Victor Núñez

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Victor Núñez Rodríguez (born April 15, 1980) is a professional Costa Rican football (soccer) player after receiving his passport in early 2006. He is originally from the Dominican Republic but he moved to Costa Rica in the middle of the 90's. Nuñez is another player that came out of the great minor league system of Deportivo Saprissa, where he played his first seasons. He currently plays for LD Alajuelense and has been selected in the squad for Costa Rica in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. This makes him the first Dominican born athlete to compete in the FIFA World Cup. With just a couple of minutes he memorably won the penalty that brought about the winning goal on his debut against South Korea.

He scored his first goal back on October 12th of the 2000 against LD Alajuelense, playing on loan for AD Limonense. He never really earned trust at Saprissa so he was loaned again once he went back to them. After a few bad disappointing seasons with Saprissa but with a high recognition in the country, he was signed by Saprissa's archrival LD Alajuelense. He didn't have a lot of options during his first year, so he was, again, loaned to CS Cartaginés and after an amazing campaign he returned to LD Alajuelense and finally became an important piece of the team.

He is a strong and decisive player who has a great ability to dribble rivals and has score amazing goals, he is usually very accurate on his shots. He has been part of the Costa Rica national team since he became a costa rican citizen and was part of the squan for 2006 World Cup held in Germany.

He led the domestic goal scoring charts in 2000/01 as well in the last season and his nickname is El Mambo referencing the traditional rhythm of his home country.

v • d • e Costa Rica squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Mesén • 2 Drummond • 3 Marín • 4 Umaña • 5 Martínez • 6 Fonseca • 7 Bolaños • 8 Solís • 9 Wanchope • 10 Centeno • 11 Gómez • 12 González • 13 Bernard • 14 Azofeifa • 15 Wallace • 16 Hernández • 17 Badilla • 18 Porras • 19 Saborío • 20 Sequeira • 21 Núñez • 22 Rodríguez • 23 Alfaro • Coach: Guimarães

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