Pablo Roberto Munhoz Rodríguez (born 31 August 1982 in

Rivera Rivera () is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. The border with Brazil joins it with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, which is only a street away from it, at the north end of Route 5. Together, they form an urban area of aro ...

) is a

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an football

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playing for Tabaré Pireápolis F.C..

Club career

Munhoz played much of his early career with

Defensor Sporting Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several sports sections, with football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant achievem ...

in the

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before signing in 2004 with Croatian HNK Hajduk Split where he will play three seasons and help them win the 2005 Championship. In summer 2007 he went back to Uruguay to play with Uruguayan club

Club Nacional de Football Club Nacional de Football (, ''National Football Club'' or simply as Nacional) is a Uruguayan professional sports club based in Montevideo. The club was founded on 14 May 1899 as a result of the merger between ''Uruguay Athletic Club'' and ''Mon ...

but by the end of the year he was on his way to China to sign with

Wuhan Optics Valley F.C. Wuhan Optics Valley Football Club () is a defunct football club that was located in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The club's home stadium was Xinhua Road Sports Center, while the important matches were played at the more modern stadi ...

(known until then as Wuhan Guanggu). However, that season the club was withdrew from the

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and in consequence was punished by the Chinese Federation. Munhoz left China and returned to Uruguay playing for a number of clubs, such as

Juventud de Las Piedras Club Atlético Juventud is a sports club from Las Piedras, Canelones in Uruguay. CA Juventud won promotion to the Primera División Uruguaya to start in August 2007. History The club was born from a group of youths from Las Piedras, Uruguay ...

Atenas de San Carlos Club Atlético Atenas de San Carlos is a football club from San Carlos, Maldonado in Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan Segunda División. History Atenas played two seasons in the Uruguayan Primera División, 2009–10 and 2014–1 ...

and in 2010 he signed for

El Tanque Sisley El Tanque Sisley is a football (soccer), football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan Tercera División, Uruguayan 3rd Division. The club were founded in 1955 with the name ''Club Atlético El Tanque'', on Dece ...

returning to the Uruguayan top league. In the summer of 2011 he returned to Europe, this time to play with GC Biaschesi in the Swiss 1. Liga Group 3. He joined Brazilian club

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on January 3, 2012. Between 2013 and 2016 Munhoz spent three seasons in the second tier of

Uruguayan Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

football, playing for Huracán F.C., Progreso, and

Deportivo Maldonado Club Deportivo Maldonado is a football club from Maldonado, Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan Primera División following their promotion from the Uruguayan Segunda División at the end of the 2019 season. History Club Deportivo ...

. As of 2017 Munhoz was in

Piriápolis Piriápolis is a city in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay. It is an important summer resort in the country, predating the larger and better known resort town of Punta del Este. Because it is mainly used as a resort, it has a relatively small per ...

, running his Negrol football school for children and playing for the local lower-tier team Tabaré Piriápolis F.C..

International career

Munhoz made two appearances for the Uruguay national team in 2003.

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Pablo Munhoz
at Tenfieldigital. {{DEFAULTSORT:Munhoz, Pablo 1982 births Living people People from Rivera Department Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguay men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Defensor Sporting players Club Nacional de Football players Juventud de Las Piedras players Atenas de San Carlos players El Tanque Sisley players HNK Hajduk Split players Croatian Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Wuhan Optics Valley F.C. players Chinese Super League players Expatriate men's footballers in China Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland