Marc Muniesa

Barcelona

Born in Lloret de Mar, Girona, Catalonia, Muniesa was the subject of transfer interest from Chelsea at the age of 15. He progressed through the La Masia youth academy, though shortly after turning 16 he suffered a serious injury to his left knee, tearing the internal, external and cruciate ligaments and missing ten months. Muniesa made his debut for Barcelona's first team aged 17 years and 57 days on 23 May 2009, as a substitute in a 1–0 La Liga home loss to Osasuna, the already-crowned league champions. The appearance made him one of the youngest players to feature for the club, but he was sent off after a challenge on Antonio Hidalgo. Days later he was named among the substitutes, though he did not play, for the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final against Manchester United. Muniesa and four other FC Barcelona B players were promoted to the first team for the 2009–10 pre-season, but he appeared almost exclusively for the B's in Segunda División B, contributing with 19 games and one goal as the team returned to Segunda División after 11 years. In 2010–11 Muniesa played 25 times for Barcelona B as they finished in 3rd position in Spain's second tier. In 2011–12 he made three substitute appearances for the first team, one in the league against Getafe and two in the UEFA Champions League, against BATE Borisov and Bayer Leverkusen; he added 24 matches with the reserves, helping them to the eighth position in the table. On 15 February 2011, Muniesa signed a new…

Muniesa played in all of Spain's youth teams from under-16s to under 21s. During that time he has been members of the squads which won the 2013 European Under-21 Championship and achieved a third-place finish at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Muniesa is a defender and has played at centre-back and left-back and can also play as a defensive midfielder but states that his preferred position is at centre-back. "My favourite position is central defender. I can also play at left back or in midfield but I feel better when I play centre back".

As of match played 19 January 2024