Rafael Muga

{{Short description|Spanish football manager (born 1939)}}

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| fullname = Rafael Manuel Ruiz Muga

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1945|12|24}}

| birth_place = Puebla de Alcocer, Extremadura, Spain

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| manageryears1 = 1971–1980

| managerclubs1 = Spain XI women

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Rafael Manuel Ruiz Muga is a Spanish former football manager. He was the first Spain women's national football team manager and is regarded as an important founding figure of modern women's football in Spain.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.today/20230421065357/https://elpais.com/deportes/2019/06/16/actualidad/1560703885_733643.html|title=El hombre que creyó en el fútbol femenino|publisher=elpais.com (Archived)}}{{Cite web|url=https://brandedcontent.20minutos.es/rafael-muga-pionero-futbol-femenino-espana/|title=Muga, el loco que siempre creyó en ellas|publisher=20minutos.es}}{{Cite web|url=https://as.com/futbol/2022/03/02/femenino/1646253296_373624.html|title=Madrid y una deuda pendiente con Muga y Victoria Hernández|publisher=as.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://as.com/futbol/2015/05/19/mas_futbol/1432066327_226548.html|title=Rafael Muga: "Para llegar al Mundial hubo unas pioneras"|publisher=as.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.telemadrid.es/programas/el-partido-de-la-una/Futbol-Femenino-Rafael-Muga-rompieron-9-2293960594--20201208025613.html|title=Rafael Muga y los 50 años del primer partido de fútbol femenino: "Estas mujeres rompieron con todos los moldes"|publisher=telemadrid.es}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/reportajes/2013/04/serial_futbol_femenino/2013/04/23/seccion_01/1366710025.html|title=Rafael Muga, el impulsor|publisher=marca.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.today/20230416055714/https://noesfutboleslaliga.elmundo.es/latido-a-latido/las-mejores-historias-del-futbol-femenino|title=

‘Las estrellas olvidadas del fútbol femenino’, de Rafa R. Muga|publisher=elmundo.es (Archived)}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.acadef.es/el-futbol-femenino-en-espana/|title=La importancia de Rafael Muga|publisher=acadef.es}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/playz/20200115/pioneras-seleccion-espanola-futbol-femenino/1995610.shtml|title=Así ha cambiado el fútbol femenino en España: de la Selección Española 'Clandestina' al reconocimiento y el estrellato|publisher=rtve.es}}