Joel Muñoz Castillo (born on June 24, 1980 in Panama City

Panama City

Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...

) is a Panamanian professional basketball player and member of the Panama national basketball team.

Muñoz has played professional basketball in Panama

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

, Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

, Brazil

Brazil

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, and Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 since beginning his career with Tumba Muerto Colosos in the Panama National Basketball League in 2000. In his most recent season, he averaged 4.3 points and 4.2 assists per game with Potros ITSON in the Mexican Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional.

Muñoz is also a member of the Panama national basketball team. He competed with the team at the FIBA Americas Championship

FIBA Americas Championship

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 in 2005, 2007, and 2009; Centrobasket

Centrobasket

Centrobasket is a FIBA sponsored basketball tournament where national teams from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean participate. These countries make up the Central American and Caribbean Confederation . The top three or four teams typically earn berths to the FIBA Americas Championship,...

in 2008; and the COCABA Championship in 2004 and 2009.