Juan María Mujika Izaguirre

Juan María Mujika Izaguirre (12 May 1963 – 14 June 2004), also known by the first name Musti, was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.

He played 146 games and scored 12 goals in La Liga for Real Sociedad and Deportivo de La Coruña, and won the Copa del Rey in 1987 with the former.

Mujika died aged 41, having been in a coma for three years due to a car accident.

Career Real Sociedad Born in San Sebastián in the Basque Country, Mujika came through the youth ranks of his hometown club Real Sociedad. He made his debut under manager John Toshack on 15 September 1985 in the first round of the Copa del Rey, a 3–0 win at nearby Amorebieta. Thirteen days later he played his first game in La Liga, coming on as a substitute for the injured Jesús María Satrústegui 30 minutes into a 3–1 loss at Valencia.

Mujika scored four goals in his first top-flight season and two more in the Copa de la Liga, starting on 15 December 1985 by opening a 2–1 home win over Real Valladolid when Roberto López Ufarte teed him off from a free kick; he concluded the season with a late goal in a 5–3 win over newly crowned champions Real Madrid at Atotxa Stadium. On 29 January 1986 he earned his only cap for Spain at under-21 level, in a 3–0 friendly win over Morocco at La Rosaleda Stadium.

Mujika played in La Reals run to the final of the Copa del Rey in 1986–87, scoring in a 2–0 win over fellow Basques Eibar in the last 16 and again in a 10–1 win over Mallorca B in the second leg of the quarter-finals, after the first leg had finished goalless against the reserve team. In the final on 27 June, he came on for Jesús María Zamora late in regulation time, as the game ended 2–2 after extra time and his team won the penalty shootout; he put his attempt past Atlético Madrid goalkeeper Abel Resino.

Later career In 1990, Mujika transferred to Deportivo de La Coruña, winning promotion from the Segunda División in his first season. He returned to his native region by joining Alavés of the Segunda División B in 1993, being defeated in the playoffs in his first season and winning it in the second.

Mujika played one season in the Tercera División for and was their manager in the regional divisions at the time of his accident. He entered a permanent vegetative state. He is sometimes erroneously cited as the source of the name of another fan group Peña Mujika, which is instead named after a factory that backed on to the stand where said fans congregated.