Place of birth Netherlands Years Team Height 1.67 m | Playing position Apps (Gls) Current team Ceres–Negros F.C. | |
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Full name Jim Junior Abgelina Muñoz Date of birth (1987-05-18) May 18, 1987 (age 29) | ||
Jim Junior Abgelina Muñoz (born 18 May 1987) is a Filipino footballer who plays for Ceres–Negros in the Philippines Football League, as well as for the Philippines national team.
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Early life
Junior was born and raised in the Netherlands, where he started to play football at the age of six for the local club SV Hoofddorp. In 2001, he was scouted to play in the youth academy of HFC Haarlem, a first-division professional football club in the Netherlands.
Club career
Muñoz signed his first contract for Kaya F.C. in the UFL league in 2012. After some successful seasons Muñoz got the options & was given offers by some clubs and finally he signed for Stallion F.C.. From Stallion F.C., Muñoz signed again for Kaya F.C. at the start of the season in 2015, that year when the same club bagged the United Football League Champion title.
International career
Muñoz played in the Asian Federation Cup for Kaya F.C. and was instrumental with effective numbers of assist on goals & defense during the AFC tournament in May 2016 held in Singapore, Maldives & Hongkong. In one of the highlights, Muñoz effectively executed a very fine cross pass to OJ Porteria in scoring a goal on stoppage-time to force a 1-0 win against New Radiant F.C. from Maldives. In this tournament KAYA F.C. propelled one of the first two premier football clubs from the Philippines able to reach the first 16-team level in Asia, so far in the history. Philippine AZKALS - Muñoz received his first call up for the Philippine national football team in August 2016 for a friendly against Turkmenistan. The friendly was later cancelled. Muñoz made his debut on September 6, 2016 in a friendly against Kyrgyzstan coming in as a substitute for Kevin Ingreso in the second half. Muñoz executed a very fine headball assist, helping Misagh Bahadoran score a goal and thus helped Azkals won the match. Muñoz made his second appearance for Azkals on October 10, 2016 by substituting James Younghusband as right-wing attacker in the second half during the friendly match against North Korea.