Norman Nuñez Pipersburgh (born 12 June 1971) is a Belizean retired footballer who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of Belize's best players of all time.
Club career The much-travelled Nuñez has played for many different teams in his native Belize and had a one-month spell at Honduran side CD Marathón where he broke his foot and never returned to the club. He was 7 times the Belize Premier Football League top goalscorer. He was the outstanding Juventus player when they beat Honduran side Real España 4–1 away in a 1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup game, the only team to win a continental CONCACAF match for Belize.
International career Nicknamed Tilliman, Nuñez made his debut for Belize his country's first FIFA acknowledged competitive game, an UNCAF Cup match against El Salvador in November 1995 and went on to earn a total of 11 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented Belize in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matchesRecord at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA and played at the 2001Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2001 - Details - RSSSF and 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup.Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - Details - RSSSF
His final international was at that 2005 UNCAF tournament, Belize's third game against Nicaragua.
International goals Scores and results list Belize's goal tally first. # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 24 April 2001 MCC Grounds, Belize City, Belize 2–0 2–0 Friendly match 2 17 April 2002 MCC Grounds, Belize City, Belize 7–1 Friendly match 3 17 April 2002 MCC Grounds, Belize City, Belize 7–1 Friendly match
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