Claudio Núñez

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Claudio Núñez
Personal information
Full name	Claudio Patricio Núñez Caamaño
Date of birth	16 October 1975 (1975-10-16) (age 32)
Place of birth	Valparaíso, Chile
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Everton
Youth clubs
	Santiago Wanderers
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-1996 1996-2001 1998 2001 2002 2002 2003 2003-2005 2005 2006-2007 2007 2008-present	Santiago Wanderers Tigres UANL → Universidad Católica (loan) Al-Shoalah Tigres UANL Puebla FC Al-Shoalah Tigres UANL Unión Española Tigres UANL Tigres Los Mochis Everton	31 (7) 94 (40) 5 (1) - (-) 5 (0) 12 (2) - (-) - (-) 13 (2) - (-) 16 (3) 2 (0)
National team2
1996-2003	Chile	31 (4)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 january 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 26 january 2208. * Appearances (Goals)

Claudio Patricio Núñez Camaño (born October 16, 1975 in Valparaiso) is a Chilean football player who as of 2007 plays for Tigres Los Mochis, of Mexico's Primera División A. He is nicknamed "El Diablo", which means, "the Devil".

He made his name playing for UANL Tigres, where he had his most success.

He played for Santiago Wanderers and for Universidad Católica, and arrived to Monterrey, Mexico to play with Tigres in 1996. Tigres had just been privatized after a crisis that ended with the team's relegation to Primera División A.

His incredible number of goals in Tigres quickly made him a team hero. He was instrumental in returning Tigres to the First Division.

He played 10 seasons with Tigres, 8 in First Division, in which he scored over 40 goals.

He played many Clásico Regiomontano matches, against Tigres arch-rival Rayados de Monterrey. He became the maximum scorer in the history of Tigres for these kind of matches, with eight goals. His record was tied by Walter Gaitán in January 2007.

An injury separated him from the fields, and Tigres consequently separated him from the team in 2001. In 2002 he moved to play with CF Puebla, a team that has been relegated to Primera División A.

He used to wear the number 16 on his back for every match he played.

In 2005 he played his first Copa Libertadores de América with Tigres, where he scored some goals.

Nuñez has also played for Unión Española in Chile and Al-Shoalah in Saudi Arabia.

For his country Nuñez played 31 matches scoring 4 goals between 1996 and 2003.

v • d • e Chile squad - Copa América 1997 1 Cossio • 2 Gómez • 3 Poli • 4 Miranda • 5 Margas • 6 Parraguez • 7 Núñez • 8 Cornejo • 9 Vergara • 10 Valencia • 11 Castillo • 12 Tejas • 13 Villarroel • 14 Ponce • 15 Acuña • 16 González • 17 Salas • 18 Riveros • 19 Muñoz • 20 Rojas • 21 Osorio • 22 Olarra • Coach: Acosta

v • d • e Chile squad - Copa América 1999 1 Marcelo Ramírez • 2 Palacios • 3 Miguel Ramírez • 4 Rojas • 5 Margas • 6 Reyes • 7 Parraguez • 8 Acuña • 9 Zamorano • 10 Sierra • 11 Salas • 12 Tapia • 13 Vargas • 14 Cartes • 15 Villarroel • 16 Aros • 17 Núñez • 18 González • 19 Valencia • 20 Estay • 21 Contreras • 22 Pizarro • Coach: Acosta

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