Marcelino Núñez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Nuñez and the second or maternal family name is Espinoza.

Marcelino Núñez
Nunez with Ipswich Town in 2025
Personal information
Full name Marcelino Ignacio Núñez Espinoza
Date of birth (2000-03-01) 1 March 2000
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 109 (13)
2025– Ipswich Town 14 (3)
International career‡
2021– Chile 33 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:12, 16 November 2025 (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 EFL Championship club Ipswich Town and the Chile national team.

Club career

Universidad Catolica

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

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]

Ipswich Town

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] On 1 November, he scored his first two goals for Ipswich, both free kicks, in a 4–1 away win over Queens Park Rangers.[11]

International career

Núñez was called up to the Chile squad for the 2021 Copa América,[12] 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.[13] Núñez scored his first international goal for Chile in a qualification match against Bolivia on 1 February 2022.[14]

Personal life

His younger brother, Bastián, is a youth player from the Universidad Católica youth ranks.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 November 2025[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Universidad Católica 2020[17] Primera División 20 2 — — 4[c] 1 1[d] 1 25 4
2021[17] Primera División 28 6 — — 7[e] 0 1[d] 0 36 6
2022[17] Primera División 16 0 1 1 — 5[f] 1 1[d] 0 23 2
Total 64 8 1 1 0 0 16 2 3 1 84 12
Norwich City 2022–23[18] Championship 37 3 1 0 1 0 — — 39 3
2023–24[19] Championship 36 2 2 0 2 0 — 2[g] 0 42 2
2024–25[20] Championship 32 6 1 0 2 0 — — 35 6
2025–26[21] Championship 4 2 0 0 1 1 — — 5 3
Total 109 13 4 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 121 14
Ipswich Town 2025–26[21] Championship 14 3 0 0 0 0 — — 14 3
Career total 187 24 5 1 6 1 16 2 5 1 215 28
  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. ^ a b c 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

As of match played 18 November 2025[22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Chile 2021 7 0
2022 7 1
2023 7 3
2024 7 1
2025 5 0
Total 33 5
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
1 1 February 2022 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia  Bolivia 2–1 3–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 16 June 2023 Estadio Ester Roa, Concepción, Chile  Cuba 1–0 3–0 Friendly
3 3–0
4 12 October 2023 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile  Peru 2–0 2–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 26 March 2024 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France  France 1–0 2–3 Friendly

Honours

Universidad Católica

Individual

References

  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. ^ a b "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 F.C. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Queens Park Rangers 1–4 Ipswich Town". BBC Sport. 1 November 2025. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  12. ^ "Nómina de La Roja para la Copa América". www.laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  13. ^ Reyes, Luis (7 October 2021). "El gran golpe de Marcelino". AS Chile (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  14. ^ AlAireLibre.cl. "Marcelino Núñez agradeció a Dios por su primer gol en la Roja: "Seguimos luchando"". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  15. ^ Bahamard (22 August 2025). "Hermano de Marcelino Núñez suma su primera citación en la UC". Punto Cruzado (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  16. ^ "Marcelino Nuñez". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  17. ^ a b c "Marcelino Núñez Stats | Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  18. ^ "Games played by Marcelino Núñez in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  19. ^ "Games played by Marcelino Núñez in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  20. ^ "Games played by Marcelino Núñez in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  21. ^ a b "Games played by Marcelino Núñez in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  22. ^ Marcelino Núñez at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
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