Héctor Núñez
Personal information | |||
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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) |
National team | |||
1957–1959 | Uruguay | 7 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
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 | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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[]
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, he was part of the squad for the 1959 Copa América.[2]
He moved to Spain to join Valencia, 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, aged 75.
Managerial career[]
Núñez worked as the manager of a considerable number of clubs in Spain, he 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 them to the Copa América 1995 championship.
Honours[]
Player[]
Nacional
Valencia
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1961–62, 1962–63
Manager[]
Nacional
- Copa Interamericana: 1988
- Recopa Sudamericana: 1989
Uruguay
References[]
- ^ Falleció Héctor “Pichón” Núñez (in Spanish)
- ^ Copa América 1959 at rsssf
External links[]
- Valencia statistics (in Spanish)
- Héctor Núñez at BDFutbol
- 1936 births
- 2011 deaths
- Sportspeople from Montevideo
- Uruguayan footballers
- Uruguay international footballers
- 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 footballers in Spain
- Al-Nassr FC managers
- Tacuarembó F.C. managers
- Expatriate football managers in Spain
- Expatriate football managers in Costa Rica