Damián Muñoz

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Damián Muñoz
Personal information
Full name Damián Darío Muñoz Galaz
Date of birth (1984-01-13) 13 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Curicó, Chile
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Curicó Unido
2006–2007 Iberia
2008 Curicó Unido
Managerial career
2013–2014 Curicó Unido (women youth)
2015–2019 Curicó Unido (youth)
2018 Curicó Unido (interim)
2019–2021 Curicó Unido (assistant)
2020 Curicó Unido (interim)
2021 Curicó Unido (interim)
2021–2023 Curicó Unido
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Damián Darío Muñoz Galaz (born 13 January 1984) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a forward.

Career

Born in Curicó, Muñoz played professionally for hometown side Curicó Unido,[1] winning the Tercera División in 2005 and the Primera B in 2008,[2] before taking over their women's youth team in 2013.[3] In 2015, he took over the men's team, but also as a youth coach.

In June 2018, Muñoz was named interim manager after Luis Marcoleta resigned.[4] He returned to his previous duties after the appointment of Jaime Vera, but was named assistant manager of the main squad in October 2019.

Muñoz was again interim in November 2020, after Nicolás Larcamón resigned.[5] He was again assistant after the arrival of Martín Palermo, and returned to the interim role after Palermo resigned on 25 July 2021.[6]

On 21 August 2021, Curicó Unido confirmed Muñoz as manager of the main squad.[7] He qualified the club to the Copa Libertadores for the first time ever in 2022, before being sacked on 22 May 2023.[8]

Personal life

His father, Mario, deceased in 2012, was the president of Curicó Unido from 1998 to 1999.[2]

Honours

Player

Curicó Unido

References

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