Gustavo Munúa

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Gustavo Munúa
Gustavo Adolfo Munúa.jpg
Personnel
Surname Gustavo Adolofo Munúa Vera
birthday January 27, 1978
place of birth Montevideo ,  Uruguay
size 188 cm
position goalkeeper
Juniors
Years station
0000-1997 Nacional Montevideo
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1997-2003 Nacional Montevideo 102 (3)
2003-2009 Deportivo La Coruña 26 (0)
2009-2010 Málaga CF 38 (0)
2010-2013 Levante UD 86 (0)
2013-2014 AC Florence 0 (0)
2014-2015 Nacional Montevideo 42 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
at least 1997 Uruguay U20 at least 7 (0)
1998-2004 Uruguay 22 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2015-2016 Nacional Montevideo
2017– LDU Quito
1 Only league games are given.

Gustavo Munúa (born January 27, 1978 in Montevideo ) is a former Uruguayan football goalkeeper and current coach.

Player career

societies

Munúa began his career with Uruguay's serial champion Nacional Montevideo , where he made his debut in 1997. With the club he won the national championship in 1998, 2000 and 2001 under coach Hugo De León , and in 2002 coached by Daniel Carreño . With 963 minutes he holds the record in Uruguay with the longest time without conceding a goal. He's also been the first goalkeeper to score in Uruguay's professional football (a league free kick against Central Español ). He also has some penalties. He also played numerous games in the most important competition in South American club football, the Copa Libertadores . In 2003 he was signed with great expectations by Deportivo La Coruña , where he played until 2009. He had to spend most of his time on the bench, in the 2007/08 season he was able to fight for the regular place in the Galician goal after a few mistakes by competitor Dudu Aouate .

He was last noticed at Deportivo through a fight with the Israeli Dudu Aouate. According to media reports, this brawl led to legal proceedings in which Munúa was sentenced to six months imprisonment, which was optional against payment of a fine of 3,600 euros.

In mid-2009 he signed with Málaga FC , where he was able to establish himself as a regular goalkeeper in a short time. After only a year he moved to UD Levante , in whose ranks he was since August 6, 2010 and for which he completed 86 league games. In June 2013 he moved to Fiorentina .

In Florence, however, he only perceived the substitute goalkeeper role behind the Brazilian Neto in the league . However, he ran twice in the Europa League . In January 2014 Munúa returned to Uruguay and joined his former employer, Nacional Montevideo. There he played in all 15 Clausura league games in the 2013/14 season and played five games in the 2014 Copa Libertadores . In the 2014/15 season he won the championship with Nacional and was used in 27 top division games and two games in the 2015 Copa Libertadores . He then ended his active career.

National team

Munúa took part with the Uruguayan U-20 selection at the U-20 South American Championship in 1997 and finished fourth with the team. During the tournament he was used by coach Víctor Púa seven times. He was also able to reach the final of the U20 World Cup with this team in 1997 and became vice world champion. He also played for the Uruguayan senior team . Overall, he completed from his debut on May 24, 1998 to his last appearance on June 6, 2004 22 internationals for Uruguay, in which he had to accept 35 goals. He was a member of the 2001 Copa America squad and played four tournament games there. He also took part in the 2002 World Cup, but was not used. He also played during qualifying for the 2006 World Cup .

successes

  • Uruguayan champions: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2014/15
  • U-20 Vice World Champion: 1997

Coaching career

On June 30, 2015, he was officially introduced as the new head coach of Nacional Montevideos, succeeding the master coach Álvaro Gutiérrez, who had moved to Saudi Arabia . In June 2016, Munúa and the association ended their collaboration. Since January 2017 he has been a trainer at LDU Quito in Ecuador.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gustavo Munúa arribó a Montevideo para jugar en Nacional (Spanish) on lr21.com.uy of January 18, 2014, accessed on February 2, 2014
  2. ↑ Munua imprisonment
  3. ↑ a b Gustavo Munúa in the database of kicker.de , accessed on February 2, 2014
  4. ↑ Fiorentina catch Levante keeper Munúa ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 28, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.insidespanishfootball.com
  5. ↑ El gol de Munúa que liquidó a Oriente Petrolero ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) in El Observador, January 28, 2014, accessed February 2, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.elobservador.com.uy
  6. ↑ Profile on fichajes.com , accessed on January 27, 2015
  7. ^ A b Gustavo Munúa in the soccerway.com database, accessed March 5, 2017
  8. ↑ Sudamericanos s20: década del 90 ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from auf.org.uy, accessed May 11, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.auf.org.uy
  9. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team on rsssf.com , accessed on December 11, 2012
  10. ↑ FRANCIA 0 - 0 URUGUAY ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 11, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.auf.org.uy
  11. ↑ Uruguay - International Matches 2011-2015 (as of October 16, 2012) in the RSSSF database . Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  12. ↑ Copa América 2001 on rsssf.com, accessed March 30, 2014
  13. ↑ Tirarse de palo a palo (Spanish) on futbol.com.uy from June 30, 2015, accessed on July 1, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Munúa, Gustavo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Munúa Vera, Gustavo Adolfo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo , Uruguay