Raúl Muñoz
Personal information
Full name Raúl Andrés Muñoz Mardones
Date of birth (1975-05-25) 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

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
Colo-Colo

References

  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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