Felipe Alejandro Núñez Becerra (born 25 February 1979) is a Venezuelan–born Chilean football manager,

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and former

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well known for his spell at

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. He currently works as coach of the B-team of Panamanian club as well as the assistant coach of the first team.

Early life

Núñez was born in

Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

, Venezuela, to Chilean parents. During his stay at Caribbean country he played tournaments for his school team under the coaching of Lino Alonso, historic football-man in the Venezuelan football history. He lived there until 1991 when he moved to his homeland and settled in his grandfather’s house at

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commune of

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after his parents divorce.

Club career

He started his career at

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youth set-up aged fifteen. After the club’s bankruptcy he left the club and joined second-tier side Arturo Fernandez Vial in 2000. In Concepción–based side, Núñez was first-choice keeper, playing 32 games during his spell and even scoring one goal, after netting a

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score in a 4–1 home win over

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. In mid-2002, he went to

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along

Sebastián González Sebastián Ignacio González Valdés (; born 14 December 1978), also known as Chamagol, is a Chilean former footballer who played as striker. Club career He began his football career at Colo-Colo of the first tier of his country, in which ...

who completed his move to top-level team

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. However ''Chamagol'' recommended him to play at the club’s filial

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, which Núñez successfully joined. In 2004 Núñez returned to his country and joined

. As an anecdote, in 2005 he took part of the

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''Adidas Selection Team'' from

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, where a squad made up by youth players from professional teams faced players from schools, standing out future professional footballers such as

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, Nelson Saavedra,

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, among others. In the same year, he also represented the

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team under

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. He was an undisputed started and

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during his ten-year spell in the Arab Palestininian community club. There he reached the 2008 Torneo Clausura runner-up (where was red carded in the first leg final) and was included in the league’s team of the tournament by football magazine El Gráfico. On 5 September 2014, he resigned from Palestino after differences with the coach

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. On 22 January 2015, Núñez signed for

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, after reaching a 18-month contract.

International career

Núñez was second-choice for the Chilean under-20 team that played the

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and the under-23 team that reached the

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. Previously, along with

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, he won the L'Alcúdia Tournament in 1998. In 2012, he received an offer from the

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to play for its

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, but this however didn’t thrived.

Managerial career

In 2019, he worked as the

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Francisco Arrué Francisco Esteban Arrué Pardo (born 7 August 1977) is a Chilean football manager and former association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Arrué is one of the six Chilean players who have played in his country's thre ...

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side Colchagua. In 2020, he became the manager of

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in the same division. He left the club in September 2023. In the second half of 2024, Núñez moved to Panama and assumed as the assistant coach of Ever Demaldé in in the top division as well as the coach of the B-team in the second level.

Outside of football

In the mid 2010s, he completed a

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at the University of the Americas.

Honours

Chile U20 * L'Alcúdia International Tournament (1):

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References

External links

Felipe Núñez at Football Lineups
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nunez, Felipe 1979 births Living people Footballers from Caracas Sportspeople of Chilean descent Men's association football goalkeepers Naturalized citizens of Chile Chilean men's footballers Chile men's youth international footballers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Liga Premier de México players Ascenso MX players Venezuelan Primera División players Colo-Colo footballers C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers Deportes Melipilla footballers Toros Neza footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Huachipato FC footballers Deportivo La Guaira players Santiago Wanderers footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela Chilean journalists University of the Americas (Chile) alumni Gabriela Mistral University alumni Association football coaches Chilean football managers Chilean expatriate football managers Deportes Recoleta managers Segunda División Profesional de Chile managers Primera B de Chile managers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Panama Expatriate football managers in Panama