Marcelino Núñez
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcelino Ignacio Núñez Espinoza | ||
Date of birth | 1 March 2000 | ||
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 | 84 | (12) |
2022– | Norwich City | 82 | (7) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Chile | 28 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:33, 10 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:18, 5 September 2024 (UTC) |
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.
Club career
[edit]Universidad Catolica
[edit]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
[edit]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]
International career
[edit]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.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 5 October 2024[11]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Universidad Católica | 2020 | Primera División | 20 | 2 | — | — | 4[c] | 1 | 1[d] | 1 | 25 | 4 | ||
2021 | Primera División | 28 | 6 | — | — | 7[e] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 36 | 6 | |||
2022 | Primera División | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 5[f] | 1 | 1[d] | 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 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[g] | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
2024–25[12] | Championship | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 2 | |||
Total | 82 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 92 | 7 | |||
Career total | 146 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 176 | 19 |
- ^ Includes Copa Chile, FA Cup
- ^ Includes EFL Cup
- ^ Three appearances in Copa Libertadores, one in Copa Sudamericana
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in the Supercopa de Chile
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
- ^ Three appearances in Copa Libertadores, two in Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearances in EFL Championship play-offs
International
[edit]- As of match played 5 September 2024[13]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Chile | 2021 | 7 | 0 |
2022 | 7 | 1 | |
2023 | 7 | 2 | |
2024 | 7 | 1 | |
Total | 28 | 4 |
- Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Núñez goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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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 |
Honours
[edit]Universidad Católica
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "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.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the Norwich City F.C. website
- Marcelino Núñez at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile
- Chilean men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Chilean Primera División players
- English Football League players
- Chile men's international footballers
- 2021 Copa América players
- 2024 Copa América players
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Chilean football midfielder stubs