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{{short description|Mexican footballer (born 1980)}}
{{family name hatnote|Muñoz|Rodríguez|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Moisés Muñoz
| image = MoiMunoz.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Muñoz with [[Club América|América]] in 2016
| fullname = Moisés Alberto Muñoz Rodríguez<ref name="Profile">{{cite web|title=Moisés Muñoz profile|url=http://www.clubamerica.com.mx/primer-equipo/plantilla/porteros/moises-alberto-munoz-rodriguez/|publisher=Club América official website|language=es}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1980|2|1}}<ref name="Profile" />
| birth_place = [[Aguililla]], [[Michoacán]], Mexico
| height = 1.85 m<ref name="Profile" />
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1999–2010
| clubs1 = [[Monarcas Morelia|Morelia]]
| caps1 = 282
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2006
| clubs2 = [[Monarcas Morelia|Morelia Primera A]]<ref>[https://ligamx.net/cancha/jugador/20912 Moisés Alberto Muñoz Rodríguez - Ficha Jugador]</ref>
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2010–2011
| clubs3 = [[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]
| caps3 = 53
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2012–2016
| clubs4 = [[Club América|América]]
| caps4 = 175
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2017
| clubs5 = → [[Chiapas F.C.|Chiapas]] (loan)
| caps5 = 17
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2017–2018
| clubs6 = → [[Club Puebla|Puebla]] (loan)
| caps6 = 28
| goals6 = 0
| totalcaps = 556
| totalgoals = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2004–2017
| nationalteam1 = [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
| nationalcaps1 = 18
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|MEX}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2015 United States–Canada]]|[[2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads#Mexico|Team]]}}
}}

'''Moisés Alberto Muñoz Rodríguez''' (born 1 February 1980) is a Mexican former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]].

Muñoz began his career in 1999 with [[Monarcas Morelia]], playing in over 200 matches for the club, before eventually moving to [[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]] in 2010. In 2011, he was sold to [[Club América]], with whom he won two league titles and two [[CONCACAF Champions League]] titles. He also had loan stints with [[Chiapas F.C.|Chiapas]] and [[Club Puebla|Puebla]] before retiring in 2018.

He has also been called up to the [[Mexico national football team|Mexico national team]], making his debut in 2004 and was a part of the national team which finished in fourth place at the [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup]].

In June 2012, Muñoz was involved in a car accident while driving from  [[Morelia]].<ref name="accidente">{{cite news|last=Vargas|first=Juan Carlos|title=Reportan a Moisés Muñoz estable y consciente tras accidente|url=http://excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&seccion=seccion-nacional&cat=1&id_nota=838757|access-date=4 June 2012|newspaper=[[Excélsior]]|date=3 June 2012|language=es}}</ref>

==Early life==
Muñoz was born in [[Aguililla]], [[Michoacán]], on 1 February 1980. Muñoz speaks English fluently, having been educated in [[Northern California]] during his formative years, attending elementary school and junior high school in [[Redwood City, California|Redwood City]] as an undocumented child of migrant workers. He never legalized his status in the [[United States]], but his parents have U.S. resident status and live in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]. He returned to Mexico before high school and by age 19 was playing for his hometown club in Morelia.<ref name="Zeigler">{{cite web|last=Zeigler|first=Mark|title=Mexico's hope reflected on Moises Munoz|work=U-T San Diego |url=http://web.utsandiego.com/news/2013/oct/29/soccer-mexico-qualcomm-finland-munoz/|publisher=[[UT-San Diego]]|access-date=29 October 2013}}</ref>

==Club career==
===Morelia===
[[File:Moisés Muñoz 2.jpg|195px|thumb|left|Muñoz with Monarcas Morelia.]]
Moisés Muñoz made his league debut with [[Monarcas Morelia]] on 19 September 1999 against [[C.F. Pachuca|Pachuca]]. Muñoz initially was used as back-up for [[Ángel Comizzo]]. Morelia won the Invierno 2000 league tournament, achieving their first league title against [[Deportivo Toluca F.C.|Toluca]], with Muñoz failing to appear in a match. Muñoz did not become a regular starter until the Apertura 2002 season, the same season Morelia advanced to the league final against [[Deportivo Toluca F.C.|Toluca]], which they lost 4–2 on aggregate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/partido/futbol/liga-mx/toluca-vs-morelia/2002/12/21/alineacion |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230160244/http://www.mediotiempo.com/partido/futbol/liga-mx/toluca-vs-morelia/2002/12/21/alineacion |archive-date=2016-12-30 |title=Toluca VS Morelia {{!}} Alineación {{!}} MedioTiempo}}</ref> The following season he helped Morelia advance to its second straight league final but lost to [[C.F. Monterrey|Monterrey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/partido/futbol/liga-mx/morelia-vs-monterrey/2003/06/14/alineacion |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230160640/http://www.mediotiempo.com/partido/futbol/liga-mx/morelia-vs-monterrey/2003/06/14/alineacion |archive-date=2016-12-30 |title=Morelia VS Monterrey {{!}} Alineación {{!}} MedioTiempo}}</ref> A native of the city of Morelia, he became a mainstay in the team, with his eleven years at the club one of the longest for a goalkeeper in the league. He played in 282 matches before being transferred to [[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]] in the 2010 Draft.

===Atlante===
For the Apertura 2010 tournament, Muñoz joined [[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]] in a trade for Argentine goalkeeper [[Federico Vilar]]. He would go on to be a permanent fixture for the club until his departure in 2011, making 53 league appearances.

===América===
[[File:America Mexico 2016 (1).jpg|150px|thumb|right|Muñoz in 2016]]
On 25 November 2011, Muñoz joined [[Club América]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Moisés Munoz llega al América|url=http://www.record.com.mx/futbol-nacional/2011-11-25/moises-Munoz-llega-al-america|publisher=Diario Récord|language=es|access-date=25 November 2011}}</ref> In his debut tournament with the club – the Clausura 2012 – he started in 21 games and played in 90 minutes in 20 of them; he was subbed off in the second half of the league match against [[Atlas F.C.|Atlas]].

In May 2013, Muñoz played his first league final with América, conceding the only goal in the 0–1 first-leg loss to [[Cruz Azul]]. His performance in the second-leg at the [[Estadio Azteca]] on 26 May helped América achieve a dramatic comeback after losing 0–1, 0–2 on aggregate, to tie the match 1–1 in the 88th minute with a goal from captain [[Aquivaldo Mosquera]]. In the 92nd minute, with seconds left of injury time, Muñoz scored a diving header off an [[Osvaldo Martínez]] corner, which deflected off Cruz Azul defender [[Alejandro Castro (footballer)|Alejandro Castro]], to send the game into extra-time, and subsequently to a penalty shoot-out. He saved [[Javier Orozco]]'s penalty kick, and América would go on to win the shoot-out 4–2 and win their eleventh league title. Muñoz's performance was praised by various media outlets.<ref>{{cite news|date=27 May 2013|last=Heydari|first=Keyvan Antonio|url=http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/27/mexico-dramatic-final-anoints-a-hero/|title=Mexico: Dramatic Final Anoints a Hero|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=27 May 2013}}</ref>

On 1 October 2016, Muñoz played his 500th league game in a 1–1 draw against [[C.F. Monterrey|Monterrey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=500 partidos de Liga de Moisés Munoz |url=http://www.clubamerica.com.mx/comunicados/500-partidos-liga-moises-Munoz/ |language=es|website=ClubAmérica.com.mx|access-date=1 October 2016}}</ref>

==International career==
Muñoz's first international cap for [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] was in a friendly match against [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]] on 27 October 2004. Muñoz was the second-choice goalkeeper at both the [[2004 Copa América]] and the [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|2005 Confederations Cup]]. Muñoz was the starting goalkeeper during the [[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]. Coach [[Ricardo La Volpe]] included him in the preliminary squad for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]], but he did not make the final 23-man list. Muñoz had also been called up as a backup goalkeeper by [[Hugo Sánchez]] and [[Sven-Göran Eriksson]].

Five years after his last call up and eight years after his last cap, Muñoz was selected by coach [[José Manuel de la Torre]] to Mexico's [[2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2013 Gold Cup]] squad. On 14 July 2013, he was the starting goalkeeper for Mexico's final group stage match against [[Martinique national football team|Martinique]], which Mexico won 3–1. During the match, Muñoz failed to save a penalty-kick from [[Kévin Parsemain]].

Later that year, after [[Miguel Herrera]] took over as national team coach, Muñoz was named the starting goalkeeper for the [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–OFC play-off)|2014 World Cup qualification playoff]] matches against [[New Zealand men's national football team|New Zealand]]. He played in both matches as Mexico won the playoff 9–3 on aggregate. He did not make the final 23-man squad for the [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014 World Cup]].

In June 2015 Muñoz was named in Mexico's squad participating in the [[2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup|CONCACAF Gold Cup]], being handed the number 1 jersey, instead of the number 23 he traditionally wears (which was instead given to [[José Juan Vázquez]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Chicharito, Vela headline Mexico's 23-man Gold Cup squad|url=http://www.espnfc.us/mexico/story/2489345/mexico-announce-23-man-gold-cup-squad|website=ESPN FC|date=12 June 2015 |access-date=12 June 2015}}</ref>

In October 2015, Muñoz was named in Mexico's squad for the [[2015 CONCACAF Cup]].

==Outside football==
===Personal life===
Muñoz is the cousin of fellow goalkeeper [[Carlos Felipe Rodríguez]]. And also is the brother of the professional football player, [[José Roberto Muñoz]].

Muñoz has stated that had he not decided on playing professional football he would have played [[basketball]] or [[American football]].<ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup: Moises Munoz goes from NBA & NFL dreams to potential spot on Mexico roster|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/worldcup/2014/news/article/2014/03/04/world-cup-moises-Munoz-goes-nba-and-nfl-dreams-potential-spot-world-cup-rost|publisher=MLSSoccer.com|access-date=11 March 2014}}</ref>

On 3 June 2012, while driving his [[Honda Odyssey (North America)|Honda Odyssey]] through the highway that connects [[Mexico City]] with [[Guadalajara]], Muñoz lost control of his vehicle and flipped it on to its roof.<ref name="accidente"/> He was heading to [[Morelia]], [[Michoacán]] at around 7:00&nbsp;p.m. with his wife Verónica ([[née]] Castro Alfaro) and two kids, Héctor and Zafiro.<ref name=accidente/><ref>{{cite news|last=Macías|first=Iván|title=Trasladan a Moisés Munoz a hospital del DF|url=http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/bbe18cfb71f1fbf3c01899f796061a24|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505224254/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/bbe18cfb71f1fbf3c01899f796061a24|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|access-date=4 June 2012|newspaper=[[Milenio]]|date=3 June 2012|language=es}}</ref> All of them were taken to Ángeles del Pedregal hospital by helicopter – the same hospital where [[Salvador Cabañas]], a former Club América player, was treated after being shot in the head.<ref name=heli/><ref name=mtaccidente>{{cite news|last=Terán|first=Juan Manuel|title=Moisés Munoz sufrió accidente automovilístico|url=http://msn.mediotiempo.com/futbol/mexico/noticias/2012/06/03/moises-Munoz-sufrio-accidente-automovilistico|access-date=4 June 2012|newspaper=Medio Tiempo|date=3 June 2012|language=es}}</ref> Apparently, the harsh rainfall in the area caused Muñoz to lose control of his vehicle.<ref>{{cite news|title=Moisés Munoz se encuentra estable y consciente tras accidente|url=http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/Munoz-1302415.html|access-date=4 June 2012|newspaper=[[La Vanguardia]]|date=3 June 2012|language=es}}</ref> Moreover, according to reports by the Mexican [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|Red Cross]], Muñoz suffered from [[traumatic brain injury]] but was "stable and conscious."<ref name=accidente/> Originally, it was reported that Muñoz's health condition was serious, but had improved as he received medical attention.<ref name=heli>{{cite news|title=Munoz sufrió accidente automovilístico|url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=1538118&s=mex&type=story&campaign=rss&source=ESPNdeportesPortada|access-date=4 June 2012|newspaper=[[ESPN]]|date=3 June 2012|language=es}}</ref> It was later stated that his head wound was not life-threatening, nor would it affect his playing career.<ref>{{cite news|title=Moisés Munoz, fuera de peligro: Médico de América|url=http://feeds.univision.com/feeds/article/2012-06-03/moises-Munoz-fuera-de-peligro?refPath=/futbol/mexico/|access-date=4 June 2012|newspaper=[[Univision]]|date=3 June 2012|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131201161024/http://feeds.univision.com/feeds/article/2012-06-03/moises-Munoz-fuera-de-peligro?refPath=%2Ffutbol%2Fmexico%2F|archive-date=1 December 2013}}</ref> Muñoz only suffered a head wound and never lost consciousness of what had happened.<ref>{{cite news|title=Estable el estado de salud de Moisés Munoz: Cruz Roja|url=http://es-us.deportes.yahoo.com/noticias/estable-estado-salud-mois%C3%A9s-mu%C3%B1oz-cruz-roja-022100275--spt.html|access-date=4 June 2012|newspaper=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=3 June 2012|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203074941/http://es-us.deportes.yahoo.com/noticias/estable-estado-salud-mois%C3%A9s-mu%C3%B1oz-cruz-roja-022100275--spt.html|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> He later revealed that he had suffered a broken finger.<ref name="Zeigler" /> In an interview Moi said, “If God kept me alive, it’s because I will do something big.” Then in [[2012–13 Liga MX season|Clausura 2013 Final against La Maquina]] he scored the tying goal.

