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Since 1968

Hall of
fame

The players, coaches and club people who have made Muskiz Eskubaloia since 1968.

Players

8
  • Paula García Locay hasta 2019
    Player

    Paula García Locay

    Came through the club and is its all-time top scorer. Player of the tournament in the 2015 promotion to División de Honor Plata. Made her top-flight debut in 2017-18 with Zuazo while still a Muskiz player, and since 2021 has played five seasons in a row in the Liga Guerreras Iberdrola: Zuazo, Beti Onak, Morvedre and Zonzamas. In 2024, European beach handball champion with Ciudad de Málaga.

  • Player

    Lander Simón

    The club's men's player who has gone furthest: two seasons in the Liga Asobal, the top division. Made his debut in 2023 with Puerto Sagunto and played the following season with Villa de Aranda.

  • años 70
    Cantarrana school teams

    Ismael Urtubi

    Came through the school teams the club ran in Cantarrana in the seventies. He went on to play football for Athletic in the top division and won two leagues.

  • años 70
    Cantarrana school teams

    Antonio Gorriarán

    Born in Muskiz, he too came through the Cantarrana school teams. He played football for Real Oviedo for nine seasons, seven of them in the top division.

  • 1977-78
    Players

    Martín Arenas y Pedro Ángel Arroyuelos

    The club's first players called up to the Bizkaia under-18 squad, which played a friendly at Cantarrana school in 1977-78.

  • With the under-18 girls who won the Bizkaia League (1997-98). 1996-98
    Players

    Mónica y Josune

    From the under-16 girls who finished league runners-up, picked for the Basque Country. In 1997-98, with the under-18s who won the Bizkaia League, they played the Navarre Championship alongside Tamara.

    In the photo: With the under-18 girls who won the Bizkaia League (1997-98).

  • 1995-2000
    Players

    Laura Colón y Aintzane Arco

    San Juan Bautista school players coached by Joaquín Reinoso and Albino Cieza. Both made the Bizkaia under-14 squad.

  • With the under-18 girls who won the Bizkaia League (1997-98). años 90
    Player

    Tamara Talledo

    Played in the under-18 girls' team that won the Bizkaia League in 1997-98, and with it in the Navarre Championship. She later played for Zuazo and today sits on the board of the Bizkaia Handball Federation.

    In the photo: With the under-18 girls who won the Bizkaia League (1997-98).

Coaches

16
  • Juan Antonio Ramírez 1969–1974
    Coach

    Juan Antonio Ramírez

    Coached the U.D. Muñatones under-18s and seniors in the early years. According to the book, he was the first club coach to win an official title.

  • Miguel Ángel Polo 1977–1983
    Coach

    Miguel Ángel Polo

    Came through the school teams and coached the club's first women's senior handball team, in 1977-78.

  • Fernando Garmendia 1978–1990
    Coach

    Fernando Garmendia

    With the San Juan Bautista school girls he was under-14 Federation Cup runner-up in 1983-84 and Bizkaia champion in 1984-85, and with the under-16 girls he won the Bizkaia League in 1988-89. He was also club secretary and board member.

  • Juan Antonio Guerrero desde los años 70
    Coach

    Juan Antonio Guerrero

    One of the club's first under-18 players. Player, coach of every age group, school coach until 2006, treasurer and board member: according to the book, the person who has helped the club for the most years.

  • The men's seniors promoted to the First Territorial division (1989-90). años 80–2000
    Coach

    Luis Ángel Muñoz

    Came through the school teams and coached the men's seniors for years: under him they were promoted to the First Territorial division in 1989-90 and won their league in 2000-01. As vice-president he helped bring Liga Asobal teams and the Brazil and Argentina national teams to the Town Council Trophy.

    In the photo: The men's seniors promoted to the First Territorial division (1989-90).

