Nicolás Armando Muñoz Jarvis (born 21 December 1981) is a Panamanian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career Nicknamed Yuyu, Muñoz has spent most of his career in his native Panama and in El Salvador, but also had a stint in Colombia with Envigado, whom he left for Salvadoran side Chalatenango in 2004.Nicolás Muñoz se destaca en El Salvador - Panamá América
He also played for FAS and Águila, to whom he returned after a shortlived loan spell in Portugal with Belenenses,Muñoz se incorpora al Belenenses - La Prensa and in summer 2008 he signed with Alianza.Nicolás Muñoz pasó al Alianza de El Salvador - La Prensa
He moved on to Vista Hermosa in January 2009Nico Muñoz, casi celeste - La Prensa Gráfica and after a second spell at Águila he returned to Panama in February 2010 to play for Árabe Unido.Arabe Unido ficha a Nicolas Muñoz - PanamaFutbol
In 2012, he signed for Isidro Metapán his contract was extended with a year in May 2013.El Isidro Metapán amarra a Nicolás Muñoz - El Gráfico Muñoz, who had scored seven of Isidro Metapán's previous nine CCL goals, continued his amazing touch.
On 24 October 2013 he became the third ever player to score 4 goals in a CCL match against Los Angeles Galaxy, all which Nicolás Muñoz scored solo.
Águila In January 2015, Muñoz rejoined Águila, after Isidro Metapán declined to renew his contract"Yuyu" Muñoz jugará con los que no lo querían - La Estrella and in April he scored the club's 1000th goal in Salvadoran league history."Yuyu" Muñoz marca el gol 1000 del Águila que vuelve a ganar - RPC
Luis Ángel Firpo In 2017, Nicolás Muñoz joined Luis Ángel Firpo for the Clausura 2017 tournament, after being released by Águila the previous tournament.
Pasaquina In 2018, Muñoz signed with Pasaquina for the Clausura 2018 tournament.
Since retiring in 2022, Muñoz is currently the Under-8 and Under-14 coach for Juventus Academy Panamá.
International career Muñoz made his debut for Panama in a November 2006 friendly match against El Salvador and has, as of 10 June 2015, earned a total of 13 caps, scoring 1 goal. He represented his country at the 2007CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details - RSSSF and 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cups.CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details - RSSSF
Career statistics Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first. # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 14 November 2014 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador 2–0 3–1 Friendly match
Honours C.D. FAS Primera División: Apertura 2004
C.D. Águila Primera División runner-up: Clausura 2010
A.D. Isidro Metapán Primera División: Apertura 2012, Apertura 2013, Clausura 2014, Apertura 2014
Individual Salvadoran Primera División Top Scorer: 2004 (A), 2007 (C), 2009 (C), Apertura 2011, Clausura 2012, Apertura 2012 CCL Golden Boot: 2012–13
References
External links
Profile - Isidro Metapán El Grafico Profile