Nicolás Muñoz

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 43)
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

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Jarvis.

Nicolás Armando Muñoz Jarvis (born 21 December 1981) is a retired Panamanian professional footballer who played 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.

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

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

Player

C.D. FAS

• Primera División: Apertura 2004

C.D. Águila

• Primera División runner-up: Clausura 2010

A.D. Isidro Metapán

• Primera División: Apertura 2012, Apertura 2013, Clausura 2014, Apertura 2014

Individual

• Salvadoran Primera División Top Scorer: 2004 (A), 2007 (C), 2009 (C), Apertura 2011, Clausura 2012, Apertura 2012
• CCL Golden Boot: 2012–13

References

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

External links

• Nicolás Muñoz at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile - Isidro Metapán (in Spanish)
• El Grafico Profile Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
• Player Bio (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 September 2007)
• Nicolás Muñoz at Soccerway