José Ariel Núñez Portelli (born 12 September 1988) is a Paraguayan international

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who plays as a

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for Guaireña.

Club career

Born in

Asunción Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of ...

, Núñez spent his early career in his native Paraguay, playing for Libertad, Presidente Hayes and

Tacuary Tacuary Football Club is a Paraguayan First Division football team, based in the neighborhood of Jara, Asunción. The club was founded in 1923. Tacuary qualified for the Copa Libertadores tournament twice (in 2005 and 2007) and the Copa Su ...

. In July 2013 he went on loan to Spanish club

Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El ...

. On 31 January 2014 he signed a four-year contract with Danish side Brøndby. He made his debut for the club on 24 February 2014, appearing as a substitute for the final seven minutes of the game. He scored his first goal for the club on 30 March 2014, in the 1–0 away victory against Viborg. The goal was also the first goal by a Paraguayan player in the league. Núñez ranked number 6 in a list of the most expensive players in Paraguayan football for 2015 published by ''Diario Extra''. After leaving Brøndby, he returned to Paraguay to play with

Club Olimpia Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sports club based in the city of Asunción. The club promotes the practice of various sports with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, the former being the highest priority and most s ...

and

Club Nacional Club Nacional is a Paraguayan professional football club based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1904, the club currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División, and holds its home games at Estadio Arsenio Erico. Inte ...

, and in Argentina with

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. He signed for

Wilstermann Club Deportivo Jorge Wilstermann, known simply as Wilstermann, is a Bolivian football club from the city of Cochabamba, founded on 24 November 1949 by a group of workers of Lloyd Aereo Boliviano. It is named after Bolivian aviator Jorge Wilste ...

for the 2019 season.

International career

He made his international debut for

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in 2011.

References

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