Cristián Marcelo Muñoz Corrales (born July 15, 1983) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a

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Club career

He began his career in

Universidad de Chile The University of Chile () is a public research university in Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the co ...

, then played on a loan in

Cobreloa Club de Deportes Cobreloa S.A.D.P. (), commonly referred to as Cobreloa, is a professional Chilean football league system, Chilean football club based in Calama, Chile, Calama, Región de Antofagasta, Chile. They compete in the Primera B de Ch ...

, then in

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their ...

. In January 2010, it was announced that Corrales will play in Greek Championship of Beta Ethniki. Corrales was transferred to Ilioupoli F.C. He finished the season with fifteen appearances and three goals. At the end of 2021 season, A.C. Barnechea announced the retirement of Muñoz from the football activity as a professional footballer.

International career

Muñoz represented Chile at several youth levels, the most important of these is the

2003 South American U-20 Championship The 2003 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericana sub-20) is a football competition contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Uruguay between 4 and 28 January 2003, it was the 21st time the com ...

, without luck, in the category of Sudamericano of Uruguay. A part of that team together with

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, Mauricio Pinilla, Gonzalo Fierro, Luis Jiménez,

Jorge Valdivia Jorge Luis Valdivia Toro (, born 19 October 1983) is a Chilean national and former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Product of Colo-Colo youth ranks, Valdivia had an impressing loan spell at Universidad de Concep ...

, Miguel Pinto, Marco Estrada,

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, Miguel Aceval and Eduardo Rubio.

Managerial career

Following his retirement as a professional player, he coached

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s at the (Professional Footballers' Trade Union). On second half 2022, he took his first challenge as head coach in a professional club after joining

Santiago Morning Club de Deportes Santiago Morning (popularly known as Chaguito Morning or Morning) is a Chilean professional Association football, football club based in Recoleta, Chile, Recoleta, Santiago currently playing in Primera B de Chile, Primera B. Hi ...

in the

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, being released in May 2023. In 2024, he signed with Barnechea.

Personal life

He is nicknamed ''La Nona'', a spanish form of ''Nonna'' (grandmother in Italian). This nickname was given by his teammate Gamadiel García when he was 21 years old, due to the fact that he had many wrinkles in the face.

Honours

Player

;Universidad de Chile * Primera División: 2004 Apertura ;Barnechea * Segunda División Profesional: 2016-17

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Munoz, Cristian 1983 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers 21st-century Chilean sportsmen Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers C.D. Cobreloa footballers Santiago Wanderers footballers Santiago Morning footballers Deportes Puerto Montt footballers Deportes Melipilla footballers José Gálvez FBC footballers Total Chalaco footballers GS Ilioupolis players Coquimbo Unido footballers Sport Boys footballers Deportes Iberia footballers Rangers de Talca footballers A.C. Barnechea footballers Unión San Felipe footballers Chilean Primera División players Peruvian Primera División players Football League (Greece) players Primera B de Chile players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Peru Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Chilean football managers Santiago Morning managers A.C. Barnechea managers Primera B de Chile managers Men's association football midfielders