  • Joaquín Reinoso 1991–2000
    Coach

    Joaquín Reinoso

    Won the 1977-78 under-18 Cup as a player. He coached the men's seniors from 1991 to 1998 and the under-16 girls who finished league runners-up, two of whom were picked for the Basque Country. With Albino Cieza he took two San Juan Bautista players into the Bizkaia under-14 squad.

  • The first Petronor C.B. Muskiz women's senior team (1992-93). 1985–1998
    Coach

    Juan Antonio Pérez

    Coached the women's seniors in the year Petronor began sponsoring them, the first Petronor Muskiz. He told a board meeting what he had seen in Cantabria and drove Handball Day from 1992 to 1998.

    In the photo: The first Petronor C.B. Muskiz women's senior team (1992-93).

  • Iñaki Cieza desde 1987
    Coach

    Iñaki Cieza

    Joined the club in 1987 and is still here, almost forty years later: board member, coach of every age group and Handball Day organiser since 1992. He won several Bizkaia titles with the under-14 girls and has been part of many of the club's promotions. In 2024-25 he took charge of the B senior team just promoted to the First Provincial division, and today he coaches the under-10s.

  • Albino Cieza desde 1988
    Coach

    Albino Cieza

    Coach of the men's under-18s in 1988, team manager, board member and, above all, the one who looked after the school teams. A driving force behind Handball Day.

  • Sergio Arce 1988–2004 y 2016–2023
    Coach

    Sergio Arce

    Coaching from 1988 at San Juan Bautista school. He was the club's sports coordinator, took the women's seniors up in the Basque league, and in 2003-04 his under-18 boys won their league and were Bizkaia runners-up. Before that he had coached at Trapagaran and Kukullaga in the First National division. He left the club in 2004, came back in 2016 and stayed until 2023.

  • The men's seniors promoted to the First Provincial division (2013-14). 2013–2016
    Coaches

    Igor Merino y Pedro Merino

    Head coach and assistant of the men's seniors for the promotion from the Second to the First Provincial division (2013-14) and the first promotion to the Basque League (2015-16).

    In the photo: The men's seniors promoted to the First Provincial division (2013-14).

  • 2014-15
    Coach

    Aitor Inchaurrandieta

    Coach of the women's senior team that on 17 May 2015, in Muskiz, won the final phase of the Spanish First Division championship and was promoted to División de Honor Plata, the highest any club team has reached. Today he coaches Sestao's men's senior team.

  • Coaches

    Aitor Aldudo y Óscar Aldudo

    The Aldudo brothers coached several of the club's women's teams and were a big help in the great growth of the women's section. Today they coach at Kukullaga.

  • Edorta Mansilla Iglesias 2001–2023
    Coach

    Edorta Mansilla Iglesias

    Played for the men's seniors in 2001-02. As coach of the men's seniors, in 2017-18 he won the Bizkaia championship and the second promotion to the Basque League, where the team has stayed ever since. He also coached in the youth teams and did a great deal to grow handball at the Muskiz ikastola. He passed away in the 2023 pre-season, as he was returning to the Basque League senior bench as assistant coach alongside his friend Sergio Arce.

  • Endika Cieza veinte años
    Coach

    Endika Cieza

    Has coached club teams for twenty years. Before David Vegas arrived he ran Senior Euskadi: under him came the club's best-ever Basque League finish and its first Bizkaia Cup, in 2024-25. Today he coordinates the school teams and coaches the Senior Women.

  • David Vegas desde 2025
    Director of sport and coach

    David Vegas

    Director of sport from under-16 to senior and coach of Senior Euskadi. In his first season, 2025-26, he took the team into the promotion play-off for the First National division for the first time in the club's history (Basque Final 4, Legazpi, May 2026).

Presidents

1
  • José Antonio de la Peña Arranz 1967–2024
    Founder and president

    José Antonio de la Peña Arranz

    In October 1967, on the Triano train, he and Juan José Campo decided to start the club. He coached the first team and the under-18s, was president for many years and honorary president until his death in April 2024. With Marta de la Peña Izaguirre he gathered the club's first forty years in a book.

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