Since 1968
Hall of
fame
The players, coaches and club people who have made Muskiz Eskubaloia since 1968.
Players
8- 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 70Cantarrana 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 70Cantarrana 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.
- 1977-78Players
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.
- 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).
- 1995-2000Players
Laura Colón y Aintzane Arco
San Juan Bautista school players coached by Joaquín Reinoso and Albino Cieza. Both made the Bizkaia under-14 squad.
- 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- 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.
- Coach
Miguel Ángel Polo
Came through the school teams and coached the club's first women's senior handball team, in 1977-78.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 2014-15Coach
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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- 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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