Christian de Jesús Linnane Bermúdez Gutiérrez (born 26 April 1987 in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico), commonly known as "El Hobbit", is a Mexican footballer who plays as a midfielder for América. He made his debut with the national team on April 16, 2008 vs China PR national football team in Seattle, Washington, playing only 3 minutes.

Club career[link]

Bermúdez is a very skillful midfielder, who since 2006 plays for Atlante. He can play as a forward and a midfielder. He is known as The Hobbit because of his short stature. On November 26, 2011 Bermúdez was transferred to Club América, announcing it on the official twitter of the team.^[2]

International career[link]

During the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Bermúdez, and four other members of the Mexican National Team, tested positive for the banned substance of Clenbuterol and were withdrawn from the team's tournament squad.^[3] However, all players were exonerated as FIFA determined that the accused had accidentally ingested the banned substance through contaminated meat that had been served during a pre-tournament training camp.^[4]

However, World Anti-Doping Agency appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to request a ban.^[5] But on 12 October 2011 WADA withdrew this request after the full file was available for them.^[6]

International goals[link]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	July 8, 2007	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada	New Zealand	2–1	2–1	2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup

References[link]

External links[link]

• Christian Bermúdez – FIFA competition record
• Christian Bermúdez stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)

v t e Mexico squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (6th title) 1 Ochoa (Michel) 2 Rodríguez (Reynoso) 3 Salcido 4 Márquez (c) 5 Osorio 6 Torrado 7 Barrera 8 Castro 9 de Nigris 10 dos Santos 11 Reyna 12 Talavera 13 Zavala 14 J. Hernández 15 Moreno 16 Juárez 17 Sinha (Aguilar) 18 Guardado 19 Dueñas (Fabián) 20 Torres Nilo 21 Bermúdez (Mier) 22 E. Hernández 23 Orozco Coach: de la Torre

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Moisés Muñoz

Personal information
Full name	Moisés Alberto Muñoz Rodriguez
Date of birth	(1980-02-01) February 1, 1980 (age 32)
Place of birth	Morelia, Mexico
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Club América
Number	23
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2010	Morelia	282	(0)
2010-2011	Atlante	53	(0)
2011-	Club América	14	(0)
National team‡
2004–	Mexico	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 April 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 20, 2008

Moisés Alberto Muñoz Rodriguez (born February 1, 1980 in Morelia, Michoacán) is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for America in Primera División as a goalkeeper.

Career[link]

Club[link]

In 1999, he made his professional debut for Monarcas Morelia, playing one game in the Invierno season. Eventually earning a starting job, and since Apertura 2002 the team has kept him as their main goalkeeper. Muñoz was league runner-up in the Apertura 2002 and Clausura 2003.

Monarcas Morelia[link]

He made his first team debut on September 19, 1999 against C.F. Pachuca, in the Winter 2000 despite not starting, Morelia acheved their only league title with a win against Toluca. A native of the city of Morelia, he became a mainstay of the club, even achieving cult status among the fans, with his 11 years at the club one of the longest for a goalkeeper in the league, he played 282 games for the club, conceding 372 goals, before being transferred to Atlante in the 2010 Draft, in exchange for goalkeeper Federico Vilar. Among his strong points is his kicking power, he is noted for his long clearances, he has a good penalty stopping ability as well, however he has also been criticized for being overweight at some stages, although that didn't seem to hamper his performances.

Atlante F.C.[link]

For the Apertura 2010, Moses joined the Atlante F.C. team where he was a permanent fixture until his departure to Club América.

Club América[link]

Moises Muñoz is a new player in the America to play the Torneo Clausura 2012 in this club.

International[link]

Muñoz has been selected to represent Mexico mainly as an alternative. His first international cap was in a friendly game against opposing team Ecuador on October 27, 2004. Muñoz was the second choice keeper in both the 2004 Copa América and the 2005 Confederations Cup. Muñoz was the starting goalkeeper for the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He made the preliminary list for the 2006 World Cup by coach Ricardo La Volpe, unfortunately he was part of the last cut. Muñoz has been called up as a backup goalkeeper by Hugo Sánchez and Sven-Göran Eriksson. His most recent call up was on November 12, 2008 for a friendly against Ecuador.

International appearances[link]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	GA	Result	Competition
1.	October 27, 1945	East Rutherford, United States	Ecuador	1	2–1	Friendly
2.	November 10, 2004	San Antonio, United States	Guatemala	0	2–0	Friendly
3.	November 13, 2004	Miami, United States	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	8–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	November 17, 2004	Monterrey, Mexico	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	8–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification and now with Club América on 2012
5.	February 23, 2005	Culiacán, Mexico	Colombia	0	1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	July 10, 2005	Los Angeles, United States	Guatemala	0	4–0	2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
7.	July 13, 2005	Houston, United States	Jamaica	0	1–0	2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
8.	July 17, 2005	Houston, United States	Colombia	2	1–2	2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

External links[link]

• Moisés Muñoz stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)

Mexico squads v t e Mexico squad – Copa América 2004 1 Sánchez 2 Suárez 3 Briceño 4 Márquez 5 Davino 6 Torrado 7 Valdez 8 Pardo 9 Borgetti 10 Bautista 11 Osorno 12 Pérez 13 Muñoz 14 Morales 15 Oteo 16 Méndez 17 Palencia 18 Carmona 19 Lozano 20 Osorio 21 Arellano 22 Altamirano Coach: La Volpe v t e Mexico squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Fourth Place 1 Sánchez 2 Galindo 3 Salcido 4 Márquez 5 Osorio 6 Torrado 7 Sinha 8 Pardo (c) 9 Borgetti 10 Bravo 11 Morales 12 Muñoz 13 Márquez Lugo 14 Pineda 15 Sánchez Guerrero 16 Méndez 17 Fonseca 18 Carmona 19 Medina 20 Rodríguez 21 Lozano 22 Pérez 23 Corona Coach: La Volpe v t e Mexico squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Muñoz 2 Rodríguez 3 Salcido 4 Osorio 5 López 6 7 Sinha 8 R. García 9 Borgetti 10 Bravo 11 Osorno 12 Corona 14 Pineda 15 Morales 16 Méndez 17 Márquez Lugo 18 Padilla 19 Medina 20 J. García 21 Galindo 22 Altamirano 23 Pérez Coach: La Volpe