In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muniain and the second or maternal family name is Goñi.
Iker Muniain
Muniain playing for Athletic Bilbao in 2014
Personal information
Full name
Iker Muniain Goñi
Date of birth
(1992-12-19) 19 December 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth
Pamplona, Spain
Height
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)
Winger, forward
Team information
Current team
Athletic Bilbao
Number
10
Youth career
2000–2005
Txantrea
2005–2009
Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2009–2010
Athletic Bilbao B
19
(3)
2009–
Athletic Bilbao
432
(55)
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–
Basque Country
4
(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:25, 27 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:33, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
Iker Muniain Goñi (Basque:[ikermuniainɡoɲi], Spanish:[ˈikeɾmuˈnjajŋˈɡoɲi];[α] born 19 December 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Athletic Bilbao, which he captains, mainly as a left winger but also as forward.
Due to his style of play and stature, he was dubbed "the Spanish Messi" by the media.[2] He has spent all of his professional career with Athletic Bilbao after debuting in 2009 as their youngest player in a competitive match. 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.
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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IkerMuniain Goñi (Basque: [ikermuniain ɡoɲi], Spanish: [ˈikeɾ muˈnjajŋ ˈɡoɲi]; born 19 December 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays...
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considered ready to do so. There are exceptions to this sequence; notably IkerMuniain showed such promise that he was promoted early to Juvenil A as a 15-year-old...
he was called up to the under-21 team, along with Athletic teammate IkerMuniain. Arrizabalaga was called up to the senior side on 22 March 2017 ahead...
replacing Iñaki Williams after 84 minutes and providing the assist for IkerMuniain to score the final goal of a 3–1 victory in injury time. Villalibre appeared...
Mallorca (he spoke afterwards of his happiness for Óscar de Marcos and IkerMuniain, the other veterans of the lost finals 12 years earlier). Herrera was...
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