Héctor Núñez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Héctor Núñez Bello | ||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Date of death | 20 December 2011 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1954–1959 | Nacional | ||
| 1959–1965 | Valencia | 154 | (61) |
| 1965–1966 | Mallorca | 24 | (6) |
| 1966–1968 | Levante | 42 | (13) |
| International career | |||
| 1957–1959 | Uruguay | 7 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1971 | Calvo Sotelo | ||
| 1972 | Tenerife | ||
| 1972–1973 | Tenerife | ||
| 1973–1974 | Levante | ||
| 1974–1975 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| 1975–1976 | Real Valladolid | ||
| 1976 | Granada | ||
| 1977–1978 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| 1978 | Atlético Madrid | ||
| 1979–1980 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| 1981–1983 | Tecos | ||
| 1983–1984 | Las Palmas | ||
| 1984–1987 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| 1989 | Nacional | ||
| 1992 | Costa Rica | ||
| 1993–1994 | Valencia | ||
| 1994–1997 | Uruguay | ||
| 2001 | Al-Nasr | ||
| 2007 | Tacuarembó | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Héctor Núñez Bello (8 May 1936 – 19 December 2011)[1] was a Uruguayan footballer and manager. He was manager of the Uruguay squad that won Copa América 1995.
Playing career
[edit]Núñez was born in Montevideo and started his playing career at the age of 19 playing for Nacional. His good form earned him a chance to play for Uruguay, and he was part of the squad for the 1959 Copa América.[2]
He moved to Spain to join Valencia, and he won the Fairs Cup in two consecutive seasons with the club. Later in his career he played for Mallorca and Levante.
Núñez died in Spain at age 75.
Managerial career
[edit]Núñez worked as the manager of a considerable number of clubs in Spain and has also managed in Mexican and Uruguayan club football. He was manager of the Costa Rica national team in 1992 and the Uruguay national team between 1994 and 1997, where he led Uruguay to the Copa América 1995 championship.
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Nacional
Valencia
Manager
[edit]Nacional
Uruguay
References
[edit]- ^ Falleció Héctor "Pichón" Núñez (in Spanish)
- ^ Copa América 1959 at rsssf
External links
[edit]- Valencia statistics (in Spanish)
- Héctor Núñez at BDFutbol
- Héctor Núñez coach profile at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1936 births
- 2011 deaths
- Footballers from Montevideo
- Uruguayan men's footballers
- Uruguay men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Club Nacional de Football players
- La Liga players
- Valencia CF players
- RCD Mallorca players
- Levante UD footballers
- Uruguayan football managers
- Uruguayan expatriate football managers
- La Liga managers
- CD Puertollano managers
- CD Tenerife managers
- Levante UD managers
- Rayo Vallecano managers
- Real Valladolid managers
- Granada CF managers
- Atlético Madrid managers
- UD Las Palmas managers
- Club Nacional de Football managers
- Tecos F.C. managers
- Costa Rica national football team managers
- Uruguay national football team managers
- 1995 Copa América managers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Al Nassr FC managers
- Tacuarembó F.C. managers
- Expatriate football managers in Spain
- Expatriate football managers in Costa Rica
- 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen