Gustavo Munúa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gustavo Adolfo Munúa Vera | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Deportivo de La Coruña | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 6 2004 | |||
Gustavo Adolfo Munúa Vera (born January 27, 1978) is a Uruguayan football player who plays as a goalkeeper. He currently plays for Deportivo de La Coruña in the Spanish Liga de Fútbol Profesional.
Career
He started his career in Nacional, where he won the uruguyan league titles of 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2002. In Nacional, Munúa established the record of longest time without conceding a goal: 963 minutes. Munúa also has the record of being the first goalkeeper to score a goal in uruguayan football, when he made a fantastic free-kick to give Nacional the victory in a league match against Central Español. He also scored some goals from penalties, in the uruguayan league and in Copa Libertadores. He left Nacional in 2003, joining La Liga club Deportivo de La Coruña, where he plays nowadays.
Munúa has been capped with Uruguay national team many times, participating in the FIFA World Cup 2002 in Korea and Japan and in the qualyfing round for FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany.
Honors and awards
- 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship: Runner-up.
- Uruguayan League: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002.
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