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Aihen Muñoz

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Capellán.

Aihen Muñoz
Muñoz training with Real Sociedad in 2021
Personal information
Full name Aihen Muñoz Capellán[1]
Date of birth (1997-08-16) 16 August 1997 (age 27)[1]
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

Muñoz training with Real Sociedad in 2018

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

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

Club

As of match played 21 November 2024[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
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 1 0 2[a] 0 — 7 0
Total 110 0 15 1 19 0 0 0 144 1
Career total 151 0 15 1 19 0 0 0 185 1
  1. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Real Sociedad

References

  1. ^ a b c "Aihen Muñoz". Real Sociedad. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Until 2022". Real Sociedad. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Promote to the first team". Real Sociedad. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ Aihen Muñoz at BDFutbol
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "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.
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