Jennifer Muñoz (Guatemalan footballer)

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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 Costa Mesa, California, U.S.
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[3]
Position(s) Defender,[4] midfielder, forward
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 F.C. Indiana 10 (2)
2018 Puerto Rico Sol 9 (3)
International career
2014– Guatemala 2 (1)
Managerial career
2016 Martin Methodist RedHawks (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jennifer Eunice Muñoz Sandoval (born 31 December 1993) is a footballer who plays as a defender. Born in the United States, she represented Guatemala at the international level.[5]

College career[edit]

Costa Mesa, California-based Muñoz began her college career in 2012, being a defender and forward for the Golden West Rustlers.[4] As a freshman, she played 14 matches, scored 2 goals and made 1 assist.[4] 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.[6]

In 2014, Muñoz moved to the Martin Methodist RedHawks, where she began to play as a midfielder (besides forward).[3] 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.[3] She finished her college career as a player in late 2015, but continued in the RedHawks as a volunteer assistant during the 2016 season.[7]

Club career[edit]

Muñoz played for United Women's Soccer team FC Indiana in 2017.[8] She signed with Puerto Rico Sol in July 2018.[5] There, she was reassigned as a defender.

International career[edit]

Muñoz qualifies to play for Guatemala through descent. She capped during the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.[9]

References[edit]

  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. ^ a b c "Jennifer Munoz - 2015 Women's Soccer Roster". Martin Methodist College. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Jennifer Munoz (2012)". Golden West Coast. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Vázquez Muñiz, Héctor. "Radiante el 'Sol' con Laura Suárez", quepalo.com, August 1, 2018.
  6. ^ "Jennifer Munoz (2013)". Golden West Coast. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  7. ^ "Jennifer Munoz - 2016 Women's Soccer Roster". Martin Methodist College. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  8. ^ "Statistics - 2017 Regular Season - United Women's Soccer Teams". United Women's Soccer. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  9. ^ "Pase a Rïo se complica" (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. February 12, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2018.