Aihen Muñoz
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aihen Muñoz Capellán[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 16 August 1997||
Place of birth | Etxauri, Spain | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back, left winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Real Sociedad | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
Real Sociedad | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | Real Sociedad C | 42 | (4) |
2017–2019 | Real Sociedad B | 41 | (0) |
2019– | Real Sociedad | 110 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Basque Country | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:28, 10 November 2024(UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:42, 17 November 2020 (UTC) |
Aihen Muñoz Capellán (born 16 August 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Sociedad. Mainly a left-back, he can also play as a left winger.[2]
Club career
[edit]Born in Etxauri, Navarre,[3] Muñoz was a Real Sociedad youth graduate. Promoted to farm team CD Berio FT in July 2015, he made his senior debut during the campaign, in Tercera División.
For the 2017–18 season, Muñoz was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B. He made his professional – and La Liga – debut on 6 January 2019, starting in a 2–0 away win against Real Madrid.[4]
On 23 April 2019, Muñoz renewed his contract until 2022,[5] and was definitely promoted to the main squad on 9 June.[6]
International career
[edit]He made his debut for the unofficial Basque Country national team in May 2019, in a 0–0 draw away to Panama for which a small, youthful and inexperienced squad was selected.[7][8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 10 November 2024[9]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Real Sociedad B | 2017–18 | Segunda División B | 24 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||||
Total | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
Real Sociedad | 2018–19 | La Liga | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||||
2020–21 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8[a] | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
2022–23 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |||
2024–25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
Total | 110 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 1 | ||
Career total | 151 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 1 |
- ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
[edit]Real Sociedad
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Aihen Muñoz". Real Sociedad. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Aihen Muñoz, un extremo reconvertido a lateral" [Aihen Muñoz, a winger converted into a full-back] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Un navarro de Etxauri debuta con la Real Sociedad" [A Navarrese from Etxauri debuts with Real Sociedad] (in Spanish). Diario de Navarra. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Se va la Liga y llega Vinicius" [The League goes out and Vinicius comes in] (in Spanish). Marca. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Until 2022". Real Sociedad. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Promote to the first team". Real Sociedad. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Empate sin goles de la Euskal Selekzioa ante Panamá" [Basque Selection goalless draw against Panama]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 30 May 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Empate entre la Euskal Selekzioa y Panamá (0-0)" [Draw between Basque Selection and Panama (0-0)]. EITB (in Spanish). 30 May 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ Aihen Muñoz at BDFutbol
- ^ Lowe, Sid (3 April 2021). "Real Sociedad beat Athletic to claim Copa del Rey and Basque glory". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Athletic Club 0-1 Real Sociedad: result, summary, goal". AS.com. 4 April 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the Real Sociedad website
- Aihen Muñoz at BDFutbol
- Aihen Muñoz at Soccerway
- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Cuenca de Pamplona
- Spanish men's footballers
- Footballers from Navarre
- Men's association football fullbacks
- La Liga players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Real Sociedad C footballers
- Real Sociedad B footballers
- Real Sociedad footballers
- Basque Country men's international footballers
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen