Marc Muniesa

Stoke City On 2 July 2013, Muniesa joined Premier League club Stoke City on a free transfer, signing a four-year contract. Following his move to England he stated – "I never imagined I would get the chance to play in the Premier League, but when Stoke called me I decided to come here with my family to speak to them. All the people I’ve spoken have shown a lot of confidence in me and I’m really happy that everything has been sorted. It wasn't a big decision for me to make. I came to England yesterday to meet the people at the club and look around the training ground, which is very impressive". He made his debut for Stoke in a 3–1 victory over Walsall in the League Cup on 31 August 2013. He made his first start in the Premier League on 30 November 2013 against Everton at Goodison Park. Muniesa played 17 times for the club in 2013–14 as Stoke finished the season in 9th position. Throughout the campaign manager Mark Hughes mainly used Muniesa as back-up to Erik Pieters.

Muniesa scored his first goals in English football on 23 September 2014, scoring both goals in a 2–1 League Cup third round victory over Sunderland. In December 2014, he began playing alongside Ryan Shawcross at centre-back due in place of the injured Marc Wilson. He helped Stoke keep back-to-back clean sheets in victories over Everton and West Bromwich Albion. Muniesa remained a regular in Mark Hughes' team before he suffered a hamstring injury in February 2015 which ruled him out for six weeks. He recovered to play in the final few matches of the season, in total he played 22 times for Stoke in 2014–15 as the Potters finished in 9th position for a second season running and they ended the campaign with an emphatic 6–1 victory against Liverpool.

On 7 August 2015, Muniesa signed a new contract with Stoke keeping him at the club until the summer of 2019. He had his attempt saved by Simon Mignolet as Stoke lost in a penalty shootout to Liverpool, missing out on the 2016 Football League Cup Final. His 2015–16 season was disrupted by injury, playing in 17 matches as Stoke again finished in 9th position. He made his first start against Watford on 27 November where he helped Stoke earn a 1–0 victory. A week later against Burnley, Muniesa scored his first Premier League goal in a 2–0 win. Though he remained a peripheral figure at Stoke until the end of the 2016–17, making 11 appearances as Stoke finished in 13th position.

Girona On 11 August 2017, Muniesa joined newly promoted La Liga club Girona on a season-long loan. Muniesa made 14 appearances for Girona in 2017–18 as the team finished in 10th position. for a fee later revealed to be €5 million.

Al-Arabi On the same day as leaving Girona, Muniesa signed with Al-Arabi of the Qatar Stars League after impressing against them in a friendly for his former club.

Lyngby On 30 August 2023, Muniesa joined Danish Superliga side Lyngby Boldklub on a two-year deal. On 31 January 2024, Lyngby confirmed that Muniesa had had his contract terminated at his own request as the player wanted to return to Qatar, where his family resided.

Al Shahaniya On 1 February 2024, Muniesa signed with Qatari Second Division club Al Shahaniya.

International career 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.

Style of play 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.

Honours Club Barcelona B Segunda División B play-off winner: 2009–10

Barcelona La Liga: 2008–09 Supercopa de España: 2009, 2010 UEFA Champions League: 2008–09 UEFA Super Cup: 2009

Al Arabi SC

Emir of Qatar Cup: 2023

International Spain U17 FIFA U-17 World Cup: Third place 2009

Spain U21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2013