Martín Zúñiga

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Martín Zúñiga (born August 6, 1970 in Tampico, Tamaulipas) is a retired Mexican soccer goalkeeper, who last played for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer.

Prior to coming to MLS, Zúñiga played for Mexican clubs Tigres, Chivas, Celaya, Puebla, and Veracruz. He backstopped Chivas to the Mexican championship in 1997. Nicknamed El Pulpo (The Octopus), Zúñiga has also been capped for the Mexican national team.

Zúñiga was supposed to be the primary goalkeeper for Chivas USA, but tore a ligament in his left knee in an exhibition against the U.S. national team on March 3, 2005. He returned to action in May, starting three games, but reinjured his knee again in July. He announced his retirement from professional soccer on August 29, 2005, he was teams' "soccer ambassador" but stepped down after the 2007 season to pursue a job with Major League Soccer.

He now resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife Gloria and son, Martin. As of the 2008 MLS Season he is an employee for Major League Soccer as 'ambassador' to the Hispanic market.

Recently he has been hosting radio shows hoping to have a long running program sometime in the future. He has worked in radio for Univision in the past, Radio Guadalupe, and also did a pilot for CSRN, hoping to get a podcast show going, but that also folded.