Nicolás Armando Muñoz Jarvis (born 21 December 1981) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a forward.[9]
 Muñoz with Isidro Metapán in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolás Armando Muñoz Jarvis | ||
| Date of birth | December 21, 1981 | ||
| 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 | |||
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
- Primera División runner-up: Clausura 2010
A.D. Isidro Metapán
Individual
References
External links
- Nicolás Muñoz at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile - Isidro Metapán (in Spanish)
- El Grafico Profile (in Spanish)
- Player Bio (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 September 2007)
- Nicolás Muñoz at Soccerway