Aihen Muñoz Capellán (born 16 August 1997) is a Spanish professional

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who plays for

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad ( ; ''Royal Society'') in English, and Erreala or Reala in Basque language, Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Donostia / San Sebastián, ...

. Mainly a

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, he can also play as a

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Club career

Born in Etxauri,

Navarre Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...

, Muñoz was a

youth graduate. Promoted to

farm team In sports, a farm team (also referred to as farm system, developmental system, feeder team, or nursery club) is generally a Team sport, team or club whose role is to provide experience and training for young players, with an agreement that any s ...

CD Berio FT Real Sociedad de Fútbol "C" is a Spanish football team based in San Sebastián, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. It is the second reserve team of Real Sociedad and plays in Segunda Federación – Group 2. History Founded in 1998 ...

in July 2015, he made his senior debut during the campaign, in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. For the 2017–18 season, Muñoz was promoted to the reserves in

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. He made his professional – and

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– debut on 6 January 2019, starting in a 2–0 away win against

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

. On 23 April 2019, Muñoz renewed his contract until 2022, and was definitely promoted to the main squad on 9 June.

International career

He made his debut for the unofficial Basque Country national team in May 2019, in a 0–0 draw away to

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for which a small, youthful and inexperienced squad was selected.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Real Sociedad *

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

: 2019–20

References

External links

Profile
at the Real Sociedad website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Munoz, Aihen 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