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Jennifer Muñoz
Personal information
Full name Jennifer Eunice Muñoz Sandoval[1]
Date of birth (1993-12-31) 31 December 1993 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth Orange County, California, United States[3]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[4]
Position(s) Defender[5][6] / Midfielder / Forward[4] Femenil]]
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Golden West Rustlers 35 (12)
2014–2015 Martin Methodist RedHawks 41 (25)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 FC Indiana 10 (2)
2018– Puerto Rico Sol 9 (3)
International career
2014– Guatemala 2 (1)
Managerial career
2016 Martin Methodist RedHawks (women) (volunteer assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Template:Spanish name Jennifer Eunice Muñoz Sandoval (born 31 December 1993) is an American-born Guatemalan footballer who plays as a defender for Puerto Rican club Puerto Rico Sol FC and the Guatemala women's national team.[7]

College career

Costa Mesa, California-based Muñoz began her college career in 2012, being a defender and forward for the Golden West Rustlers.[6] As a freshman, she played 14 matches, scored 2 goals and made 1 assist.[6] Next season, as a sophomore, she transitioned definitely into a forward and improved her performance, playing 21 matches, scoring 10 goals and making 6 assists.[8]

In 2014, Muñoz moved to the Martin Methodist RedHawks, where she began to play as a midfielder (besides forward).[4] Like her stint at Golden West College, her second year at Martin Methodist was better than the first. While as a junior she scored 4 goals and made two assists in 21 matches, as a senior she scored 21 goals (being the team top goalscorer) and made 8 assists in 20 matches.[4] She finished her college career as a player in late 2015, but continued in the RedHawks as a volunteer assistant during the 2016 season.[9]

From 2015-2017 Muñoz played for the New Mexico Lobos women’s soccer team [10], where she started in 75 of 77 matches, scored 8 career goals with 10 career assists for 26 points.[11]

Club career

Muñoz played for United Women's Soccer team FC Indiana in 2017.[12] She signed with Puerto Rico Sol in July 2018.[7] There, she was reassigned as a defender.[5]

International career

Muñoz qualifies to play for Guatemala through descent. She capped during the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.[13]

On July 18, 2019, Muñoz signed her first professional soccer contract with Club América Femenil where she currently plays as a defender. [14]

References

  1. ^ "Informe de Auditoría Externa 2016" (PDF) (in Spanish). CGC. p. 33. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  2. ^ Jennifer Muñoz at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Jennifer Eunice Munoz, Born 12/31/1993 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Jennifer Munoz - 2015 Women's Soccer Roster". Martin Methodist College. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Women's Team". Puerto Rico Sol FC. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  6. ^ a b c "Jennifer Munoz (2012)". Golden West Coast. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  7. ^ a b Vázquez Muñiz, Héctor. "Radiante el 'Sol' con Laura Suárez", quepalo.com, August 1, 2018.
  8. ^ "Jennifer Munoz (2013)". Golden West Coast. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  9. ^ "Jennifer Munoz - 2016 Women's Soccer Roster". Martin Methodist College. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  10. ^ "Jennifer Muñoz". Women's Soccer. The University of New Mexico. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  11. ^ Tate, Van (July 18, 2019). "Former Lobo Jennifer Munoz has first pro soccer contract". KRQE. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  12. ^ "Statistics - 2017 Regular Season - United Women's Soccer Teams". United Women's Soccer. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  13. ^ "Pase a Rïo se complica" (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. February 12, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  14. ^ Daniel Gallegos (July 18, 2019). "Jennifer Muñoz Signs with Club América Femenil". Women's Soccer. The University of New Mexico. Retrieved October 7, 2019.


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