Juan Ramón López Muñiz

Juan Ramón López Muñiz (born 2 November 1968) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, and the current manager of Levante UD.

Playing career

Muñiz was born in Gijón, Asturias. During his playing days, he represented hometown club Sporting de Gijón (making his first-team debuts in the 1991–92 season, already at 23), Rayo Vallecano – scoring four goals in 40 matches during 1998–99, which granted the Madrid side La Liga promotion via playoffs even though they finished fifth – and CD Numancia.

Muñiz retired at the end of the 2001–02 campaign at the age of 33, as the team from Soria could only finish in 17th position in Segunda División. In 11 years as a professional, he appeared in 333 games and netted ten goals (234/6 in the top level).

Coaching career

Muñiz started as an assistant manager at Málaga in 2003, under Juande Ramos. His first head coach experience arrived in early 2006 with lowly UD Marbella, and he subsequently returned to Málaga as the main manager for two seasons, achieving a runner-up place in 2008 and thus promoting the Andalusians to the top flight after a two-year hiatus.

In July 2008, Muñiz switched to fellow league team Racing de Santander. At the season's end, however, he was released from contract,^[1] and promptly returned to Málaga,^[2] replacing Antonio Tapia who took over relegated neighbours Real Betis.

In late June 2010, after leading Málaga to the 17th position, last above the relegation zone, Muñiz was sacked. Shortly after, he rejoined Ramos at FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.^[3]

Muñiz was appointed AD Alcorcón manager on 8 June 2015, after four years in Ukraine.^[4] Roughly one year later he signed with fellow second division club Levante UD,^[5] achieving promotion at the first attempt as champions.^[6]

Managerial statistics

As of 26 May 2017

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Marbella[7][8]		3 April 2006	31 October 2006	7001180000000000000♠18	7000800000000000000♠8	7000700000000000000♠7	7000300000000000000♠3	07001444400000000000♠44.44
Málaga[9][10]		31 October 2006	30 June 2008	7001810000000000000♠81	7001330000000000000♠33	7001250000000000000♠25	7001230000000000000♠23	07001407400000000000♠40.74
Racing Santander[11]		1 July 2008	20 June 2009	7001480000000000000♠48	7001160000000000000♠16	7001130000000000000♠13	7001190000000000000♠19	07001333300000000000♠33.33
Málaga[12]		25 June 2009	30 June 2010	7001420000000000000♠42	7000800000000000000♠8	7001180000000000000♠18	7001160000000000000♠16	07001190500000000000♠19.05
Alcorcón[13]		8 June 2015	14 June 2016	7001430000000000000♠43	7001180000000000000♠18	7001100000000000000♠10	7001150000000000000♠15	07001418600000000000♠41.86
Levante[5]		14 June 2016	Present	7001410000000000000♠41	7001250000000000000♠25	7001100000000000000♠10	7000600000000000000♠6	07001609800000000000♠60.98
Career total				7002273000000000000♠273	7002108000000000000♠108	7001830000000000000♠83	7001820000000000000♠82	07001395600000000000♠39.56

References

External links

• Juan Muñiz at BDFutbol
• Juan Muñiz manager profile at BDFutbol