Nicolás Muñoz

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Nicolás Armando Muñoz Jarvis (born 21 December 1981) is a retired Panamanian professional footballer who played as a forward.[9]

Nicolás Muñoz
Muñoz with Isidro Metapán in 2014
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Armando Muñoz Jarvis
Date of birth (1981-12-21) December 21, 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Panama City, Panama
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Retired
Youth career
Las Promesas
1995–2000 Juventus FC Villa Venus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Sporting '89
2002 Árabe Unido
2003 Envigado
2004 Chalatenango (6)
2004–2005 FAS (12)
2006 Chalatenango (5)
2006 Sporting '89 (3)
2007–2008 Águila 33 (12)
2008 Alianza[1] 12 (5)
2009 Vista Hermosa[2] 39 (21)
2010 Árabe Unido 26 (12)
2010–2012 Águila[3] 55 (42)
2012–2014 Isidro Metapán[4] 110 (67)
2014–2016 Águila[5] 87 (42)
2017 Luis Ángel Firpo[6] 37 (15)
2018 Pasaquina[7] 21[8] (9)
2018–2019 Isidro Metapán 35 (8)
2019 El Vencedor 22 (19)
2020-2021 Águila 56 (22)
2022 Municipal Limeño 18 (6)
2022 Sporting San Miguelito 10 (1)
International career
2006–2015 Panama 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Nicknamed Yuyu, Muñoz has spent most of his career in his native Panama and in El Salvador, but also had a stint in Colombia with Envigado, whom he left for Salvadoran side Chalatenango in 2004.[10]

He also played for FAS and Águila, to whom he returned after a shortlived loan spell in Portugal with Belenenses,[11] and in summer 2008 he signed with Alianza.[12]

He moved on to Vista Hermosa in January 2009[13] and after a second spell at Águila he returned to Panama in February 2010 to play for Árabe Unido.[14]

In 2012, he signed for Isidro Metapán his contract was extended with a year in May 2013.[15] Muñoz, who had scored seven of Isidro Metapán's previous nine CCL goals, continued his amazing touch.

On October 24, 2013 he became the third ever player to score 4 goals in a CCL match against Los Angeles Galaxy, all which Nicolás Muñoz scored solo.[16]

In January 2015, Muñoz rejoined Águila, after Isidro Metapán declined to renew his contract[17] and in April he scored the club's 1000th goal in Salvadoran league history.[18]

In 2017, Nicolás Muñoz joined Luis Ángel Firpo for the Clausura 2017 tournament, after being released by Águila the previous tournament.[19][20]

In 2018, Muñoz signed with Pasaquina for the Clausura 2018 tournament.

After retiring in 2022. Munoz is currently coaching under 8 and Under 14 coach for Juventus Academy Panamá [1]

International career

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He made his debut for Panama in a November 2006 friendly match against El Salvador and has, as of 10 June 2015, earned a total of 13 caps, scoring 1 goal. He represented his country at the 2007[21] and 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[22]

International goals

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Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 November 2014 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador   El Salvador 2–0 3–1 Friendly match

Honours

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Player

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C.D. FAS

C.D. Águila

A.D. Isidro Metapán

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "El Gráfico". Archived from the original on 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  2. ^ "Vista Hermosa goleó al Nejapa en la apertura del fútbol salvadoreño". Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  3. ^ "El delantero Nicolás Muñoz fue separado del Águila". Archived from the original on 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  4. ^ "Noticias de El Salvador - la Prensa Gráfica | Informate con la verdad".
  5. ^ "El Gráfico". Archived from the original on 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  6. ^ "El Gráfico". Archived from the original on 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  7. ^ "Neymar y Cavani deben aprender de Nico e Isidro".
  8. ^ "Nicolás Muñoz :: Nicolás Armando Muñoz Jarvis :: Municipal Limeño".
  9. ^ "Noticias de El Salvador - La Prensa Gráfica | Informate con la verdad".
  10. ^ Nicolás Muñoz se destaca en El Salvador - Panamá América (in Spanish)
  11. ^ Muñoz se incorpora al Belenenses - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  12. ^ Nicolás Muñoz pasó al Alianza de El Salvador - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  13. ^ Nico Muñoz, casi celeste - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
  14. ^ Arabe Unido ficha a Nicolas Muñoz - PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
  15. ^ El Isidro Metapán amarra a Nicolás Muñoz - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
  16. ^ "Galaxy can't stop Nicolas Munoz, Isidro Metapan in Champions League". Los Angeles Times. 24 October 2013. Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  17. ^ "Yuyu" Muñoz jugará con los que no lo querían - La Estrella (in Spanish)
  18. ^ "Yuyu" Muñoz marca el gol 1000 del Águila que vuelve a ganar - RPC (in Spanish)
  19. ^ "El Gráfico".
  20. ^ "El Gráfico".
  21. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details - RSSSF
  22. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details - RSSSF
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