Cristián Muñoz’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Argentine footballer
Is Athlete 
Football player 
Association football player 
From Argentina 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 1 July 1977, Junín, Argentina
Age: 43 years
Star sign Cancer
Stats
Height: 177 cm
Sports Teams
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Los Andes
Colo-Colo
C.D. Universidad de Concepción
Club Atlético Talleres
Club Deportivo Huachipato
Club Deportivo Huachipato
Argentina national under-20 football team

Cristián Fernando Muñoz (born 1 July 1977) is an Argentine-born Chilean former professional footballer who played as goalkeeper. He is best known for his spells at Colo-Colo and Huachipato. Muñoz was nicknamed El Tigre (Spanish: the tiger) for his skills.

He was member of the Argentina U20 squad that won the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship celebrated in Malaysia.

He was the last active footballer to have played professionally alongside Diego Maradona.

Club career

Early career

Born in Junín, Buenos Aires, Muñoz started his career at his local village team Sarmiento in 1994, moving at the age of 20 to the Argentine giant club, Boca Juniors, after the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. He made his competitive debut for Boca against Newell’s Old Boys on 14 September of that year (1997). During his stay in the club, he was loaned to teams as Los Andes in 2000 and Talleres de Córdoba in 2001, remaining him in this club until 2002. In the next season, he returned to Boca as substitute of Roberto Abbondanzieri, winning the Copa Libertadores and then the Copa Sudamericana.

After two seasons in Argentina as substitute, in January 2005, Muñoz was signed by the Chilean side Huachipato for play the 2005 Torneo de Apertura. He made his club’s competitive debut in a 2–1 league away win over Deportes Temuco on 6 February. The club also impressed finishing in the semi-finals of the league championship playoffs. He made 100 appearances in all competitions in two years. Muñoz played a key role in Huachipato’s qualification to the 2007 Copa Sudamericana playoffs after of finish in the fourth position of the Apertura tournament with 40 points behind Audax Italiano with 44 points.

Colo-Colo

Muñoz was signed by defending Chilean Primera División champions Colo-Colo in July 2007 for an undisclosed fee, with the mission of replace to his countrymen Sebastián Cejas in the goal, who left the club for high costs. In his arrival to the club, he was assigned with the jersey number 1, because the departure of Cejas, who wears this number. He made his unofficial debut for the club in a 1–1 pre-season draw with the club’s rival Universidad de Chile for the Copa Gato.

His competitive debut for the club came on 29 July 2007 in the 3–0 away victory against Deportes Concepción. He received more competition when Rainer Wirth broke into the first team during the first games of the 2007 Clausura, and this made a rotation between the keepers, but because to the several errors of Wirth, Muñoz became in the club’s first goalkeeper. He played in the Clausura final against Universidad de Concepción in the 3–0 win, being this his first honour for the club, and also the club completed four titles consecutives since 2006 under the coach Claudio Borghi, being an historic record in the Chilean football. In the next season, Muñoz was runner-up of the 2008 Apertura, but champion of the Clausura tournament.

International career

With the Argentina Under-20 team, Muñoz won the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia, being teammate of players like Juan Román Riquelme, Esteban Cambiasso, Luciano Galletti, Diego Placente, among others. He was substitute of Leo Franco during the tournament and played in the second round against England under-20 team, in a game that finished in a 2–1 win of his country.

Club statistics

Club Season League Copa Chile Total
App G.A App G.A App G.A
Huachipato Apertura 2005 18 – – – 18 –
Clausura 2005 21 – – – 21 –
Apertura 2006 22 – – – 22 –
Clausura 2006 16 – – – 16 –
Apertura 2007 20 – – – 20 –
Club Total 97 – – – 97 –
Colo-Colo Clausura 2007 19 – – – 19 –
Apertura 2008 20 – – – 20 –
Clausura 2008 24 – – – 24 –
Apertura 2009 13 – – – 13 –
Clausura 2009 20 – – – 20 –
Club Total 96 – – – 96 –
Huachipato Torneo 2010 34 – – – 34 –
Apertura 2011 15 – – – 15 –
Clausura 2011 17 – – – 17 –
Apertura 2012 16 – – – 16 –
Clausura 2012 6 – 3 – 9 –
Club Total 88 – 3 – 91 –
Universidad de Concepción Primera B 2013 16 – – – 16 –
Apertura 2013/14 16 – 2 – 18 –
Clausura 2013/14 18 – – – 18 –
Apertura 2014/15 17 – 2 – 19 –
Club Total 67 – 4 – 71 –
Career Total 348 – 7 – 355 –

Honours

Club

Boca Juniors

  • Primera División Argentina: 1999 Clausura, 2003 Apertura
  • Copa Libertadores: 2001, 2003
  • Copa Sudamericana: 2004

Colo-Colo

  • Primera División de Chile: 2007-C, 2008-C, 2009-C

Huachipato

  • Primera División de Chile: 2012 Clausura

Universidad de Concepción

  • Primera B de Chile: 2013 Transición
  • Copa Chile: 2014–15

International

  • FIFA World Youth Championship: 1997
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