Haritz Mújika López (born 13 November 1981) is a Spanish former professional

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who played mainly as a

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, currently a

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. He played 53

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games and scored eight goals for Mirandés, but spent most of his career in the

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, featuring in 434 matches and scoring 76 times for eight clubs, mainly

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RF ...

and Mirandés.

Playing career

Born in

Pasaia Pasaia () is a town and municipality located in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community of northern Spain. It is a fishing community, commercial port and the birthplace of the famous admiral Blas de Lezo and of the fashion de ...

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, Mújika spent 11 of his first 12 seasons as a senior in the

, starting at

SD Beasain Sociedad Deportiva Beasain (''Beasain Kirol Elkartea'' in Basque) is a Spanish football team based in Beasain, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1905 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Loinaz'', with a capaci ...

then representing

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, ...

's B team – he also played with them in the

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 ...

–

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and

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a List of football clubs in Spain, 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 ...

. With the latter club, he was an undisputed starter in his early years, scoring seven goals in 37 matches in 2011–12 to help gain promotion to

for the first time in history. Mújika made his debut in the competition at nearly 31 years of age, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 home loss against

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club based in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in th ...

on 17 August 2012. He scored his first goal as a professional on 13 January 2013, closing the 1–1 draw at

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting is a Spanish professional association football, football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in the ...

. Mújika left Mirandés in August 2014, and signed for

in the third division. He moved to

SD Amorebieta Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta is a Spanish football team based in Amorebieta-Etxano, in the Basque Country. Founded in 1925, it currently plays in , holding home games temporarily at the Lezama Facilities outside Bilbao (its own ground '' Campo ...

of the same league in 2017, retiring two years later at the age of 37.

Coaching career

Immediately after retiring, Mújika joined

Iñigo Vélez Iñigo Vélez de Mendizábal Fernández de Garaialde (born 15 March 1982), known as Iñigo or Vélez, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward, currently a manager. Playing career Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Vélez began h ...

's technical staff at his last club Amorebieta, as an assistant manager. On 8 March 2022, he was appointed at the helm of the team ( newcomers to the second tier) after the latter's dismissal. On his debut, five days later, he lost 1–0 at

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. Mújika ended his first season with relegation. His team bounced back immediately from

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, taking first place from

CD Eldense Club Deportivo Eldense is a Spanish football team based in Elda, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1921, the club plays in the Segunda División, and holds home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Nuevo Pepico Amat'', which has a ...

on head-to-head. On 11 December 2023, Mújika was dismissed.

Managerial statistics

References

External links

Mirandés official profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mujika, Haritz 1981 births Living people People from Pasaia Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Gipuzkoa Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Antiguoko players SD Beasain footballers Real Sociedad B footballers Real Unión footballers Burgos CF footballers Zamora CF footballers CD Mirandés footballers SD Amorebieta footballers Spanish football managers Segunda División managers Primera Federación managers SD Amorebieta managers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen