Ezequiel Matías Muñoz (born 8 October 1990) 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 Argentine club
Lanús
Lanús () is the capital of Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, metropolitan area. The List of cities in Argentina, city has a populati ...
. His nickname is ''Il niño di Pergamino'' or ''El Chiquito''.
Club career
At 18 years of age, Muñoz made his league debut with
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...
during a 0–1 defeat to
Estudiantes de La Plata
( lit. "La Plata Students"), simply referred to as Estudiantes de La Plata, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its histo ...
during the
2009 Clausura tournament. He had, however, previously played with the team during the
2008 Copa Sudamericana
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. Subsequently, he suffered a
cruciate ligament
Cruciate ligaments (also cruciform ligaments) are pairs of ligaments arranged like a letter X. They occur in several joints of the body, such as the knee joint, wrist joint
and the atlanto-axial joint. In a fashion similar to the cords in ...
injury to his knee, which stalled his progression in the team. He returned to the field during the
2010 Clausura, during a 2–2 draw with
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...
.
In August 2010,
Serie A
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club
Palermo
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announced the signing of Ezequiel Muñoz from Boca Juniors.
He made his debut with the Sicilian club on 26 August 2010, when he was picked as a starter in the return leg of the
2010–11 UEFA Europa League
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play-off round against
NK Maribor
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. He debuted in
Serie A
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on 29 August 2010 against
Cagliari
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.
On 2 February 2015,
Sampdoria confirmed that they had taken Muñoz on loan. After only four matches, on 18 July 2015 he signed a 4-year contract as a
free agent
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for
Genoa
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.
On 8 August 2017, Muñoz switched teams and countries again, signing a three-year deal with
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...
side
CD Leganés
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, for a rumoured fee of
€
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2 million. Ten days later he made his debut for the club, starting in a 1–0 home win against
Deportivo Alavés
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.
On 12 June 2019, Munoz signed with Argentine side
Lanús
Lanús () is the capital of Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, metropolitan area. The List of cities in Argentina, city has a populati ...
.
On 26 September, Munoz signed with Argentine side
Independiente.
On January 14, 2022, he signs a contract with
Estudiantes de La Plata
( lit. "La Plata Students"), simply referred to as Estudiantes de La Plata, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its histo ...
.
International career
In 2009, Muñoz was called by the
Argentina national team coach
Diego Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona Franco (30 October 196025 November 2020) was an Argentine professional association football, football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two ...
for a friendly match against
Panama
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in a squad exclusively formed with footballers based on the Argentine league. Nonetheless, he had to be left out after suffering the cruciate ligament injury to his knee.
Career statistics
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1990 births
Living people
Footballers from Buenos Aires Province
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Argentina men's youth international footballers
Argentina men's under-20 international footballers
Men's association football central defenders
Argentine Primera División players
Boca Juniors footballers
Serie A players
Serie B players
Palermo FC players
UC Sampdoria players
Genoa CFC players
La Liga players
CD Leganés players
Club Atlético Lanús footballers
Club Atlético Independiente footballers
Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
21st-century Argentine sportsmen