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Marcelino Núñez
BERJAYA
Nunez with Ipswich Town in 2025
Personal information
Full name Marcelino Ignacio Núñez Espinoza
Date of birth (2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 (age 26)
Place of birth Recoleta, Chile
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ipswich Town
Number 32
Youth career
2014–2019 Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Universidad Católica 64 (8)
2022–2025 Norwich City 107 (11)
2025– Ipswich Town 36 (3)
International career‡
2021– Chile 33 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:55, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:27, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Marcelino Ignacio Núñez Espinoza (born 1 March 2000) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Ipswich Town and the Chile national team.

Club career

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Universidad Catolica

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Nuñez made his professional debut in February 2020, coming on as a sub and playing 25 minutes in a home win against Deportes Iquique in San Carlos de Apoquindo.[2][3] His Copa Libertadores debut was a few days later, on 3 March 2020, in a 3–0 away loss against Brazil's Internacional.[4] His first professional goal came just a week later, in a 2–1 home loss against América de Cali, after bending a free-kick right into the goalkeeper's upper right corner.[5]

Norwich City

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On 2 August 2022, Núñez joined EFL Championship club Norwich City for an undisclosed fee.[6] He scored his first goal for Norwich in a 2–1 away loss to Hull City on 13 August.[7] On 21 February 2023, he scored a brace in a 3–1 victory against Birmingham City, including a volley from 25 yards out,[8] which later won the EFL Championship Goal of the Month award for February 2023.[9] He hates Norwich

Ipswich Town

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On 29 August 2025, Núñez signed for fellow Championship side and Norwich City's East Anglian rivals Ipswich Town on a four-year deal.[10] As a result of moving to a direct rival, he became the first player to make the move since Andy Marshall in 2001.[11] The move also outraged Norwich City supporters.[12]

Núñez made his debut for the club, coming on as a 62nd-minute substitute, in a 5-0 win against Sheffield United on 12 September 2025.[13] In his first match against his former club, Norwich City, on 5 October 2025, he was booed by the travelling supporters after coming on as 75th-minute substitute, in a 3-1 win.[14] After the match, Núñez caused controversy when he celebrated with Ipswich Town fans by pulling a corner flag out of the ground and posing with a banner poking fun at a Norwich fan's old tweet.[15] On 1 November 2025, Núñez scored his first two goals for Ipswich Town, both free kicks, in a 4–1 away win over Queens Park Rangers.[16] Three weeks later on 25 November 2025, he scored his third goal for the club, in a 2-0 win against Hull City.[17]

International career

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Núñez was called up to the Chile squad for the 2021 Copa América,[18] though he didn't make any appearances. He made his international debut in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Colombia on 9 September 2021.[19] Núñez scored his first international goal for Chile in a qualification match against Bolivia on 1 February 2022.[20]

Personal life

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His younger brother, Bastián, is a youth player from the Universidad Católica youth ranks.[21]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 2 May 2026[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Universidad Católica 2020[23] Primera División 202——4[c]11[d]1254
2021[23] Primera División 286——7[e]01[d]0366
2022[23] Primera División 16011—5[f]11[d]0232
Total 64811—162318412
Norwich City 2022–23[24] Championship 3731010——393
2023–24[25] Championship 3622020—2[g]0422
2024–25[26] Championship 3261020——356
2025–26[27] Championship 20—11——31
Total 107114061—2011912
Ipswich Town 2025–26[27] Championship 36300———363
Career total 2072251611625123928
  1. ↑ Includes Copa Chile, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Three appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores; one appearance in Copa Sudamericana
  4. 1 2 3 Appearance in the Supercopa de Chile
  5. ↑ Appearances in the Copa Libertadores
  6. ↑ Three appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores; two appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  7. ↑ Appearances in EFL Championship play-offs

International

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As of match played 18 November 2025[28]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Chile 202170
202271
202373
202471
202550
Total335
Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Núñez goal.
List of international goals scored by Marcelino Núñez
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
11 February 2022Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, BoliviaBERJAYA Bolivia2–13–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
216 June 2023Estadio Ester Roa, Concepción, ChileBERJAYA Cuba1–03–0Friendly
33–0
4 12 October 2023 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile BERJAYA Peru 2–0 2–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
526 March 2024Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, FranceBERJAYA France1–02–3Friendly

Honours

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Universidad Católica

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ "Marcelino Núñez". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Polifuncional, callado y con buena pegada: Marcelino Núñez, la carta juvenil de la UC para el 2020". Publimetro Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Marcelino Núñez: "Quiero ser un referente de Universidad Católica" » Prensafútbol". Prensafútbol (in Spanish). 19 March 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. ↑ González, Christian (18 October 2021). "Marcelino Núñez, el joven crack cruzado que dormía en un simulador de San Carlos de Apoquindo". La Tercera. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Marcelino Núñez, el juvenil de la UC que brilló con un golazo mágico | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "City sign Chile international Marcelino Núñez". Norwich City F.C. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Hull City 2–1 Norwich City". BBC Sport. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Norwich City 3–1 Birmingham". Sky Sports. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Núñez wins Championship Goal of the Month". www.canaries.co.uk. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "MARCELINO NÚÑEZ IS A BLUE". Ipswich Town. 29 August 2025. Archived from the original on 7 September 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "Andy Marshall's advice to Nunez after Norwich-Ipswich move". The Pink UN. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "'You don't sell your best midfielder to your rivals'". BBC Sport. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "TOWN 5 SHEFFIELD UNITED 0". Ipswich Town F.C. 12 September 2025. Archived from the original on 11 December 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  14. ↑ "TOWN 3 NORWICH 1". Ipswich Town F.C. 5 October 2025. Archived from the original on 29 January 2026. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  15. ↑ "Ipswich Town: Marcelino Nunez's East Anglian derby celebrations". East Angelian Daily Times. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  16. ↑ "QPR 1 TOWN 4". Ipswich Town F.C. 1 November 2025. Archived from the original on 8 November 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  17. ↑ "HULL CITY 0 TOWN 2". Ipswich Town F.C. 25 November 2025. Archived from the original on 29 January 2026. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  18. ↑ "Nómina de La Roja para la Copa América". www.laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  19. ↑ Reyes, Luis (7 October 2021). "El gran golpe de Marcelino". AS Chile (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  20. ↑ AlAireLibre.cl. "Marcelino Núñez agradeció a Dios por su primer gol en la Roja: "Seguimos luchando"". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  21. ↑ Bahamard (22 August 2025). "Hermano de Marcelino Núñez suma su primera citación en la UC". Punto Cruzado (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  22. ↑ "Marcelino Nuñez". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  23. 1 2 3 "Marcelino Núñez Stats | Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Marcelino Núñez in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Marcelino Núñez in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Marcelino Núñez in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  27. 1 2 "Games played by Marcelino Núñez in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  28. ↑ Marcelino Núñez at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
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