitment made him the youngest player ever to wear the Athletic jersey in the first division.
  • On October 4, 2009 he became the youngest scorer in the history of the Primera División with his goal in the 77 minute to 2-2 in the league game against Real Valladolid . This title was taken from him on August 18, 2012, when the Cameroonian Fabrice Olinga, aged 16 years and 98 days, scored the winning goal in the 1-0 home win of FC Málaga against Celta Vigo .

In December 2009, the offensive player extended his contract until 2015. His minimum transfer fee was set at 36 to 45 million euros at that time.

National team

With the Spanish U-17 national team, he took part in the 2009 European Championship in Germany . The team around Muniain and Marc Muniesa disappointed in the course of the tournament and were eliminated in the preliminary round. With the Spanish U-21 national team , he was European champion at the EM 2011 in Denmark , where they beat Switzerland 2-0 .

On February 29, 2012 Muniain made his debut in a friendly against Venezuela in the senior team . He came on in the 75th minute for Cesc Fàbregas .

successes

National team

society

Others

Because of his visual similarity to the fictional Bart Simpson , he is called "Bart Simpson" by the fans and his teammates.

He was nicknamed "Basque Messi" by Basque fans and media because of his similar physique and his fast, light-footed style of play, like the Argentine superstar Lionel Messi .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Caparrós se fijó en él a su llegada al Athletic en 2007 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Appearances for Athletic Bilbao in the 2007/08 season ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.miathletic.com
  3. ↑ Bilbaos Muniain youngest league shooter  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bundesliga.at  
  4. ↑ Malaga's Olinga youngest goalscorer in the Primera Division
  5. ↑ Muniain until 2015 ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.transfermarkt.de
  6. ↑ Teenager drives Bilbao crazy
  7. ^ Bilbao's Iker Muniain: "Bart Simpson" from the Basque Country
personal data
SURNAME Muniain, Iker
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Muniain Goñi, Iker (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Pamplona , Spain