José Luis Muñoz

Chilean footballer (born 1987)
José Luis Muñoz
Muñoz with O'Higgins in 2019.
Personal information
Full name José Luis Muñoz Muñoz
Date of birth (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Rancagua, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
O'Higgins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 O'Higgins 0 (0)
2006 Malleco Unido – (–)
2007 Colchagua 32 (17)
2008 Magallanes 28 (10)
2009–2013 Everton 89 (29)
2010 → Ñublense (loan) 22 (6)
2013–2018 Universidad Católica 82 (18)
2016 → Everton (loan) 14 (2)
2017 → Santiago Wanderers (loan) 10 (1)
2018 → Palestino (loan) 28 (2)
2019–2020 O'Higgins 45 (5)
2021 Deportes Melipilla 13 (0)
2022 Fernández Vial 14 (1)
Total 377 (91)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Luis Muñoz Muñoz (born 24 July 1987) is Chilean former footballer who played as a forward.

Career

In 2022, he joined Fernández Vial in the Primera B de Chile.[1]

He scored an important goal against Lanús in the 2009 Copa Libertadores, to make the score 2–1 in a historic victory by which Everton became the first Chilean team to defeat an Argentine opponent.[2]

He retired at the end of the 2022 season as a player of Fernández Vial in the Primera B de Chile.[3]

At international level, he was part of a Chile under-25 squad in a training session led by Claudio Borghi in May 2011, alongside his teammates in Everton, Sebastián Pérez and Mirko Opazo.[4][5]

Personal life

Muñoz is well-known by his nickname Ribery due to his resemblance to the France international Franck Ribéry as well as to his style of play.[6]

Honours

Universidad Católica
Santiago Wanderers
Palestino

References

  1. ^ "José Luis "Ribery" Muñoz se sumó a las filas de Arturo Fernández Vial". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  2. ^ "José Luis Muñoz tras su inolvidable gol ante Lanús: "Es un sueño para mí"". Cooperativa.cl. 17 March 2009.
  3. ^ "26 JUGADORES SE BENEFICIAN CON FONDO DE RETIRO OTORGADO POR EL SIFUP". SIFUP (in Spanish). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Claudio Borghi nomina a 28 jugadores para selección de Primera B". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Selección sub 25 cumplió su primera práctica bajo el mando de Claudio Borghi". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Histórico Muñoz se jura "Ribery": "Me falta el puro tajo del francés"". La Cuarta (in Spanish). 18 March 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2023.

External links

  • José Luis Muñoz at Soccerway
  • José Luis Muñoz at BDFA (in Spanish)
  • José Luis Muñoz at Football Lineups
  • José Luis Muñoz at MemoriaWanderers.cl (in Spanish)
  • José Luis Muñoz at PlaymakerStats.com