Edwin Giovanni Muñoz Rubio (born 6 June 1993) is a Dominican

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who plays for

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and the Dominican Republic national team as a

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. He also holds

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citizenship.

Club career

Born in Paraíso, Barahona, Muñoz played as a youth for Spanish lower sides Zapillo Atlético and Los Molinos CF. He made his senior debuts for the latter on 6 March 2011 during the 2010–11 campaign, in the regional leagues. In September 2011, Los Molinos loaned Muñoz to UD Carboneras, in

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. After eight matches played with them, he returned to Los Molinos, that loaned him again, this time to regional side Atlético Bellavista, where he played just once, deciding to come back to Los Molinos and complete the 2011–12 season there. From the 2012-13 season until his arrival in the Dominican Football League in 2016, Muñoz was a regular player in Spanish Tercera División, playing a total of 115 matches and scoring 3 goals, for

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, CD Huércal, CD Utiel and CD Comarca del Mármol. After his Dominican Republic experience with

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, he went back to Spain, signing for CF Torre Levante in late November 2016.

International career

Muñoz made his international debut for

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on 26 March 2016, starting in a 1–2 loss against

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for the

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. He played three days later against

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Edwin Muñoz
at LaPreferente {{DEFAULTSORT:Munoz, Edwin 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Barahona Province Dominican Republic men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Dominican Republic emigrants to Spain Naturalised citizens of Spain Spanish men's footballers Dominican Republic men's international footballers CF Torre Levante players Deportivo Rayo Cantabria players Liga Dominicana de Fútbol players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen 21st-century Dominican Republic sportsmen