Jennifer Munoz

Jennifer Muñoz
Personal information
Full name Jennifer Eunice Muñoz Sandoval[1]
Date of birth (1993-12-31) 31 December 1993[2]
Place of birth Orange County, California, United States[3]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[4]
Playing position Defender[5][6] / Midfielder / Forward[4]
Club information
Current team
Puerto Rico Sol
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Golden West Rustlers 35 (12)
2014–2015 Martin Methodist RedHawks 41 (25)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 FC Indiana 10 (2)
2018– Puerto Rico Sol 0 (0)
National team
2014– Guatemala 2 (1)
Teams managed
2016 Martin Methodist RedHawks (women) (volunteer assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jennifer Eunice Muñoz Sandoval (born 31 December 1993) is an American-born Guatemalan footballer who plays as a defender for Puerto Rican club Puerto Rico Sol FC and the Guatemala women's national team.[7]

College career

Costa Mesa, California-based Muñoz began her college career in 2012, being a defender and forward for the Golden West Rustlers.[6] As a freshman, she played 14 matches, scored 2 goals and made 1 assist.[6] Next season, as a sophomore, she transitioned definitely into a forward and improved her performance, playing 21 matches, scoring 10 goals and making 6 assists.[8] In 2014, she moved to the Martin Methodist RedHawks, where she began to play as a midfielder (besides forward).[4] Like her stint at Golden West College, her second year at Martin Methodist was better than the first. While as a junior she scored 4 goals and made two assists in 21 matches, as a senior she scored 21 goals (being the team top goalscorer) and made 8 assists in 20 matches.[4] She finished her college career as a player in late 2015, but continued in the RedHawks as a volunteer assistant during the 2016 season.[9]

Club career

Muñoz played for United Women's Soccer team FC Indiana in 2017.[10] She signed with Puerto Rico Sol in July 2018.[7] There, she was reassigned as a defender.[5]

International career

Muñoz qualifies to play for Guatemala through descent. She capped during the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.[11]

References

  1. "Informe de Auditoría Externa 2016" (PDF) (in Spanish). CGC. p. 33. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  2. Jennifer Muñoz at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  3. "Jennifer Eunice Munoz, Born 12/31/1993 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Jennifer Munoz - 2015 Women's Soccer Roster". Martin Methodist College. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Women's Team". Puerto Rico Sol FC. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 "Jennifer Munoz (2012)". Golden West Coast. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  7. 1 2 Vázquez Muñiz, Héctor. "Radiante el 'Sol' con Laura Suárez", quepalo.com, August 1, 2018.
  8. "Jennifer Munoz (2013)". Golden West Coast. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  9. "Jennifer Munoz - 2016 Women's Soccer Roster". Martin Methodist College. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  10. "Statistics - 2017 Regular Season - United Women's Soccer Teams". United Women's Soccer. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  11. "Pase a Rïo se complica" (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2018.


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