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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
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

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

Club career

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.

International career

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

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

C.D. FAS

C.D. Águila

A.D. Isidro Metapán

Individual

References

  1. ^ "El Gráfico".
  2. ^ http://archivo.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_completa.asp?idCat=6429&idArt=3918659
  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".
  6. ^ "El Gráfico".
  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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