Iñaki Muñoz
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iñaki Muñoz Oroz | ||
| Date of birth | 2 July 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Pamplona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Osasuna | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2001 | Osasuna B | 100 | (10) |
| 2000–2001 | → Toledo (loan) | 32 | (3) |
| 2000–2007 | Osasuna | 131 | (11) |
| 2007–2010 | Athletic Bilbao | 19 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Cartagena | 25 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | Salamanca | 20 | (2) |
| 2013 | Izarra | 10 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1996 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Iñaki Muñoz Oroz (born 2 July 1978) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.
He amassed La Liga totals of 150 games and 11 goals over the course of nine seasons, representing in the competition Osasuna and Athletic Bilbao.
Club career
Muñoz was born in Pamplona, Navarre. Except for a season-long loan to CD Toledo in the third division he played ten senior seasons with hometown's CA Osasuna, the first and the second sides combined. He made his La Liga debut with the former on 23 December 2001, in a 0–1 home loss against Athletic Bilbao.
Muñoz went on to become an important first-team member, appearing in 30 games during the 2005–06 campaign as the club finished fourth in the league and qualified to the UEFA Champions League while scoring five goals in as many wins, notably the winners at Deportivo de La Coruña and Atlético Madrid.[1][2] In the previous season's Copa del Rey, he netted five times in eight matches to help Osasuna reach the final of the competition, notably once in a 3–1 quarterfinal home win against Sevilla FC (4–3 on aggregate).[3][4]
For 2007–08 Muñoz switched west, moving to Basque neighbours Athletic Bilbao. He appeared sparingly during his first season, and even less in the second and third – his 2009–10 output consisted of 30 minutes against Deportivo, in the last matchday.[5][6]
In the 2010 summer, aged 32, free agent Muñoz signed with FC Cartagena in the second level.[7]
International career
Muñoz played three times for Euskadi and three for the unofficial Navarre autonomous football team.
References
- ↑ Deportivo La Coruña 0–1 Osasuna; ESPN Soccernet, 2 October 2005
- ↑ Atlético Madrid 0–1 Osasuna; ESPN Soccernet, 3 May 2006
- ↑ Iñaki Muñoz es el máximo goleador de esta Copa (Iñaki Muñoz is this Cup's top scorer); Diario AS, 11 June 2005 (Spanish)
- ↑ Spain Cup Tournaments 2004/05; at RSSSF
- ↑ Iñaki Muñoz: "Soy el único que no ha tenido una oportunidad" (Iñaki Muñoz: "I am the only one who has not received an opportunity"); Marca, 11 February 2009 (Spanish)
- ↑ Iñaki Muñoz se siente maltratado en el Athletic (Iñaki Muñoz feels mistreated at Athletic); Navarra Sport, 19 July 2009 (Spanish)
- ↑ Iñaki Muñoz ficha una temporada por el Cartagena (Iñaki Muñoz signs with Cartagena for one season); Canal Athletic, 27 July 2010 (Spanish)
External links
- Athletic Bilbao profile
- Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
- BDFutbol profile
- Futbolme profile (Spanish)
- Soccerway profile
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