María Emilia García Munitis (born 6 May 1996) is an Argentine-born field hockey player who represents the Italy national team.
Personal life She was born in La Plata, Argentina, to an Italian Argentine family.
Career Domestic Throughout her senior career, Munitis has played in the Spanish and Belgian top leagues, the Liga Iberdrola and the Carlsberg 0.0 Hockey League. She formerly played for Real Sociedad and Sanse Complutense in Spain, and is currently a member of Royal Uccle Sport in Belgium.
Prior to her move to Europe, she also played for River Plate in Argentina.
Senior national team Munitis made her international debut in 2019. She earned her first senior cap for Italy during a test match against Scotland in Rome. She won her first medals with the national team later that year, taking home silver at the 2019 EuroHockey Championship II in Glasgow, and bronze at the FIH Series Finals in Valencia.
Since her debut, she has been a constant inclusion in the national squad, appearing in multiple major tournaments. She has appeared at two editions of the EuroHockey Championship, in 2021 in Amstelveen and 2023 in Mönchengladbach. She also competed at the 2022 and 2023–24 editions of the FIH Nations Cup in Valencia and Terrassa, respectively.
She has been named in the squad for the 2026 FIH World Cup Qualifiers in Hyderabad.
International goals The table lists all international goals scored by Munitis at senior level. GoalDateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1 4 August 2019 Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland 2–0 3–1 2019 EuroHockey Championship II 2 7 August 2019 6–1 10–1 3 9 August 2019 4–0 4–0 4 24 August 2023 SparkassenPark, Mönchengladbach, Germany 1–0 1–1 2023 EuroHockey Championship
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