Raúl Andrés Muñoz Mardones (born 25 May 1975) is a Chilean retired footballer who played as a left back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raúl Andrés Muñoz Mardones | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1975 | ||
| 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 | |||
Club career
editMuñoz 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
editMuñoz 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
editClub
edit- Santiago Wanderers
- Colo-Colo
References
edit- ^ ""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
edit- Raúl Muñoz at National-Football-Teams.com
- Raúl Muñoz at BDFutbol