Milton Núñez

Early career

Born in Sambo Creek, Honduras, Nuñez played a few seasons in Honduras with Deportes Progreseño and Real España before moving abroad to play for Guatemalan side Comunicaciones and for Uruguayan club Nacional.

PAOK

In 1999, Nuñez joined Greek club PAOK.

Sunderland

In March 2000, Nuñez signed for Premier League side Sunderland. The transfer fee paid to former club Nacional was reported as £1.6 million plus a possible further £1 million in bonuses.^[4]

One theory surrounding his signing is that Peter Reid, who was the manager when Núñez was brought to the Stadium of Light, thought that he had signed Núñez's strike partner at PAOK, Adolfo Valencia, and not Núñez himself. Núñez himself claimed in an interview that Sunderland had thought that Valencia and Núñez's international team-mate Eduardo Bennett, both of whom were of a similar build, were the same player, and had watched both of them play for PAOK and Honduras respectively, assuming they had seen the same player twice. In the confusion, they had ended up signing Núñez by mistake, with the diminutive forward being the only Honduran player at PAOK.^[5] Sunderland later went to court over the transfer as Nunez was owned by Uruguayan third tier team Uruguay Montevideo at the time of his move to Wearside, although he never played for them.^[6][7] Nunez stayed in England for two years before returning to Nacional, after playing just once for Sunderland against Wimbledon in the league^[8] and Luton Town in the League Cup.^[9] He later played for Pachuca and Necaxa.

Back in Honduras

Núñez returned to his native Honduras in 2004 and he signed for Olimpia in summer 2007^[10] and in June 2008 he rejoined Marathón^[11] before moving abroad again.

Guatemala

In 2009, Núñez crossed the border to play for Guatemalan side Jalapa^[12] and then joined USAC for the 2010 Clausura championship, along with Selvin Motta and former national team goalkeeper Paulo César Motta.^[13] In June 2010, he rejoined Comunicaciones^[14] before joining Universidad SC the following year.

In February 2013, a historic fine was imposed on a Guatemalan football club after fans of Heredia racially abused USAC's black striker Núñez.^[15]

Núñez left USAC in 2017 before joining third-tier team Deportivo Ayutla in September 2018.^[16]

Victoria

In June 2019, Núñez signed a contract with Victoria, where he would play alongside his son, also named Milton.^[17]

International

Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Núñez goal.

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List of international goals scored by Milton Núñez

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	5 May 1994	Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States	Peru	2–1	2–1	Friendly	[29]
2	3 December 1995	Estadio Óscar Quiteño, Santa Ana, El Salvador	Guatemala	2–0	2–0	1995 UNCAF Nations Cup	[30]
3	10 December 1995	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Guatemala	1–0	3–0	1995 UNCAF Nations Cup	[31]
4	6 March 1996	Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States	Colombia	1–0	1–2	Friendly	[32]
5	17 November 1996	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9–2	11–3	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	[33]
6				11–3
7	18 April 1997	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	El Salvador	3–0	3–0	1997 UNCAF Nations Cup	[34]
8	19 March 1999	Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica	Belize	2–0	5–1	1999 UNCAF Nations Cup	[35]
9	24 March 1999	Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica	El Salvador	1–0	3–1	1999 UNCAF Nations Cup	[36]
10				2–1
11	9 February 2000	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	El Salvador	2–0	5–1	Friendly	[37]
12				4–0
13	16 February 2000	Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States	Colombia	2–0	2–0	2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup	[38]
14	4 March 2000	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Nicaragua	3–0	3–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[39]
15	7 May 2000	Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Panama	3–1	3–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[40]
16	3 June 2000	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Haiti	1–0	4–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[41]
17	17 June 2000	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti	Haiti	2–0	3–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[42]
18	28 February 2001	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	2–1	2–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[43]
19	23 May 2001	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Panama	1–1	1–2	2001 UNCAF Nations Cup	[44]
20	25 May 2001	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Nicaragua	6–1	10–2	2001 UNCAF Nations Cup	[45]
21				9–1
22	1 September 2001	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States	United States	1–1	3–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[46]
23				3–1
24	5 September 2001	Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Jamaica	1–0	1–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[47]
25	20 November 2002	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Colombia	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[48]
26	31 March 2004	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Jamaica	2–2	2–2	Friendly	[49]
27	19 February 2005	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Nicaragua	1–0	5–1	2005 UNCAF Nations Cup	[50]
28				5–1
29	21 February 2005	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Belize	2–0	4–0	2005 UNCAF Nations Cup	[51]
30				3–0
31	27 February 2005	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Costa Rica	1–0	1–1	2005 UNCAF Nations Cup	[52]
32	16 July 2005	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States	Costa Rica	3–0	3–2	2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup	[53]
33	7 October 2006	Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States	Guatemala	1–2	3–2	Friendly	[54]

Close

Club

Comunicaciones

• Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala (3): 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98

Nacional

• Uruguayan Primera División (2): 1998, 2001

Marathón

• Liga Profesional de Honduras (2): 2004–05 A, 2008–09 A

Real España

• Liga Profesional de Honduras: 2006–07 C

Olimpia

• Liga Profesional de Honduras: 2007–08 C

Country

Honduras

• Copa Centroamericana: 1995

Individual

• Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala Top Goalscorer: 1994–95