Raúl Muñoz | |
Fullname: | Raúl Andrés Muñoz Mardones |
Birth Date: | 25 May 1975 |
Birth Place: | Curicó, Chile |
Position: | Left back |
Youthclubs1: | Escuela Municipal Curicó |
Years1: | 1993 |
Years2: | 1994–1996 |
Years3: | 1997–2002 |
Years4: | 1999–2000 |
Years5: | 2003 |
Years6: | 2003–2004 |
Years7: | 2004 |
Clubs1: | Unión Santa Cruz |
Clubs2: | Santiago Wanderers |
Clubs3: | Colo-Colo |
Clubs4: | → Numancia (loan) |
Clubs5: | Krylia Sovetov |
Clubs6: | San Luis Potosí |
Clubs7: | Audax Italiano |
Caps1: | 12 |
Caps2: | 62 |
Caps3: | 133 |
Caps4: | 5 |
Caps5: | 0 |
Caps6: | 19 |
Caps7: | 26 |
Totalcaps: | 257 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Goals2: | 5 |
Goals3: | 6 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Goals6: | 4 |
Goals7: | 4 |
Totalgoals: | 19 |
Nationalyears1: | 1997–2003 |
Nationalteam1: | Chile |
Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 1998–2001 |
Nationalteam2: | Chile B |
Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Raúl Andrés Muñoz Mardones (born 25 May 1975) is a Chilean retired footballer who played as a left back.
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).
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]