Nicolás Arnaldo Núñez Rojas, nicknamed Nico, (born 12 September 1984) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. Núñez began his career with Universidad Católica in 2001, and subsequently played for

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in 2006 and

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in 2007.

Club career

He participated in the South American championships in Arequipa, Peru, alongside

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, Mark Gonzalez, Luis Jimenez and was debuted by U. Catholic in the first division, against

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. In that institution, he always admitted that he stayed in good shape, even achieving goal scoring. He had a season loan to Puerto Montt Sports, where he scored many goals and returned to the Catholic University. Then he went to the preseason Spanish club,

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, in which that year he was hired by loaner Everton Viña del Mar. On February 18, 2007, he played his 2nd game scoring a goal against Audax Italiano. The Catholic University celebrated the goal by making him have a bond for the institution, it made him to remember what he wanted to return at some point. In mid-2007, Nico was signed by C. University where he always has good relationships with the colleagues. In late 2008, he was transferred to U. Spanish, Nico is currently playing for CD Huachipato

Managerial career

After working as the

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of both Ariel Pereyra and

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, in March 2021 he became the manager of Magallanes in the Primera B de Chile. Núñez led Magallanes to the top tier in 2022 as champions, and also won the

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with the side, qualifying them to the Copa Libertadores for the second time in their history. He also won the

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with the club, before resigning on 13 May of that year.

Honours

Player

Universidad Católica *

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: 2005 Clausura Huachipato *

: 2012 Clausura

Manager

Magallanes * Primera B de Chile:

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* Supercopa de Chile:

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References

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Albacete profile
1984 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Chilean footballers Chilean expatriate footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Deportes Puerto Montt footballers Albacete Balompié players Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Unión Española footballers Ñublense footballers C.D. Huachipato footballers San Marcos de Arica footballers Deportes Magallanes footballers Chilean Primera División players Segunda División players Primera B de Chile players Expatriate footballers in Spain Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain Men's association football midfielders Chilean football managers Primera B de Chile managers Chilean Primera División managers Magallanes managers {{Chile-footy-midfielder-stub