Raúl Muñoz (footballer, born 1975)

Raúl Muñoz
Personal information
Full name	Raúl Andrés Muñoz Mardones
Date of birth	25 May 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Curicó, Chile
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	Escuela Municipal Curicó
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993	Unión Santa Cruz
1994–1996	Santiago Wanderers
1997–2002	Colo-Colo
1999–2000	→ Numancia (loan)
2003	Krylia Sovetov
2003–2004	San Luis Potosí
2004	Audax Italiano
Total
International career
1997–2003	Chile
1998–2001	Chile B
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raúl Andrés Muñoz Mardones (born 25 May 1975) is a Chilean retired footballer who played as a left back.

Club career

Muñoz was born in Curicó, Maule Region. As a child, he was with Escuela de Fútbol Municipal de Curicó (Municipal Football Academy of Curicó), later named Juventud 2000, what was founded by the former professional footballer Luis Hernán Álvarez.^[1] During his ten-year professional career he played in his country for Unión Santa Cruz, Santiago Wanderers, Colo-Colo (two stints) and Audax Italiano – where he retired at only 29 – also having abroad spells in Spain (CD Numancia),^[2] Russia (PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara) and Mexico (San Luis FC).

International career

Muñoz earned seven caps for Chile, his debut coming on 2 April 1997 in a friendly against Brazil. He was selected in the squad for that year's Copa América.^[3] In addition, he played for Chile B twice: in the 2–1 win against England B on 10 February 1998,^[4] and in the 0–1 loss against Catalonia on 28 December 2001.^[5]

Honours

Club

Santiago Wanderers

Segunda División de Chile (1): 1995

Colo-Colo

Primera División de Chile (3): 1997 Clausura, 1998, 2002 Clausura

References

^ ""Juventud 2000": La Academia de los sueños". VLN Radio (in Spanish). 29 September 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia]. Desde Soria (in Spanish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
^ "Copa América 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
^ "Inglaterra 1 – Chile 2: Cuando la (otra) Selección venció a Inglaterra". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ Morrison, Neil (2 February 2005). "International Matches 2001 - Other". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

External links

Raúl Muñoz at National-Football-Teams.com
Raúl Muñoz at BDFutbol

[1] ""Juventud 2000": La Academia de los sueños". VLN Radio (in Spanish). 29 September 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[2] "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia]. Desde Soria (in Spanish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

[3] "Copa América 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

[4] "Inglaterra 1 – Chile 2: Cuando la (otra) Selección venció a Inglaterra". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[5] Morrison, Neil (2 February 2005). "International Matches 2001 - Other". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

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