Cristian Muga

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Cristian Muga

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Cristian Daniel Muga Machado

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1996|1|2}}

| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

| height = 1.79 m(playersCRVIDEOGOL) {{YouTube|id=Hipqk3sRxDU|title=Cristian Muga - FUTBOLISTA - Mediocampista Mixto}} {{inlang|es}}. 25 October 2023.

| currentclub = Cobreloa

| clubnumber =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = River Plate Montevideo

| youthyears2 = 2016–2017

| youthclubs2 = Liverpool Montevideo

| years1 = 2017

| caps1 = 9

| goals1 = 0

| clubs1 = Liverpool Montevideo

| years2 = 2018

| caps2 = 4

| goals2 = 0

| clubs2 = Uruguay Montevideo

| years3 = 2018

| caps3 = –

| goals3 = –

| clubs3 = C.A.I.

| years4 = 2018–2019

| caps4 = 4

| goals4 = 0

| clubs4 = Guillermo Brown

| years5 = 2020–2021

| caps5 = 34

| goals5 = 0

| clubs5 = Uruguay Montevideo

| years6 = 2022

| caps6 = 24

| goals6 = 1

| clubs6 = Rampla Juniors

| years7 = 2023–2024

| caps7 = 56

| goals7 = 6

| clubs7 = Santiago Morning

| years8 = 2025–

| caps8 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| clubs8 = Cobreloa

| club-update = 18 December 2024

}}

Cristian Daniel Muga Machado (born 2 January 1996) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean club Cobreloa.

Club career

Muga was with River Plate from Montevideo{{cite web |title=Club Atlético River Plate - 2015/2016 3A |url=https://www.auf.org.uy/historico-planteles/4463/4/ |website=www.auf.org.uy |access-date=10 May 2024 |language=es}} before joining Liverpool,{{cite web |title=Liverpool Fútbol Club - 2015/2016 3A |url=https://www.auf.org.uy/historico-planteles/205/4/ |website=www.auf.org.uy |access-date=10 May 2024 |language=es}} with whom he made his professional debut in June 2017.{{cite tweet |user=LiverpoolFC1915 |number=873628194951368704 |title=#LIVvsETS Belvedere. SALUDAMOS a Cristian Muga en su Debut en primera division |date=10 June 2017 |access-date=10 May 2024 |language=es}}{{cite news |title=Contratos y DT a resolver |url=https://www.tenfield.com.uy/contratos-y-dt-a-resolver/ |access-date=10 May 2024 |work=Tenfield.com |date=11 December 2017 |language=es}}

In 2018, he switched to Uruguay Montevideo.{{cite web |title=Uruguay Montevideo Football Club - 2018 |url=https://www.auf.org.uy/historico-planteles/280/5/ |website=www.auf.org.uy |access-date=10 May 2024 |language=es}} In the same year, he moved to Argentina and had a brief stint with Comisión de Actividades Infantiles (C.A.I.) before joining Guillermo Brown.{{cite news |title=Brown llegó a Buenos Aires y este viernes enfrenta a Tigre por la Copa Argentina |url=https://www.pastadecampeon.com/a-dos-toques/brown-llego-a-buenos-aires-y-este-viernes-enfrenta-a-tigre-por-la-copa-argentina_a64487d46c23401a5c7ca6d6f |access-date=10 May 2024 |work=www.pastadecampeon.com |date=19 July 2018 |language=es |quote=La delegación que viajó a Buenos Aires está integrada por Julián Bartolo... Emanuel Moreno, Cristian Muga, Federico Rasmussen,...}}{{cite news |title=Brown (Puerto Madryn): Otro desde Villa Crespo |url=https://www.soloascenso.com.ar/notas/brown-madryn/otro-desde-villa-crespo/122766 |access-date=10 May 2024 |work=www.soloascenso.com.ar |date=1 August 2018 |language=es |quote=Germán Martínez, además de otros futbolistas como Cristian Muga,...}} He made four appearances for Guillermo Brown in the 2019–20 Primera Nacional.{{cite web |title=Perfil: Cristian Muga |url=https://www.soloascenso.com.ar/perfil/cristian-muga/23720 |website=www.soloascenso.com.ar |access-date=10 May 2024 |language=es}}{{cite news |title=Guillermo Brown le ganó 3-2 un amistoso a Chacarita |url=https://www.diariojornada.com.ar/241449/deportes/guillermo_brown_le_gano_32_un_amistoso_a_chacarita |access-date=10 May 2024 |work=www.diariojornada.com.ar |date=3 August 2019 |language=es}}

Back to Uruguay, he rejoined Uruguay Montevideo, with whom he won the 2020 Primera División Amateur and the promotion to the Segunda División.{{cite web |title=Uruguay Montevideo Football Club - 2020 |url=https://www.auf.org.uy/historico-planteles/280/7/ |website=www.auf.org.uy |access-date=10 May 2024 |language=es}}{{cite news |title=¡¡¡Uruguay Montevideo Campeón Uruguayo!!! |url=https://www.tenfield.com.uy/campeon-en-el-centenario-2/ |access-date=10 May 2024 |work=Tenfield.com |date=15 December 2020 |language=es}}

In 2022, Muga played for Rampla Juniors.{{cite news |title=Pases de uruguayos |url=https://www.tenfield.com.uy/pases-de-uruguayos-5/ |access-date=10 May 2024 |work=Tenfield.com |date=7 January 2023 |language=es |quote=El volante Cristian Muga, de 27 años, fue presentado como nuevo jugador de Santiago Morning de Chile. En la última temporada Muga jugó en Rampla Juniors }}{{cite web |title=Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club - 2022 |url=https://www.auf.org.uy/historico-planteles/4462/9/ |website=www.auf.org.uy |access-date=10 May 2024 |language=es}}{{cite news |title=Cristián Muga y Bastián Ubal se unen a Santiago Morning con miras al Ascenso |url=https://campeonatochileno.cl/noticia/8220/muga-y-ubal-se-unen-al-morning |access-date=10 May 2024 |work=Campeonatochileno.cl |publisher=FFCh |date=6 January 2023 |language=es}}

In 2023, he moved abroad again and signed with Chilean club Santiago Morning.{{cite news |title=Morning confirma nuevos refuerzos y podría llegar un uruguayo |url=https://primerabchile.cl/santiago-morning-confirma-nuevos-refuerzos-y-podria-llegar-un-uruguayo-que-ya-jugo-en-chile/ |access-date=10 May 2024 |work=PrimeraBChile.cl |date=8 January 2023 |language=es}} He renewed with them for the 2024 season.{{cite news |last1=Reyes |first1=Pablo |title=Santiago Morning: Las llegadas y renovaciones del plantel |url=https://pasiondehincha.cl/santiago-morning-las-llegadas-y-renovaciones-del-plantel/ |access-date=10 May 2024 |work=Pasión de Hincha |date=11 February 2024 |language=es}} He moved to Cobreloa for the 2025 season.{{cite news |last1=Silva |first1=Felipe |title=Cobreloa presenta otro refuerzo: “Destaca por su buena técnica” |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/cobreloa-presenta-otro-refuerzo-destaca-por-su-buena-tecnica-n/ |access-date=19 December 2024 |work=Diario AS |date=18 December 2024 |language=es}}