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Marcelino Núñez
Chilean footballer (born 2000)
Marcelino Ignacio Núñez Espinoza (born 1 March 2000) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Norwich City and the Chile national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcelino Ignacio Núñez Espinoza | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Recoleta, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Norwich City | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2019 | Universidad Católica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Universidad Católica | 64 | (8) |
| 2022– | Norwich City | 70 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Chile | 23 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:31, 26 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Universidad Catolica
Nuñez made his professional debut in February 2020, coming on as a sub and playing 25 minutes in a home win against Deportes Iquique in San Carlos de Apoquindo.[2][3] His Copa Libertadores debut was a few days later, on 3 March 2020, on a 0-3 away loss against Brazil's Internacional de Porto Alegre.[4] His first professional goal came just a week later, on a 1-2 home loss against América de Cali, after bending a free-kick right into the goalkeeper's upper right corner.[5]
Norwich City
On 2 August 2022, Núñez joined English side Norwich City for an undisclosed fee.[6] He scored his first goal for Norwich in a loss to Hull City on 13 August.[7] On 21 February 2023, he scored a brace against Birmingham City, including a spectacular volley from 25 yards out. [8]
Núñez was called up to the Chile squad for the 2021 Copa América,[9] but he didn't make any appearances. He made his debut in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Colombia on 9 September 2021.[10] Núñez scored his first international goal for Chile in a qualification match against Bolivia on 1 February 2022.
Club
- As of match played 13 April 2024[11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Universidad Católica | 2020 | Primera División | 20 | 2 | — | — | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 25 | 4 | ||
| 2021 | Primera División | 28 | 6 | — | — | 7[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 36 | 6 | |||
| 2022 | Primera División | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 5[lower-alpha 6] | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| Total | 64 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 84 | 12 | ||
| Norwich City | 2022–23[12] | Championship | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24[12] | Championship | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 2 | |||
| Total | 70 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 76 | 5 | ||||
| Career total | 134 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 160 | 17 | ||
- Includes Copa Chile, FA Cup
- Includes EFL Cup
- Three appearances in Copa Libertadores, one in Copa Sudamericana
- Appearance(s) in the Supercopa de Chile
- Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
- Three appearances in Copa Libertadores, two in Copa Sudamericana
International
- As of match played 26 March 2024[13]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 2021 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 23 | 5 | |
- Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Núñez goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 February 2022 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia |  Bolivia | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 16 June 2023 | Estadio Ester Roa, Concepción, Chile |  Cuba | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 3. | 3–0 | |||||
| 4. | 12 October 2023 | Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile |  Peru |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5. | 26 March 2024 | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille. France |  France | 1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly |
Universidad Católica
- "Marcelino Núñez". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- "Polifuncional, callado y con buena pegada: Marcelino Núñez, la carta juvenil de la UC para el 2020". Publimetro Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- "Marcelino Núñez: "Quiero ser un referente de Universidad Católica" » Prensafútbol". Prensafútbol (in Spanish). 19 March 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- González, Christian (18 October 2021). "Marcelino Núñez, el joven crack cruzado que dormía en un simulador de San Carlos de Apoquindo". La Tercera. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- "Marcelino Núñez, el juvenil de la UC que brilló con un golazo mágico | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- "City sign Chile international Marcelino Núñez". Norwich City F.C. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- "Hull 2-1 Norwich City". BBC Sport. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- "Norwich City 3-1 Birmingham". Sky Sports. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- "Nómina de La Roja para la Copa América". www.laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- Reyes, Luis (7 October 2021). "El gran golpe de Marcelino". AS Chile (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- "Marcelino Nuñez". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- "Marcelino Nunez | Football Stats | Norwich City | Season 2022/2023 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- Marcelino Núñez at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- Profile at the Norwich City F.C. website
- Marcelino Núñez at Soccerway
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