Raúl Muñoz (footballer, born 1975)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Mardones.
Raúl Muñoz
Personal information
Full name Raúl Andrés Muñoz Mardones
Date of birth (1975-05-25) 25 May 1975 (age 48)
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 Apps (Gls)
1993 Unión Santa Cruz 12 (0)
1994–1996 Santiago Wanderers 62 (5)
1997–2002 Colo-Colo 133 (6)
1999–2000 → Numancia (loan) 5 (0)
2003 Krylia Sovetov 0 (0)
2003–2004 San Luis Potosí 19 (4)
2004 Audax Italiano 26 (4)
Total 257 (19)
International career
1997–2003 Chile 7 (0)
1998–2001 Chile B 2 (0)
*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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Club[edit]

Santiago Wanderers
Colo-Colo

References[edit]

  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.

External links[edit]

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