Jesús Muñoz Calonge

Jesús Muñoz
Personal information
Full name Jesús Muñoz Calonge
Date of birth (1976-01-01) 1 January 1976
Place of birth Mota del Cuervo, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Almería (assistant)
Youth career
Albacete
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2001 Albacete 198 (15)
2001–2002 Atlético Madrid 12 (0)
2002–2006 Deportivo La Coruña 1 (0)
2002–2004 → Zaragoza (loan) 33 (1)
2004–2005 → Terrassa (loan) 34 (0)
2006–2007 Alcalá
2007–2008 Villarrobledo
Total 278 (16)
Teams managed
2012–2016 Rayo Vallecano (assistant)
2016 Granada (assistant)
2017–2018 Changchun Yatai (assistant)
2018– Almería (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jesús Muñoz Calonge (born 1 January 1976) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and is the current assistant manager of UD Almería.

Playing career

Born in Mota del Cuervo, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Muñoz was an Albacete Balompié youth graduate. On 2 September 1995, aged just 19, he made his first team – and La Liga – debut, starting in a 0–3 away loss against Sporting de Gijón.

Muñoz was a first-choice option during the 1995–96 season, which ended in relegation. He continued to feature regularly for Alba in the following campaigns, scoring his first professional goal on 10 November 1996 in a 3–1 Segunda División away defeat of Atlético Madrid B.

On 10 July 2001, Muñoz was presented at Atlético Madrid, freshly relegated to the second division.[1] He contributed with only 12 appearances, achieving top tier promotion as champions.

In 2002, Muñoz signed for Deportivo de La Coruña and was immediately loaned to Real Zaragoza in the second division.[2] On 31 August 2004, he moved to fellow league team Terrassa FC also in a temporary deal.[3]

Returning to Dépor in 2005, Muñoz only featured in one league match (16 minutes in a 2–1 away win against CA Osasuna on 26 February 2006) before leaving the club. He subsequently represented RSD Alcalá and CP Villarrobledo, retiring with the latter in 2008 at the age of 32.[4]

Managerial career

In 2012, Muñoz was appointed assistant of Paco Jémez at Rayo Vallecano.[5] He followed Jémez at Granada CF,[6] but after the manager's appointment at Cruz Azul, both ended their partnership.[7]

On 7 December 2017, Muñoz was announced as Chen Jingang's assistant at Changchun Yatai F.C. of the Chinese Super League.[8] The following 5 July, he was named assistant of Fran Fernández at UD Almería.[9]

Honours

Player

Atlético Madrid

References

  1. ↑ "Pindado y Jesús, presentados oficialmente" [Pindado and Jesús officially presented] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 10 July 2001. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Jesús Muñoz y David Pirri llegan cedidos del Deportivo" [Jesús Muñoz and David Pirri arrive on loan from Deportivo] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 29 June 2002. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Vryzas fue la sorpresa de última hora en el Celta" [Vryzas was the last-time surprise at Celta] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 1 September 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Temporada 2008–2009: Altas y Bajas" [2008–2009 season: Ins and outs]. CP Villarrobledo. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Jesús Muñoz y el Deportivo cruzan de nuevo sus caminos" [Jesús Muñoz and Deportivo cross paths once again] (in Spanish). La Opinión A Coruña. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Los hombres de Paco" [Paco's men] (in Spanish). Granada Digital. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Paco Jémez no cuenta con el albaceteño Jesús Muñoz como segundo en Cruz Azul" [Paco Jémez does not count with albaceteño Jesús Muñoz as assistant at Cruz Azul] (in Spanish). ABC. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Jesús Muñoz impondrá su metodología de trabajo en el Changchun Yatai" [Jesús Muñoz will introduce his work methodology at Changchun Yatai] (in Spanish). Marca. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Jesús Muñoz se incorpora a la disciplina rojiblanca como segundo entrenador del Almería" [Jesús Muñoz joins the red-and-white outfit as assistant manager of Almería] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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