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

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for

Antequera Antequera () is a city and municipality in the Comarca de Antequera, province of Málaga, part of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is known as "the heart of Andalusia" (''el corazón de An ...

. Mainly an

attacking midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

, 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 ( INE), the city has a population of 11995 inhabitants. With a surface of 377,1 square km and located 15 km away SW from Seville (Sevilla)La ...

Seville Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...

Andalusia Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...

, and represented Puebla CF (two stints),

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, that competes in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. The club was formed on 25 January ...

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 , holding home matches at Estadio Guadalquivir with a capacity of 5,000 seats. History In the 2017 ...

(two stints) and

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It plays in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. It plays home ...

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 () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

away routing of

UD Los Barrios Unión Deportiva Los Barrios is a Spanish football team based in Los Barrios, Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1993, it plays in . The team holds home games at ''Estadio San Rafael'', with a 2,500-seat capa ...

. On 15 August 2015 Chema joined

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, 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 ...

, 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 1971 is a Spanish football team based in Dos Hermanas, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1971 and refounded in 2021, it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Miguel Román García'', with a cap ...

. Chema was definitely promoted to the main squad in

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

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. is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20,724. Salvadoran ...

. 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 , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''. Besides football it ...

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

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 5 July 1939, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish foo ...

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 UD Almería B players UD Almería players Albacete Balompié players Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers Real Unión footballers Antequera CF footballers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Primera Federación players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen