Leonel Jorge Núñez (born 13 October 1984) is an Argentine

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who last played as a forward for Nueva Chicago.

Career

Argentinos Juniors

From 2004 to 2007 Núñez played for

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in the

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. He finished the 2006 Apertura tournament with 8 goals, and was in the top ten goalscorers. During the Clausura tournament 2007 he scored one of the goals of the season from his own half against

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. His goals helped Argentinos Juniors move away from the bottom four in the Primera División relegation table for the first time in nearly three years. The young striker attracted a lot of attention from many big European clubs during his time in Argentina due to his prolific goal-scoring ratio.

Olympiacos

In June 2007, Núñez signed with

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club Olympiacos for €3 million as reported. He agreed personal terms for a four-year contract worth €500,000 a season. Núñez scored his first goal for Olympiacos in a pre-season friendly against

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club Ankaragücü. On 16 January 2008, Núñez scored his first official goal for Olympiacos. It was a brilliant scissor kick to make it 4-0 in the Greek cup derby match against Panathinaikos. Núñez recorded his first league goal, essentially a decider, shortly afterwards in the game against OFI Crete. With Olympiacos he won the Greek Super League, the Greek Cup as well as the Greek Super Cup.

Club Atlético Independiente

In 2008, Núñez was signed by Independiente. His terrific displays and his contribution of seven goals in his first tournament were not enough to prevent Independiente from finishing in 18th place, however. On May 9, 2010, Nuñez scored a goal directly from the corner against his former team Argentinos Juniors.

Bursaspor

On 1 August 2010 he signed with Turkish champions

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on a 2+1 one-year deal for an undisclosed fee.

Johor Darul Takzim

He made his debut against

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by replacing

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when

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trailed by 1-0 in the second leg of Malaysia FA Cup quarter-final and subsequently helped Johor DT by scoring 2 goals to complete the comeback to bring the match to a penalty shootout. He was one of the penalty kickers and succeeded, which brought Johor DT to the Malaysia FA Cup semi-final against Pahang FA with a 4-2 win against Selangor FA through the penalty shootout. His third goal for Johor Darul Takzim was scored when Johor Darul Takzim won against Pahang 1-0 in a subsequent league match.

OFI Crete

On 12 February 2014 he signed a contract with OFI Crete.

PS TNI

On 1 March 2017. Núñez signed a contract with

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. And he has made 5 score for the club.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nunez, Leonel 1984 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Argentinos Juniors footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Turkey Association football forwards Club Atlético Independiente footballers Olympiacos F.C. players People from Buenos Aires Bursaspor footballers Süper Lig players Super League Greece players Argentine Primera División players Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players OFI Crete F.C. players