Manuel Muñoz Muñoz (28 April 1928 – 17 December 2022) was a Chilean
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a
forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
*Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Smal ...
for
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
in the
1950 FIFA World Cup
The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the 4th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. It was the first Wo ...
. He also played for
Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...
.
Muñoz died on 17 December 2022, at the age of 94.
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1928 births
2022 deaths
People from Tocopilla
Footballers from Antofagasta Region
Chilean men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Chile men's international footballers
Colo-Colo footballers
C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers
1950 FIFA World Cup players
20th-century Chilean sportsmen
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