Juan José Muñante
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Juan José Muñante López is a former Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

vian footballer
Football (soccer)
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. He played in a right winger role.

Biography

Nicknamed The Jet
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in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

  and The Cobra
Cobra
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in Mexico
Mexico
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. He was famous for having great speed (he could run 100 metres in 10.7 seconds flat and was almost as quick with a ball at his feet), and also for his skills with the ball and his relatively high assist
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 for teammate for passing the ball to the scorer, given his position of right winger.

He debuted in the Primera División with Sport Boys
Sport Boys
Sport Boys Association is a Peruvian football club, playing in the port city of Callao. It was founded on Peru's independence day, July 28, 1927....

 in the 1966 season. In 1969, he joined Universitario de Deportes
Universitario de Deportes
Club Universitario de Deportes, also known as Universitario, or more popularly as [La] "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. It is the most successful football club in Peru. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of...

 where he was part of the team that won 2 Peruvian league championships and he helped reach second place at the Copa Libertadores 1972.

Muñante also played successfully in the Mexican League for many years, mainly in Pumas de la UNAM and Atlético Español
Atlético Español
Atlético Español was a football team which played between 1971 to 1982 they played in the Primera División de México. They played out of México City.- History :...

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Muñante played 48 times for the Peruvian national football team between 1967 and 1978, including participation in the 1978 FIFA World Cup
1978 FIFA World Cup
The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Argentina between 1 June and 25 June. The 1978 World Cup was won by Argentina who beat the Netherlands 3–1 after extra time in the final. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth...

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Universitario de Deportes

  • Peruvian League
    Primera División Peruana
    The Peruvian Primera División is the top professional division of Peruvian football. It is known today as Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional Peruano...

    • Winner (2): 1969, 1971
    • Runner-up (2): 1970, 1972
  • Copa Libertadores
    • Runner-up (1): 1972

Atlético Español

  • CONCACAF Champions League
    CONCACAF Champions League
    The CONCACAF Champions League is the annual international club football championship for teams from the CONCACAF region ....

    • Winner (1): 1975
      CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1975
      The 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 11th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region , the CONCACAF Champions' Cup...

  • Primera División Mexicana
    • Runner-up (1): 1973-74

Pumas de la UNAM

  • Primera División Mexicana
    • Winner (1): 1976-77
    • Runner-up (2): 1977-78, 1978–79

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