Luana Florencia Muñoz (born 22 January 1999) is an Argentine
footballer
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who plays as a
centre-back
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Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...
for
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
*Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Foot ...
and the
Argentina women's national team. She transferred to Texas Tech after two seasons at
Tyler Junior College.
International career
Muñoz represented Argentina at the
2014 South American U-20 Women's Championship. She made her senior debut for Argentina on 28 February 2019 in a 0–5 friendly loss against South Korea.
Personal life
Muñoz is a supporter of
Racing
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. She also supports the movement to make abortion legal, safe, and free in Argentina.
References
1999 births
Living people
Footballers from Avellaneda
Argentine women's footballers
21st-century Argentine sportswomen
Women's association football central defenders
Club Atlético River Plate (women) players
UAI Urquiza (women) players
Tyler Apaches women's soccer players
Argentina women's international footballers
Argentine expatriate women's footballers
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
Argentine abortion-rights activists
Texas Tech Red Raiders women's soccer players
Celtic F.C. Women players
Expatriate women's footballers in Scotland
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
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