Antxon Muneta Beldarrain (born 1 July 1986) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a midfielder, and is the current manager of CD Mirandés.
Playing career Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Muneta spent six of his first seven seasons in Segunda División B, representing Club Portugalete, Barakaldo CF, CA Osasuna B and CD Mirandés.El polivalente centrocampista Antxon Muneta es el quinto fichaje del Mirandés (Versatile midfielder Antxon Muneta is Mirandés' fifth signing); El Correo, 3 July 2010 In 2006–07 he competed in Tercera División, with Zalla UC.
In the 2011–12 campaign, Muneta scored four goals in 32 games to help Mirandés promote to Segunda División for the first time ever. He made his debut in the competition on 17 August 2012, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 home loss against SD Huesca;El Huesca amarga el estreno del Mirandés (Huesca bitters Mirandés debut); Marca, 17 August 2012 on 15 September he scored his first league goal, in a 2–2 draw at Real Murcia.El Mirandés deja vivo al Murcia (Mirandés leaves Murcia alive); Marca, 15 September 2012
Muneta was released by the Rojillos in the 2014 summer, and subsequently moved to CF Reus Deportiu in the third level.El CF Reus ficha a Antxón Muneta (CF Reus Deportiu signs Antxón Muneta); Diari de Tarragona, 29 July 2014 On 30 January 2015 he was loaned to fellow league team UD Logroñés, until June.Antxón Muneta, cedido a la UD Logroñés (Antxón Muneta, loaned to UD Logroñés); Vavel, 30 January 2015 He left the club in the summer 2018.
On 19 September 2018, Muneta signed with Mérida AD in the fourth division,El Mérida empieza a corregirse con Muneta (Mérida start to fix themselves with Muneta), Hoy, 19 September 2018 featuring in 32 matches and scoring five goals as the season ended in promotion. He still left the club at the end of the year in June 2019,Adrián Montesinos, Antxon Muneta, Carlos 'Puyi', Samu Martínez y Kevin no continuarán en la temporada 19/20 (Adrián Montesinos, Antxon Muneta, Carlos 'Puyi', Samu Martínez and Kevin will not continue in the 19/20 season, Mérida AD, 12 June 2019 and remained without a club until the following 3 February, as he joined Gimnástica de Torrelavega on a deal for the rest of the season.El experimentado centrocampista Antxon Muneta segundo refuerzo invernal de la Gimnástica (Experienced central midfielder Antxon Muneta, second winter signing of Gimnástica), Gimnástica de Torrelavega, 3 February 2020
In July 2020, in the last match of the promotion play-offs, Muneta injured his meniscus and ligament in the knee, which required a surgery.Antxón Muneta, con el menisco y el ligamento de la rodilla tocados, deberá pasar por el quirófano (Antxón Muneta, with the meniscus and the ligament of his knee injured, will have to undergo surgery), Gimnástica de Torrelavega, 18 August 2020 He retired shortly after, aged 34.
Post-playing career On 9 June 2023, Muneta returned to Mirandés as a match analyst. On 3 November 2025, he was named caretaker manager of the first team, after Fran Justo was dismissed, and returned to his previous role after the arrival of Jesús Galván.
On 12 January 2026, Muneta was named manager of the first team until the end of the season, following the sacking of Galván. On 11 June, despite suffering relegation, he renewed his contract for a further year.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Mirandés (caretaker)3 November 20257 November 2025 Mirandés12 January 2026PresentCareer total —
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