With the numbers in hand, it could be a very special season for Iker Muniain. He has been breaking precocity records since he debuted with the Athletic in July 2009 in a European preview against Young Boys, when he was 16, and he wants more. She adds and continues. He pretends to be a legend in the red and white entity. At the moment he is the captain and is on his way to becoming a ‘One Club Man‘.
499 encounters as a lion endorse that of the Txantrea. A shot of the 500. If nothing unusual happens he will reach them in the league premiere against Majorca next August 15 in San Mames. But Muniain it doesn’t stop there. Look above because if logic prevails, this season will end on the podium of the historical ranking of matches in the Athletic. Almost nothing in a club that is on the brink of blowing out 125 candles.
Now he occupies the sixth place in the classification after surpassing Piru Gainza (496) and it doesn’t have too far to Susaeta (507), Iraola (510) and a Etxeberria which is third with 514 total commitments with the Bilbao elastic. 15 games separate Muniain of his former partner in battle. The normal thing is that at the end of this campaign he ends up close to the second position that he holds Red (541). Above all stands the myth of iribar and his 614 clashes with the Athletic.
Top ten of the lions with the most matches wearing the Athletic shirt
It is not ruled out that Muniain surpass the Txopo throughout his career. He turns 30 in December and his current contract ends in 2024. What is obvious is that Iker he could be higher in the ranking were it not for the two serious knee injuries he sustained. First on the left in April 2015 at the Sanchez Pizjuan and then on the right in September 2017 in a European appointment against the Zorya Luhansk.
Times change in football and it is reflected in this type of statistics. It must be taken into account that the new generations have the possibility of playing more games because the calendar is broader and they are allowed to do so. Of course, the trend says that, as a general rule, they do not have as many active seasons or in the same club.
Muniain is reunited with Valverde, but with a few more years in the backpack. The position of the captain is one of the doubts to resolve in the new journey of Txingurri in San Mames. On the left wing or in the center? A question that has been haunting Iker throughout his journey as a professional.
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“We’re going to wait. I have a friend who tells me ‘when we reach the river, we will cross the bridge’. I will start on Monday to see the players. I already know Muniain, with me he played outside and inside. We will assess it over time and, above all, based on the rest of the players. Basically, what it is about in each team is that there is a roundness in the game, that there is fluidity, “he said. Valverde in your presentation.
In one position or another, what is relevant to the Athletic is that Iker remain important in the final meters. in the past League He finished on the podium of maximum assistants. He reached the ten and they only surpassed him dembele (13) and Benzema (12). The stopped ball is one of his best allies. In addition, he was the second footballer in the five major European leagues in terms of chance generation, according to OPTA data. Muniain caused 107 scoring actions, behind the 122 of Benjamin Bourigeaudof Rennes.
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