José Manuel Núñez Martín (born 16 June 1997), commonly known as Chema or Chema Núñez, is a Spanish

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. Mainly an

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, he can also play as

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Club career

Chema was born in

La Puebla del Río La Puebla del Río is a city located in the province of Seville, Spain. According to the 2016 census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE), the city has a population of 11995 inhabitants. With a surface of 377,1 square km and located 1 ...

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...

, and represented Puebla CF (two stints),

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA Euro ...

Coria CF Coria Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Coria del Río, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1923, it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 10, holding home matches at Estadio Guadalquivir with a capacity of 5, ...

(two stints) and

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...

as a youth. He made his first-team debut for Coria on 28 February 2015, coming on as a late substitute in a 4–0

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

away routing of UD Los Barrios. On 15 August 2015 Chema joined

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001, when it was renamed ''Unión D ...

, returning to youth football. He was promoted to the reserves the following August, and scored his first senior goal on 9 October 2016 in a 4–1 home defeat of

Dos Hermanas CF Dos Hermanas Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Dos Hermanas, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1971 and dissolved in 2014, it last played in Regional Preferente de Sevilla, holding home games at ''Estadio Mi ...

. Chema was definitely promoted to the main squad in

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ahead of the 2018–19 campaign, and made his professional debut on 17 August 2018, starting in a 0–1 away loss against

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., known simply as Cádiz, is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the La Liga, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20 ...

. He scored his first professional goal on 23 September, netting the last in a 2–0 away defeat of

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Los ...

. On 28 May 2019, Chema extended his contract until 2021. The following 22 January, he was loaned to

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 2 August 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches ...

for the remainder of the season. On 17 September 2020, Chema terminated his contract with Almería, and signed a two-year contract with ''Alba'' just hours later. The following 1 February, he moved to

' B-team on loan for the remainder of the season.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chema Nunez 1997 births Living people People from Seville (comarca) Footballers from the Province of Seville Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players UD Almería B players UD Almería players Albacete Balompié players Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers Primera Federación players Real Unión footballers