Milton Núñez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Milton Omar Núñez García | ||
| Date of birth | October 30, 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Sambo Creek, Honduras | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1993 | Deportivo Progreseño | ||
| 1993 | Real España | 12 | (0) |
| 1994–1998 | Comunicaciones | 77 | (16) |
| 1998–1999 | Nacional | 40 | (15) |
| 1999 | PAOK | 5 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Sunderland | 1 | (0) |
| 2001 | Nacional | 17 | (4) |
| 2002 | Comunicaciones | ||
| 2002 | Pachuca | 18 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | Necaxa | 40 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Marathón | 32 | (9) |
| 2005 | Comunicaciones | 11 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Real España | 41 | (11) |
| 2007–2008 | Olimpia | 24 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 | Marathón | 35 | (8) |
| 2009 | Jalapa | 16 | (3) |
| 2010 | Universidad SC | 22 | (6) |
| 2010–2011 | Comunicaciones | ||
| 2011–2016 | Universidad SC | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1994–2008 | Honduras | 86 | (33) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2007. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2008 |
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Milton Omar Núñez García (born October 30, 1972 in Sambo Creek, Honduras), aka Tyson is a retired Honduran football player.
Nicknamed Tyson due to his resemblance to former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, Milton Nuñez was born Milton Omar Nuñez García, to a hard-working family consisting of 8 siblings: Milton, his brother Luis, his sister Ana, his sister Karina, his brother Orlin, and his late brother Walter (1975–2010). Due to heavy alcoholism, Milton's father died when Milton was only 10 years old. He always played with his brothers in the alleys of San Salvador where he grew up.
Nuñez only played a few seasons in the Honduran league before moving abroad to play in Guatemala and for Nacional in Uruguay. He then briefly appeared for PAOK in the Superleague Greece and for Sunderland in the Premier League.
PAOK signed him in 1999 for a huge for his playing value price of €3 million, after being approved by the great scouting eye of former PAOK scout and player, Stavros Sarafis. He was a failure as a transfer, and was then transferred for a fee of £1,6 million to Sunderland.
Núñez is now somewhat a cult hero for Sunderland, due to his small size and only one appearance. Perhaps the most popular theory surrounding his signing is that Peter Reid, who was the manager when Núñez was brought to the Stadium of Light, thought that he had signed Núñez's strike partner at PAOK, Adolfo Valencia, and not Núñez himself. Another theory, which seems untrue but is still often repeated is that Nunez was in fact playing for a Uruguayan 3rd division team with a similar name to Nacional, something which later led to a lawsuit from Sunderland. Nunez stayed in England for 2 years before returning to Nacional, after playing just once for Sunderland against Wimbledon in the league and Luton Town in the League Cup.
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