Raúl Zúñiga
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Manuel Zapata Zumaque | ||
| Date of birth | 13 July 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Juradó, Chocó, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | América | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019 | UAEM | 12 | (6) |
| 2019–2022 | Dorados | 87 | (38) |
| 2023–2024 | Querétaro | 29 | (8) |
| 2024–2025 | Tijuana | 42 | (15) |
| 2025– | América | 12 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:25, 27 July 2025 (UTC) | |||
José Raúl Zúñiga Murillo (born 13 July 1994) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club América.[1]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]He made his professional debut at 25 years old in Mexico, after searching for opportunities in Argentina, Germany and his native Colombia.[2]
He played his first game on 2 August 2019 for Potros UAEM against Correcaminos UAT, scoring twice in a 4–0 win.[3][4]
Querétaro
[edit]After his spell at Dorados de Sinaloa in Liga de Expansión MX, Zúñiga moved up to Liga MX to sign for Querétaro.[5]
Tijuana
[edit]On 11 January 2024, Club Tijuana announced they had signed Zúñiga.[6] He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 away win against Juárez on 14 April 2024.[7]
Club América
[edit]On 13 July 2025, Zuñiga joined Club América.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Colombia - R. Zúñiga - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ↑ Almonacid, Dilhan (3 October 2023). "José Raúl Zúñiga y la terquedad que lo llevó a debutar a los 25 años, hasta 'romperla' en México". Gol Caracol (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ↑ "POTROS UAEM FC INICIA CON TRIUNFO DE 4-0". Nuevo Enlace (in Spanish). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ↑ "Potros UAEM inicial el Apertura 2019 con goleada 4-0 sobre Correcaminos". Agencia de Noticias MVT (in Spanish). 3 August 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ↑ Magallán, Ricardo (19 November 2022). "Miguel Barbieri y Raúl Zuñiga, primeros refuerzos del Querétaro". Diario AS (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ↑ "Raúl Zuñiga es nuevo refuerzo para la RevoluXión". Sitio Oficial del Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ↑ "Juárez vs. Tijuana, J-15, Clausura 2024, Liga MX: Resultado, goles y resumen | TUDN Liga MX | TUDN". www.tudn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
External links
[edit]- Raúl Zúñiga at Soccerway
Categories:
- Living people
- 1994 births
- Men's association football forwards
- Colombian men's footballers
- Colombian expatriate men's footballers
- Liga MX players
- Liga de Expansión MX players
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Club Tijuana footballers
- Querétaro F.C. footballers
- Dorados de Sinaloa footballers
- Potros UAEM footballers
- People from Chocó Department
- 21st-century Colombian sportsmen
