Agenor Muniz (soccer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Agenor Muniz | ||
Date of birth | 24 June 1949 | ||
Place of birth | Sapucaia, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967–1971 | Vasco da Gama | ||
1971–1977 | Eastern Suburbs | 5+ | (2+) |
1977–1980 |
Adelaide City | 82 | (8) |
1981 | Sydney City | 8 | (0) |
1984–1990 | Dulwich Hill | ||
International career | |||
1975–1978 | Australia | 20 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
2003 | Dulwich Hill | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Agenor Muniz (born 24 June 1949) is a former footballer. Originally from CR Vasco da Gama in the Brazilian metropolis Rio de Janeiro, in 1971 he joined Eastern Suburbs Hakoah, later well known as Sydney City in Australia, where he won several titles. To date he remains the sole Brazilian to ever play for the Australian national football team in an official match.
Career
Clubs
The winger and midfielder Muniz played for Brazilian team
Early May 1977 he joined league competitor
In 1981 Muniz played again for Sydney's Eastern suburbs in the NSL, then trading as Sydney City. With this team, coached by Eddie Thomson he won, playing alongside legendary John Kosmina, once more the Australian Championship.
Between 1984 and 1990 "Agi" joined Portugal Madeira Club / Dulwich Hill Madeira later known as Dulwich Hill FC as a highly successful Captain / Coach and progressed the club from NSW Inter Urban Fourth Division First Grade through to NSW Division One First Grade[5]
National team
Muniz played 20 times for Australia between 1975 and 1978.[6]
Coaching
In the 2003 NSW Winter Super League Muniz coached Dulwich Hill[7]
References
- ^ "Ex-jogador vascaíno já defendeu a seleção australiana". O Globo (in Portuguese). supervasco.com. 18 June 2006. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ Socceroo moves, The Age, 4 May 1977, p. 30
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 2/2/2003
- ^ Laurie Schwab: Scot is soccer's top man, The Age, 31 October 1980, p. 23.
- ^ Agenor Muniz: The Greatest Brazilian to play in Australia talks football with Sasha Pete, retrieved 17 June 2022
- ^ "The Australian national men's football team: caps and captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. ozfootball.net. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ 2003 NSW Winter Super League Results, OzFootball, per 14 April 2012