Claudio Núñez

Chilean footballer (born 1975)

Claudio Patricio Núñez Caamaño (born October 16, 1975) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a striker. He is nicknamed "El Diablo", which means, "the Devil". He made his name playing for Tigres UANL, where he had his most success.

As a child, Núñez was with Humberto Nelson in his city of birth, then he joined Santiago Wanderers youth system. After playing during four seasons for the club, he moved to Monterrey, Mexico, to play with Tigres in 1996. Tigres had just been privatized after a crisis that ended with the team's relegation to Primera División A. In 1998, he played on loan at Universidad Católica. He played 10 seasons with Tigres, 8 in First Division, in which he scored over 40 goals. He played many Clásico Regiomontano matches, against Tigres arch rival Rayados de Monterrey. He became the maximum scorer in the history of Tigres for matches of this kind, with eight goals. His record was tied by Walter Gaitán in January 2007. An injury separated him from the fields, and Tigres consequently separated him from the team in 2001. In 2002, he moved to play with Puebla F. C., a team that has been relegated to Primera División A. In 2005, he played his first Copa Libertadores de América with Tigres, where he scored some goals. Nuñez has also played for Unión Española and Everton in Chile and Al Shoalah in Saudi Arabia. A farewell Clásico Regiomontano match where Nuñez played with special guests from Tigres and Monterrey was scheduled for August 4, 2009 at the Estadio Universitario, Tigres' home stadium.

He has played fast football with Monterrey Flash. In 2017, he started a football academy, what ended. Next, he has worked for Azteca 7 as an analyst.

He lives in Monterrey with his wife. At the beginning of his playing career, he was nicknamed Huracán Porteño (Hurricane from Valparaíso) due to his speed. Since he was a player of Tigres in Mexico, he is well known as Diablo Núñez (The Devil Núñez).