Damián Darío Muñoz Galaz (born 13 January 1984) is a Chilean

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and former player who played as a

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Career

Born in

Curicó Curicó (), meaning "Black Waters" in Mapudungun (originally meaning "Land of Black Water"), is the capital city of the Curicó Province, part of the Maule Region in Chile's central valley. The province lies between the provinces of Colcha ...

, Muñoz played professionally for hometown side

Curicó Unido Curicó Unido is a football club based in Curicó, Maule Region, Chile. They currently play in the Primera División, the first level of the Chilean football system. They are currently managed by Damián Muñoz. History Curicó Unido was fo ...

, winning the

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

in 2005 and the Primera B in 2008, before taking over their women's youth team in 2013. In 2015, he took over the men's team, but also as a youth coach. In June 2018, Muñoz was named interim manager after

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resigned. He returned to his previous duties after the appointment of

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, but was named assistant manager of the main squad in October 2019. Muñoz was again interim in November 2020, after

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resigned. He was again assistant after the arrival of

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, and returned to the interim role after Palermo resigned on 25 July 2021. On 21 August 2021, Curicó Unido confirmed Muñoz as manager of the main squad. He qualified the club to the

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for the first time ever in 2022, before being sacked on 22 May 2023.

Personal life

His father, Mario, deceased in 2012, was the president of

from 1998 to 1999.

Honours

Player

Curicó Unido *

: * Primera B:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Munoz, Damian 1984 births Living people People from Curicó Chilean men's footballers Men's association football forwards Tercera División de Chile players Primera B de Chile players Curicó Unido footballers Deportes Iberia footballers Chilean football managers Chilean Primera División managers Curicó Unido managers