Ysrael Zúñiga

Ysrael Zúñiga
Personal information
Full name	Herlyn Ysrael Zuñiga Yáñez
Date of birth	27 August 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Lima, Peru
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1991–1994	Sporting Cristal
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995	Guardia Republicana
1996 –1997	Coronel Bolognesi
1997	Sport Agustino
1998	Coronel Bolognesi
1999	Melgar
2000–2002	Coventry City
2002–2003	Estudiantes (LP)
2003	Cruz Azul Hidalgo
2003–2004	Universitario
2005	Atlético Universidad
2005–2006	Sporting Cristal
2007	Melgar
2008–2009	Bursaspor
2009	Melgar
2010–2012	Juan Aurich
2013–2018	Melgar
Total
International career
1999–2007	Peru
Managerial career
2018–	FBC Melgar Youth Team (assistant coach)
Medal record
Guardia Republicana
Coronel Bolognesi
Sporting Cristal
Juan Aurich
Melgar
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Herlyn Ysrael Zúñiga Yáñez (born 27 August 1976) is a Peruvian dentist and former footballer who played as a striker for the Peru national team and for clubs including Coventry City, Estudiantes and Melgar. Since retirement, Zúñiga has reverted to dentistry in his homeland, for which he obtained qualifications for concurrently during his tenure at Sporting Cristal.

Club career

Zúñiga initially trained as a dental technician before deciding to become a professional footballer at the relatively late age of 22. He gained some international fame after scoring a league-record equalling 32 goals for Melgar in his first season in the Primera División Peruana in 1999. His goalscoring success prompted English Premier League club Coventry City to purchase him for £750,000 in February 2000. However, he was unable to find any form in England; scoring three goals in 30 appearances spread over two and a half years with Coventry before he was released in the summer of 2002.

After leaving Coventry he joined Argentine club Estudiantes, but again struggled to recapture his scoring form. Zúñiga returned to his homeland following the conclusion of his spell in Argentina to join Sporting Cristal, a club he spent time at as a teenager before leaving the game to study to be a dental worker.

International career

He won 21 caps and scored 3 goals for the Peru.^[3]

He was recalled against Ecuador in June 2007.

International

As of 9 July 2007

Peru
Year	Apps	Goals
1999	7	1
2000	10	1
2001	0	0
2002	0	0
2003	1	0
2004	1	1
2005	0	0
2006	0	0
2007	2	0
Total	21	3

Honours

Club

Guardia Republicana

Peruvian Segunda División:1995

Sporting Cristal

Peruvian Primera División: 2005

Juan Aurich

Peruvian First Division: 2011

FBC Melgar

Peruvian First Division: 2015

References

^ "Plantilla 2011 - Ysrael Zúñiga" (in Spanish). JuanAurich.net. January 2011. Archived from the original on 19 December 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
^ "Information of Ysrael Zuñiga" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
^ Appearances for Peru National Team - RSSSF

External links

Ysrael Zúñiga at Soccerbase
Ysrael Zúñiga at National-Football-Teams.com
Ysrael Zúñiga at bdfa.com
Ysrael Zúñiga at Perú.com

[1] "Plantilla 2011 - Ysrael Zúñiga" (in Spanish). JuanAurich.net. January 2011. Archived from the original on 19 December 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.

[2] "Information of Ysrael Zuñiga" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

[3] Appearances for Peru National Team - RSSSF

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