Juan Muñiz Gallego (born 14 March 1992) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a left winger for Malaysia Super League club

Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club or simply JDT is a professional football club based in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The club was founded in 1972 as PKENJ FC and currently competes in the top division of Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super ...

Club career

Born in

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, Asturias, Muñiz was a product of

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...

's prolific youth academy,

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. The 17-year-old made it to the reserves during the 2009–10 season, with the side playing in the

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

. Muñiz made his debut with the first team on 16 May 2010 in a 2–0 away loss against

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system ...

, thus becoming the second youngest player ever to debut in

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for his hometown club, at the age of 18 years and 63 days. Shortly after being definitely promoted to the main squad, he scored his first

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goal, closing the 2–3 home defeat to Real Murcia on 25 August 2012. On 5 August 2013, Muñiz was loaned to

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División, holding home matches at ''Esta ...

of the same league in a

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-long deal. On 8 July 2015, after achieving promotion to the top flight with Sporting by appearing in 29 matches and scoring three times, he renewed his contract until 2018. The following January, after having been rarely used during the campaign, he cut ties with the club and moved to Gimnàstic de Tarragona shortly after. On 13 July 2018,

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Muñiz signed a two-year deal with

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Anxo Carro''. History The new board of directors was o ...

also in the second tier. On 14 August of the following year he was released and, three days later, joined Volos FC of the Football League Greece on a two-year contract.

Career statistics

Honours

Johor Darul Ta'zim *

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* Piala Sumbangsih:

Spain U19 * UEFA European Under-19 Championship:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Muniz, Juan 1992 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Gijón Men's association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Sporting de Gijón B players Sporting de Gijón players CD Mirandés footballers Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers CD Lugo players Super League Greece players Volos F.C. players Atromitos F.C. players Malaysia Super League players Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia