Vas Nuñez
Hong Kong footballer (born 1995)
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Vasudeva Das Lilley Nuñez (Chinese: 勞烈斯; born 22 November 1995), commonly known as Vas Nuñez, is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a centre back for China League One club Yanbian Longding and the Hong Kong national team.
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Nuñez training with Hong Kong in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vasudeva Das Lilley Nuñez | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | British Hong Kong | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Yanbian Longding | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2010 | HKFC | ||
| 2010–2011 | Brasil Top Skills Soccer School | ||
| 2012–2014 | United Services RC | ||
| 2014–2015 | Eastern | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Eastern | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Dreams Metro Gallery (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | → Biu Chun Glory Sky (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2017–2020 | R&F | 24 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Meizhou Hakka | 36 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Dalian Pro | 27 | (0) |
| 2024 | Guangxi Pingguo Haliao | 10 | (1) |
| 2025– | Yanbian Longding | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Hong Kong U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022– | Hong Kong | 17 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2026 | |||
Club career
Núñez joined Eastern in 2015 and was loaned to Metro Gallery for the 2015–16 season.
Núñez scored his first professional goal for Metro Gallery on 6 March 2016, in a 2–3 away loss to Wong Tai Sin.[1]
On 4 July 2017, R&F announced that they had acquired Núñez from Eastern.[2] On 14 October 2020, Núñez left the club after his club's withdrawal from the HKPL in the new season.
In February 2021, it was reported that Núñez would join China League One club Meizhou Hakka.[3]
On 21 August 2022, Núñez joined Dalian Pro.[4] He contributed an assist in his second start for the club, helping his club to secure a 2–2 draw against Beijing Guoan on 24 September 2022.
On 8 January 2024, Núñez joined Guangxi Pingguo Haliao.[5]
On 17 June 2025, Núñez joined Yanbian Longding.[6]
International career
On 4 May 2018, Núñez was granted the Hong Kong SAR Passport.[7] He was then called up to the U-23 squad for the 2018 Asian Games.
On 11 July 2022, Núñez was named to the preliminary squad in preparation for the 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship.
On 19 July 2022, Núñez made his international debut for Hong Kong in a 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship match against Japan.
On 26 December 2023, Núñez was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. [8]
Personal life
The fifth of six children, Núñez was born in Hong Kong to a British father and a Mexican mother.[9] His parents divorced when he was young, and he and his five siblings grew up on Lamma Island where they lived in poverty.[10] Due to the family's financial situation, they were nearly homeless on three to four occasions, and Nuñez was forced to drop out of school after Secondary 3 as his family could no longer afford it.[11]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 29 October 2023[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Eastern | 2015–16 | Hong Kong Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dreams Metro Gallery (loan) | 2015–16 | Hong Kong Premier League | 4 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | – | 1[c] | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Biu Chun Glory Sky (loan) | 2016–17 | 11 | 2 | 2[a] | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[d] | 0 | 15 | 3 | ||
| R&F | 2017–18 | 13 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | – | 1[d] | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 39 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 5 | ||
| Meizhou Hakka | 2021 | China League One | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Chinese Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Dalian Pro | 2022 | Chinese Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 102 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 123 | 5 | ||
- Appearances in the Hong Kong FA Cup
- Appearances in the Hong Kong League Cup
- Appearances in the Hong Kong Sapling Cup
- Appearances in the Hong Kong Senior Shield
International
- As of 9 June 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 0 | |
