Jesús Muñoz (footballer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Calonge.
Jesús Muñoz
Personal information
Full name Jesús Muñoz Calonge[1]
Date of birth (1976-01-01) 1 January 1976 (age 48)[1]
Place of birth Mota del Cuervo, Spain[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Albacete
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2001 Albacete 198 (15)
2001–2002 Atlético Madrid 12 (0)
2002–2006 Deportivo La Coruña 1 (0)
2002–2004 → Zaragoza (loan) 33 (1)
2004–2005 → Terrassa (loan) 34 (0)
2006–2007 Alcalá
2007–2008 Villarrobledo
Total 278 (16)
Managerial career
2012–2016 Rayo Vallecano (assistant)
2016 Granada (assistant)
2017–2018 Changchun Yatai (assistant)
2018–2019 Almería (assistant)
2019 Hércules
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jesús Muñoz Calonge (born 1 January 1976) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, currently a manager.

Playing career

Born in Mota del Cuervo, Province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Muñoz was an Albacete Balompié youth graduate. On 2 September 1995, aged 19, he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, starting in a 0–3 away loss against Sporting de Gijón.[2]

Muñoz was first-choice option during the 1995–96 season, which ended in relegation. He continued to feature regularly for Alba in the following campaigns, scoring his first professional goal on 10 November 1996 in a 3–1 Segunda División away victory over Atlético Madrid B.[3]

On 10 July 2001, Muñoz was presented at Atlético Madrid, recently relegated to the second division.[4] He only made 13 competitive appearances during his spell, achieving top-flight promotion as champions.

In 2002, Muñoz signed for Deportivo de La Coruña and was immediately loaned to Real Zaragoza of the second tier.[5] On 31 August 2004, he moved to fellow league team Terrassa FC also in a temporary deal.[6]

Returning to Dépor in 2005, Muñoz only featured in one league match (17 minutes in a 2–1 away defeat of CA Osasuna on 26 February 2006)[7] before leaving the club. He subsequently represented amateurs RSD Alcalá and CP Villarrobledo, retiring with the latter at the age of 32.[8]

Coaching career

In 2012, Muñoz was appointed assistant of Paco Jémez at Rayo Vallecano.[9] He followed Jémez to Granada CF,[10] but after the manager left for Cruz Azul they ended their partnership.[11]

On 7 December 2017, Muñoz was announced as Chen Jingang's assistant at Changchun Yatai F.C. of the Chinese Super League.[12] The following 5 July, he joined Fran Fernández's staff at UD Almería in the same capacity.[13]

Muñoz was given his first head coach job on 22 September 2019, at Segunda División B's Hércules CF.[14] He was dismissed on 9 December, having taken 12 points from 11 games and with the side in the relegation zone.[15]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 8 December 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Hércules Spain 23 September 2019 9 December 2019 11 3 3 5 14 14 +0 027.27 [16]
Total 11 3 3 5 14 14 +0 027.27 —

Honours

Player

Atlético Madrid

References

  1. ^ a b c d "JESÚS Muñoz Calonge". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. ^ Calleja, José Luis (3 September 1995). "El Sporting fulmina al Albacete" [Sporting finish Albacete]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. ^ Soler, Jaume (11 November 1996). "El filial rojiblanco, cuesta abajo" [Red-and-white reserves, downhill]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Pindado y Jesús, presentados oficialmente" [Pindado and Jesús, officially presented]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 10 July 2001. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. ^ Ferrer, Pedro Luis (29 June 2002). "Jesús Muñoz y David Pirri llegan cedidos del Deportivo" [Jesús Muñoz and David Pirri arrive on loan from Deportivo]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Vryzas fue la sorpresa de última hora en el Celta" [Vryzas was the last-minute surprise at Celta]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 1 September 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  7. ^ García-Planas, Yaca (27 February 2006). "Osasuna sigue gafado en el Reyno de Navarra" [Osasuna jinx at the Reyno de Navarra continues]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Temporada 2008–2009: Altas y bajas" [2008–2009 season: Ins and outs] (in Spanish). CP Villarrobledo. Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  9. ^ Regueiro, Zeltia (3 October 2012). "Jesús Muñoz y el Deportivo cruzan de nuevo sus caminos" [Jesús Muñoz and Deportivo cross paths once again]. La Opinión A Coruña (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  10. ^ Sánchez-Garrido, Daniel (23 June 2016). "Los hombres de Paco" [Paco's men] (in Spanish). Granada Digital. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Paco Jémez no cuenta con el albaceteño Jesús Muñoz como segundo en Cruz Azul" [Paco Jémez does not count with Albacete-born Jesús Muñoz as assistant at Cruz Azul]. ABC (in Spanish). 1 December 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  12. ^ Del Mar Cortezón, Julia (7 December 2017). "Jesús Muñoz impondrá su metodología de trabajo en el Changchun Yatai" [Jesús Muñoz will introduce his work methodology at Changchun Yatai]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Jesús Muñoz se incorpora a la disciplina rojiblanca como segundo entrenador del Almería" [Jesús Muñoz joins red-and-white discipline as assistant manager of Almería] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Jesús Muñoz, nuevo entrenador del Hércules de Alicante CF" [Jesús Muñoz, new manager of Hércules de Alicante CF] (in Spanish). Hércules CF. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  15. ^ "El Hércules anuncia la destitución de Jesús Muñoz" [Hércules announce the dismissal of Jesús Muñoz]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 9 December 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Jesús Muñoz: Jesús Muñoz Calonge". BDFutbol. Retrieved 7 October 2019.