Juan Martín Mujica Ferreira (22 December 1943 – 11 February 2016) was a

Uruguay 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 ...

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player and manager who represented his country at the

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May t ...

Career

Mujica played club football for Rampla Juniors,

Nacional Nacional, the Portuguese and Spanish word for "national", may refer to: Airlines * Nacional Transportes Aéreos, a Brazilian airline defunct in 2002 * Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961 Bank * Banco Nacional, a ...

Lille OSC Lille Olympique Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as LOSC, LOSC Lille or simply Lille, is a French professional football club based in Lille, Hauts-de-France that competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Lille has played its ...

RC Lens Racing Club de Lens (, commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply Lens) is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, ''les sang et or'' (''the blood and gold''), come ...

Liverpool de Montevideo Liverpool Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The team was first promoted to the Primera División in 1919 and plays its home games at Estadio Belvedere. History The club has its roots in the student team from the ...

and

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 achievemen ...

. Mujica made 22 appearances for the

Uruguay national football team The Uruguay national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Uruguay) represents Uruguay in international Association football, football, and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. T ...

between 1966 and 1970, scoring 2 goals.Uruguay record international players
at

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Honours

Club

;

Alianza F.C. Alianza Fútbol Club, also known simply as Alianza, is a football club based in San Salvador, El Salvador. Founded in 1958, Alianza was almost immediately successful, winning its first championships in the 1966 and 1967 Salvadoran seasons. Even ...

* Primera División ** Champion: Clausura 2004

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1943 births 2016 deaths Uruguayan footballers Uruguay international footballers Uruguayan Primera División players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Rampla Juniors players Club Nacional de Football players Lille OSC players RC Lens players Defensor Sporting players Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players 1970 FIFA World Cup players Uruguayan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Uruguayan football managers Club Nacional de Football managers Millonarios F.C. managers Atlético Nacional managers Independiente Medellín managers Deportes Tolima managers Deportivo Saprissa managers L.D. Alajuelense managers Expatriate football managers in Brazil Expatriate football managers in Colombia Expatriate football managers in Costa Rica Expatriate football managers in El Salvador Association football defenders Montevideo Wanderers managers {{uruguay-footy-defender-stub