Iker Muniain
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Muniain playing for Athletic Bilbao in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Iker Muniain Goñi | ||
| Date of birth | 19 December 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Pamplona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2005 | Chantrea | ||
| 2005–2009 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Bilbao Athletic | 19 | (3) |
| 2009– | Athletic Bilbao | 229 | (26) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 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– | Spain | 1 | (0) |
| 2010– | Basque Country | 3 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 December 2016 |
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Iker Muniain Goñi (Basque: [iker muniaiŋ ɡoɲi], Spanish: [ˈiker muˈnjaiŋ ˈɡoɲi]; born 19 December 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao mainly as a left winger.
Due to his style of play and stature, he was dubbed "the Spanish Messi" by the media. He spent most of his career with Athletic Bilbao after debuting in 2009 as their youngest player in a competitive match, making over 300 appearances for the club and reaching the finals of the Copa del Rey and Europa League in 2012.
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 international debut.
Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Muniain was a product of Basque giants Athletic Bilbao's youth ranks after joining at the age of 11. In January 2009 he made his debut for the reserve team Bilbao Athletic in the Segunda División B championship, aged 16 years and 16 days, and scored his first goal at that level 19 days later.
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