Manuel Muñoz (footballer)

{{Short description|Chilean footballer (1928–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{family name hatnote|Muñoz|Muñoz|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Manuel Muñoz

| image = Manuel Muñoz, Estadio, 1951-10-06 (438) 01.jpg

| caption = Muñoz in 1951

| fullname = Manuel Muñoz Muñoz

| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|04|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tocopilla, Chile

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|12|17|1928|04|28|df=y}}

| death_place = Arica, Chile

| height =

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1949–1958

| clubs1 = Colo-Colo

| caps1 =

| goals1 = 55

| nationalyears1 = 1950–1956

| nationalteam1 = Chile

| nationalcaps1 = 26

| nationalgoals1 = 8

}}

Manuel Muñoz Muñoz (28 April 1928 – 17 December 2022) was a Chilean footballer who played as a forward for Chile in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=7/teams/team=43925.html 1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025030646/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D7/teams/team%3D43925.html |date=25 October 2011 }} He also played for Colo-Colo.

Muñoz died on 17 December 2022, at the age of 94.{{cite news |title=Luto en el fútbol chileno: falleció el histórico Manuel "Colo Colo" Muñoz |url=https://www.publimetro.cl/deportes/2022/12/17/luto-en-el-futbol-chileno-fallecio-el-historico-manuel-colo-colo-munoz/ |access-date=20 December 2022 |publisher=Publimetro |date=17 December 2022}}