Álvaro Núñez (footballer, born 1973)

Álvaro Adrián Núñez Moreira (born 11 May 1973) is a Uruguayan retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Núñez and the second or maternal family name is Moreira.

Álvaro Núñez
Personal information
Full name Álvaro Adrián Núñez Moreira
Date of birth (1973-05-11) 11 May 1973
Place of birth Rivera, Uruguay
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993 Fénix
1994–1995 Cerro
1996–1999 Rentistas 54 (0)
1999–2008 Numancia 136 (0)
2008–2011 Guadalajara 65 (0)
Total 255 (0)
International career
1999 Uruguay 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He also has a Spanish passport, having spent over a decade playing in the country mainly with Numancia (eight years, 83 La Liga games).

Club career

Núñez was born in Rivera. After playing in his country with Centro Atlético Fénix, C.A. Cerro and C.A. Rentistas he moved to Spain in 1999, signing with CD Numancia. An undisputed starter in his first two seasons (both in La Liga, playing a combined 72 games) he started struggling for a starting XI berth onwards, and was majorly a backup in the rest of his Soria career, which was almost entirely spent in the second division.[1][2]

After nine matches in 2007–08, as Numancia returned to the top flight after three years, Núñez left the club but stayed in the country, joining lowly CD Guadalajara.[3] He retired in June 2011, at the age of 38.

International career

Núñez won one cap for Uruguay, and was a backup at the 1999 Copa América.

Honours

Numancia

Uruguay

References
  1. Iglesias, Quique; Ferrer, Pedro Luis (10 July 2004). "Luis García, portero del Numancia, está atado" [Luis García, Numancia goalkeeper, is tied]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  2. "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia]. Desde Soria (in Spanish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  3. "Guadalajara ficha al portero internacional uruguayo Álvaro Núñez (Numancia)" [Guadalajara sign Uruguayan international goalkeeper Álvaro Núñez (Numancia)] (in Spanish). Terra. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  4. "El Numancia, campeón de Segunda división" [Numancia, Second division champions]. Marca (in Spanish). 1 June 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  5. "Copa América 1999". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
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