Ysrael Zúñiga

Ysrael Zúñiga
Personal information
Full name	Herlyn Ysrael Zuñiga Yáñez
Date of birth	27 August 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Camaná, Peru
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	FBC Melgar
Number	11
Youth career
1992–1994	Sporting Cristal
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995	Guardia Republicana
1996	Coronel Bolognesi
1997	Sport Agustino
1998	Coronel Bolognesi
1999	Melgar
2000–2002	Coventry City
2002–2003	Estudiantes
2003–2004	Cruz Azul
2004	Universitario
2005	Atlético Universidad
2005–2006	Sporting Cristal
2007	Melgar
2008	Bursaspor
2009	Melgar
2010–2012	Juan Aurich
2013–	Melgar
International career
1999–2007	Peru
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 July 2014

Template:Spanish name Herlyn Ysrael Zúñiga Yáñez (born August 27, 1976) is a Peruvian footballer who currently plays for FBC Melgar as a striker in the Peruvian First Division.

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 four 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 Argentinian 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 national football team.^[3]

He was recalled against Ecuador on June 2007.

Honours

Club

Guardia Republicana

Segunda División Peruana (1):1995

Sporting Cristal

Peruvian First Division (1): 2005

Juan Aurich

Peruvian First Division (1): 2011

FBC Melgar

Peruvian First Division (1): 2015

References

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

External links

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

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

[2] "Information of Ysrael Zuñiga" (in Spanish).

[3] Appearances for Peru National Team - RSSSF

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