Andrés Núñez

Andrés Núñez Vargas (born July 27, 1976) is a Costa Rican football player who currently plays as a winger for Universidad.

Andrés Núñez
Personal information
Full name Andrés Núñez Vargas
Date of birth (1976-07-27) 27 July 1976
Place of birth San José, Costa Rica
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Rightback
Club information
Current team
 UCR
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Santa Bárbara 0 (0)
2000–2001 Cartaginés 22 (3)
2001–2010 Saprissa 194 (12)
2010 Brujas 15 (6)
2011 Herediano 8 (0)
2011–2012 Jacó Rays 0 (0)
2012–2014 UCR 25 (2)
2014–2015 Municipal Grecia 0 (0)
National team
2001–2008 Costa Rica 10 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 1, 2008
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Núñez and the second or maternal family name is Vargas.

Club career

Before being transferred to Saprissa in 2001, Núñez played for Santa Bárbara and Cartaginés.

With Saprissa he has already won two national championships, a UNCAF Cup and a CONCACAF Champions Cup title, and was part of the team that played the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup, where Saprissa finished third behind São Paulo and Liverpool. He left them in summer 2010[1] and later played for Brujas and Herediano[2] before joining Jacó Rays in Segunda División.[3]

International career

Núñez made his debut for Costa Rica in a May 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Guatemala and has earned a total of 10 caps, scoring 1 goal. He represented his country in 1 FIFA World Cup qualification match[4] and played at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[5]

His final international was a June 2008 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Grenada.

International goals
Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.
N.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 February 2001Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras Guatemala1–11–12001 UNCAF Nations Cup

References
  1. Drummond y Núñez quedan fuera de Saprissa, llegan Sirias y Badilla - Nación (in Spanish)
  2. Heredia contrata a Andrés Núñez y al argentino Maximiliano Badell Archived 2014-10-11 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
  3. Jacó Rays invierte millones desde que ingresó a la Liga de Ascenso - Nación (in Spanish)
  4. Andrés Núñez – FIFA competition record
  5. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  • Andrés Núñez at National-Football-Teams.com
  • "Primera División statistics". Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2017-07-05.


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