Manuel Muñoz Muñoz (28 April 1928 – 17 December 2022) was a Chilean
footballer
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who played as a
forward
Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward.
Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
for
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
in the
1950 FIFA World Cup
The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. The planned 1942 and 1946 World Cups were ...
. He also played for
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has pla ...
.
Muñoz died on 17 December 2022, at the age of 94.
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1928 births
2022 deaths
People from Tocopilla
Chilean footballers
Association football forwards
Chile international footballers
Colo-Colo footballers
C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers
1950 FIFA World Cup players
20th-century Chilean people
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