Juan Ramón López Muñiz

Juan Muñiz
Personal information
Full name Juan Ramón López Muñiz
Date of birth (1968-11-02) 2 November 1968
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Levante (coach)
Youth career
Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1991 Sporting B
1988–1989 → Izarra (loan)
1991–1996 Sporting Gijón 150 (6)
1996–1999 Rayo Vallecano 107 (4)
1999–2002 Numancia 76 (0)
Teams managed
2003–2004 Málaga (assistant)
2006 Marbella
2006–2008 Málaga
2008–2009 Racing Santander
2009–2010 Málaga
2010–2014 Dnipro (assistant)
2015–2016 Alcorcón
2016– Levante

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Muñiz.

Juan Ramón López Muñiz (born 2 November 1968) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, and the current manager of Levante UD.

Playing career

Muñiz was born in Gijón, Asturias. During his playing days, he represented hometown club Sporting de Gijón (making his first-team debuts in the 1991–92 season, already at 23), Rayo Vallecano – scoring four goals in 40 matches during 1998–99, which granted the Madrid side La Liga promotion via playoffs even though they finished fifth – and CD Numancia.

Muñiz retired at the end of the 2001–02 campaign at the age of 33, as the team from Soria could only finish in 17th position in Segunda División. In 11 years as a professional, he appeared in 333 games and netted ten goals (234/6 in the top level).

Coaching career

Muñiz started as an assistant manager at Málaga in 2003, under Juande Ramos. His first head coach experience arrived in early 2006 with lowly UD Marbella, and he subsequently returned to Málaga as the main manager for two seasons, achieving a runner-up place in 2008 and thus promoting the Andalusians to the top flight after a two-year hiatus.

In July 2008, Muñiz switched to fellow league team Racing de Santander. At the season's end, however, he was released from contract,[1] and promptly returned to Málaga,[2] replacing Antonio Tapia who took over relegated neighbours Real Betis.

In late June 2010, after leading Málaga to the 17th position, last above the relegation zone, Muñiz was sacked. Shortly after, he rejoined Ramos at FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.[3]

Muñiz was appointed AD Alcorcón manager on 8 June 2015, after four years in Ukraine.[4]

Managerial statistics

As of 12 November 2016
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Marbella[5][6] Spain 3 April 2006 31 October 2006 18 8 7 3 44.44
Málaga[7][8] Spain 31 October 2006 30 June 2008 81 33 25 23 40.74
Racing Santander[9] Spain 1 July 2008 20 June 2009 48 16 13 19 33.33
Málaga[10] Spain 25 June 2009 30 June 2010 42 8 18 16 19.05
Alcorcón[11] Spain 8 June 2015 14 June 2016 43 18 10 15 41.86
Levante[12] Spain 14 June 2016 Present 15 9 5 1 60.00
Career total 247 92 78 77 37.25

References

  1. ↑ Racing part ways with Muñiz; UEFA.com, 20 June 2009
  2. ↑ López Muñiz makes Málaga return; UEFA.com, 25 June 2009
  3. ↑ "Juande Ramos ficha por el Dnipro ucraniano" [Juande Ramos signs for Ukraine's Dnipro] (in Spanish). Marca. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Juan Ramón López Muñiz, nuevo entrenador de la A.D. Alcorcón (Juan Ramón López Muñiz, new manager of A.D. Alcorcón); AD Alcorcón, 8 June 2015 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ "Muñiz: Juan Ramón López Muñiz". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Muñiz: Juan Ramón López Muñiz". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Muñiz: Juan Ramón López Muñiz". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Muñiz: Juan Ramón López Muñiz". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "Muñiz: Juan Ramón López Muñiz". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Muñiz: Juan Ramón López Muñiz". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "Muñiz: Juan Ramón López Muñiz". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Juan Ramón López Muñiz dirigirá al Levante" [Juan Ramón López Muñiz will coach Levante] (in Spanish). La Liga. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
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