[[Miguel Herrera]], manager of Club América, stated in a press conference what Muñoz had personally told him:
{{blockquote|I am very well. Fortunately, the doctors discarded any head fractures, and I am now boarding the helicopter and heading to Ángeles del Pedregal (the hospital). I will recover. Wait on me, Miguel.<ref>{{cite news|last=González|first=Raymundo|title='Aguántame Miguel', pidió Munoz|url=http://msn.mediotiempo.com/futbol/mexico/noticias/2012/06/03/aguantame-miguel-pidio-Munoz|access-date=4 June 2012|newspaper=Medio Tiempo|date=3 June 2012|language=es}}</ref>|Moisés Muñoz}}

===Media===
In 2015, Muñoz made an appearance on the Mexican telenovela ''[[La vecina]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=El portero Moisés Munoz en La Vecina|url=http://television.televisa.com/programas-tv/programas-series-y-mas/videos/2015-08-27/portero-moises-Munoz-vecina/|publisher=Televisa.com|access-date=27 August 2015}}</ref>

Muñoz was an analyst for [[Fox Sports]] during the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-world-cup-munoz-20180416-story.html| title = Moises Munoz joins Fox Sports broadcast team for World Cup - Los Angeles Times| website = [[Los Angeles Times]]| date = 16 April 2018}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
{{updated|match played 14 July 2017|<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|id=4369}}</ref>}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! National team !! Year !! Apps !! Goals
|-
|rowspan="7" valign="center"|[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
| 2004 || 4 || 0
|-
| 2005 || 4 || 0
|-
| 2013 || 2{{refn|group=note|name=Martinique|Moisés Muñoz played a match against Martinique in 2013, however, this team is not recognized by FIFA, so their matches are not statistically valid.}} || 0
|-
| 2014 || 2 || 0
|-
| 2015 || 3 || 0
|-
| 2016 || 1 || 0
|-
| 2017 || 2 || 0
|-
! colspan="2" | Total !! 18 !! 0
|}

==Honours==
'''Morelia'''
*[[Liga MX|Mexican Primera División]]: [[Primera División de México Invierno 2000|Invierno 2000]]
*[[Pre-Libertadores_tournament#Selectivo_Pre_Pre-Libertadores|Selectivo Pre Pre-Libertadores: 2001]]
*[[Pre-Libertadores tournament|Pre-Libertadores Tournament: 2001]]

'''América'''
*[[Liga MX]]: [[2012–13 Liga MX season#Torneo Clausura|Clausura 2013]], [[2014–15 Liga MX season#Torneo Apertura|Apertura 2014]]
*[[CONCACAF Champions League]]: [[2015 CONCACAF Champions League Finals|2014–15]], [[2016 CONCACAF Champions League Finals|2015–16]]

'''Mexico'''
*[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]: [[2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2015]]
*[[CONCACAF Cup]]: [[2015 CONCACAF Cup|2015]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{MedioTiempo|moises-munoz|Moisés Alberto Muñoz Rodríguez}}
* {{Soccerway}}
* {{NFT}}

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