Jorge Núñez

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Personal information
Jorge Núñez
Full name	Jorge Martín Núñez
Date of birth	22 January 1979 (1979-01-22) (age 29)
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Height	176cm
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	Cerro Porteño
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-99 2000-01 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005 2005-06 2007-present	Cerro Porteño Club Guaraní Cerro Porteño Banfield Arsenal de Sarandí Racing Club Estudiantes Cerro Porteño	42 (5) 37 (2) 32 (3) 34 (1) 34 (2) 8 (0) 11 (0) ? (?)
National team²
2003-	Paraguay	22 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 July 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 1 June 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Jorge Martín Núñez (born January 22, 1978 in Asunción) is a football player from Paraguay that plays as a defender, most commonly as a left back.

He has scored 1 goal in 18 caps for Paraguay, as of July 2007. He started his career in Club Guaraní and then moved to Cerro Porteño. Afterwards he played for several Argentine teams such as Banfield, Arsenal de Sarandí and Racing Club. Between 2005 and 2006, he played for Estudiantes de La Plata.

He had an opportunity to have a trial for Sheffield United at the start of the 2006/2007 season of the EPL but opted against it as he was called up for international duty.

In 2007 Núñez returned to Paraguay to play for Cerro Porteño.

v • d • e Paraguay squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Villar • 2 Núñez • 3 Toledo • 4 Gamarra • 5 Cáceres • 6 Bonet • 7 Cabañas • 8 Barreto • 9 Santa Cruz • 10 Acuña • 11 Gavilán • 12 Gómez • 13 Paredes • 14 da Silva • 15 Manzur • 16 Riveros • 17 Montiel • 18 Valdez • 19 dos Santos • 20 López • 21 Caniza • 22 Bobadilla • 23 Cuevas • Coach: Ruiz