Ricardo Munguía Pérez (born 5 June 1975) is a Mexican retired footballer who played as a defender.

Ricardo Munguía

Munguía in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Munguía Pérez
Date of birth	(1975-06-05) 5 June 1975 (age 47)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Veracruz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1997	Veracruz	39	(0)
1996	→ Correcaminos UAT (loan)
1996	→ Acapulco (loan)
1997–1998	Atlético Yucatán
1999	Toronto Lynx	23	(0)
2000–2001	San Luis
2001	Atletico Chiapas	0	(0)
2002	Albinegros de Orizaba	15	(0)
2003	Oaxaca	15	(0)
2003–2004	Tlaxcala	25	(0)
2004–2005	Pioneros de Obregón	28	(1)
2005	Lagartos de Tabasco	12	(1)
2006–2007	Coatzacoalcos	29	(0)
2007–2008	Serbian White Eagles
2008	Veracruz	1	(0)
2009–2010	Albinegros de Orizaba	38	(1)
2011	Serbian White Eagles
2011–2012	Estudiantes de Altamira	15	(0)
2015	Scarborough SC
National team
1993–1995	Mexico U20	1	(0)
Teams managed
2016	Scarborough SC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 2, 2017

Career

Club career

In 1999, he played abroad in the USL A-League with the Toronto Lynx.[1] On 17 July 2007, Munguía went on trial with the Serbian White Eagles in the Canadian Soccer League (CSL).[2] His trial was successful and he joined the club a few days later after his international transfer was approved by the Ontario Soccer Association.[3] He debuted for the club on 10 August 2007 in a 6-3 win over the North York Astros.[3] Munguía was an integral part of the White Eagles squad but injured his knee in the semifinal against the Trois-Rivières Attak thus missing out on the final against Toronto Croatia.[4]

Munguía (known in Mexico as El Ringo) was captain of Albinegros for the 2010 season.[5] Munguía re-joined the Serbian White Eagles prior to the 2011 CSL season.[5] In 2015, he returned to the CSL to play with Scarborough SC.[6]

International career

He was part of the Mexican national under-20 team that played in the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.[7] He also won a silver medal with Mexico at the 1995 Pan American Games.[8]

Managerial career

Munguía was named the head coach in 2016 for Scarborough SC in the Canadian Soccer League.[9] He is also an academy coach for Cherry Beach Soccer Club.[10]

Personal

His late father Ricardo Munguía Padilla (also nicknamed Ringo) was also a footballer.

References

External links

• Ricardo Munguía Pérez at Liga MX (in Spanish)

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