Rodrigo Muñoz

{{short description|Uruguayan - Paraguayan footballer (born 1982)}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rodrigo Muñoz

| image = Rodrigo Muñoz.jpg

| upright =0.7

| fullname = {{nowrap|Rodrigo Martín Muñoz Salomón}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|1|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

| height = 1.81 m

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2000

| youthclubs1 = Cerro

| years1 = 2000–2008

| clubs1 = Cerro

| caps1 = 72

| goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2009–2011

| clubs2 = Nacional

| caps2 = 67

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2012–2018

| clubs3 = Libertad

| caps3 = 241

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2019–2022

| clubs4 = Cerro Porteño

| caps4 = 34

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2023

| clubs5 = Guarani

| caps5 = 36

| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1999

| nationalteam1 = Uruguay U17

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2014

| nationalteam2 = Uruguay

| nationalcaps2 = 0

| nationalgoals2= 0

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate =

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Rodrigo Martín Muñoz Salomón ({{IPA|es|roˈðɾiɣo muˈɲos}}; born 22 January 1982) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

=Cerro=

Muñoz played for Cerro from 2002 to 2008, scoring 4 goals.

=Nacional=

In 2009, he was transferred to Club Nacional de Football, making his debut in a 2-1 home win against Universidad San Martín de Porres in the 2009 Copa Libertadores on February 12, 2009.{{cite news |url=http://oralsport.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=133:el-arquero-rodrigo-munoz-se-incorporo-a-nacional&catid=56:futbol-uruguayo&Itemid=83 |publisher=Oralsport.com |title=El arquero Rodrigo Muñoz se incorporó a Nacional |access-date=13 January 2009 |date=13 January 2009|language=Spanish}} With Nacional he won the Uruguayan championship twice (2009 & 2011).

=Libertad=

In January 2012, he signed a new deal with the Paraguayan side Libertad.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.com.py/nota/dotacion-completa/ |publisher=Abc.com |title=Dotación completa |access-date=11 January 2012 |date=11 January 2012|language=Spanish}}

International career

On 18 May 2011 he was reserved to play a friendly match against Germany in Sinsheim.{{cite news |url=http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/110518/futinter-567295/futbolinternacional/rodrigo-munoz-fue-citado-en-lugar-de-silva/ |publisher=Ovacióndigital |title=Rodrigo Muñoz fue citado en lugar de Silva |access-date=18 May 2011 |date=18 May 2011 |language=Spanish |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521080703/http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/110518/futinter-567295/futbolinternacional/rodrigo-munoz-fue-citado-en-lugar-de-silva/ |archive-date=21 May 2011 }} Muñoz was named in Uruguay's provisional squad for Copa América Centenario but was cut from the final squad.{{cite web |url=http://www.espnfc.co.uk/uruguay/story/2861432/luis-suarez-leads-uruguays-35-man-copa-america-squad-list|title=Luis Suarez leads Uruguay's 35-man Copa America squad list|publisher=espnfc.co.uk |date=29 April 2016 |access-date=11 July 2016}}

Honours

References

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