Martin Nuñez

Martín Núñez

Personal information
Full name	Pablo Martín Núñez
Date of birth	February 2, 1987 (1987-02-02) (age 24)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position	Forward/Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Number	23
Youth career
0000–2005	Miami Sunset Senior High School
2006	GPC Jaguars
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2008	Carolina RailHawks	28	(5)
2009	Puerto Rico Islanders	14	(0)
2010	Miami FC	9	(1)
2011–	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	29	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 4, 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Martín Núñez (born February 2, 1987 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the North American Soccer League.

Career

Youth and College

Núñez moved with his family to the United States when he was nine years old, settling in Miami, Florida. He attended Miami Sunset Senior High School, with whom he won the Florida State 6A championship in both 2004 and 2005, was named a first team All State in 2005, and was recognized as the Miami Herald Florida Player of the Year class 6A,^[1] the Florida State Final Four MVP and the Miami Herald Player of the Year as he led the team with thirty-four goals.^[2]

Núñez played college soccer at Georgia Perimeter College where he was a 2006 second team National Junior College All American,^[3] leading the nation with thirty goals. He left school after his freshman year to pursue a professional career.^[4]

Professional

Núñez was drafted in the second round (22nd overall) of the 2007 USL College Player Draft by Miami FC, but he chose not to sign with the team. In 2008, he was offered a contract with the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer,^[5] but again he chose to not sign with them; instead, he signed with the Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division on March 15, 2008. He immediately cemented a spot in the RailHawks' midfield, playing twenty-eight games and scoring five goals. His efforts were rewarded when he was named one of three finalists for the Rookie of the Year award, an award ultimately won by Osvaldo Alonso.^[6]

In January 2009, Núñez traveled to Puerto Rico to join the Puerto Rico Islanders of the USL-1 at their training camp on trial, signing with the club on February 18.^[7] He went on to play 14 games for the Islanders in 2009, helping them to the final of the 2009 CFU Club Championship, before being released at the end of the season.

He signed for Miami FC of the USSF Division 2 Professional League in 2010 and re-signed with the club, now called Fort Lauderdale Strikers and playing in the North American Soccer League, on February 8, 2011.^[8]

Honors

Puerto Rico Islanders

• CFU Club Championship Runner-up (1): 2009

References

1. ^ All State Soccer Teams
2. ^ Kendall Soccer Coalition
3. ^ NSCAA Press Release
4. ^ Georgia Perimeter College Press Release
5. ^ Nuñez turns down Red Bull
6. ^ USL-1 Award Finalists announced
7. ^ Islanders boost offense for 2009
8. ^ http://strikers.com/article/strikers-re-sign-three-players

External links

• Puerto Rico Islanders bio

Persondata
Name	Nunez, Martin
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Date of birth	February 2, 1987
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
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