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Tino Nuñez
Personal information
Full name	Agustin Nuñez
Date of birth	22 August 1984 (age 25)
Place of birth	Long Beach, California, United States
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Real Salt Lake
Number	25
Youth career
2003	Compton Tartars
2004–2007	UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November, 2009.; † Appearances (Goals).;

Agustin "Tino" Nuñez (born 22 August 1984, in Long Beach, California) is an American soccer forward who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.

[edit] Career

[edit] Youth and College

Nuñez was a four year letter-winner at Millikan High School in Long Beach, California. With Nuñez on the squad, Millikan ran to four consecutive Moore League Championships as well as one CIF Championship in Nuñez's junior year. Personally, Nuñez claimed numerous awards including Freshman of the Year in his first year and First Team All-Moore League, All-CIF, and league offensive player of the year in his last. As a senior, Nuñez scored a team high 25 goals and 18 assists.

After high school, Nuñez moved on to Compton Community College's soccer team. With the Tartars for only the 2003 season, he earned team MVP honors with 15 goals.

Nuñez joined up with University of California, Santa Barbara Men's Soccer team for the 2004 season. He appeared in 23 games, starting 6. In addition, he scored 2 goals and 6 assists for 10 points. This point total put him ahead of other now-professional players including Tyler Rosenlund, Andy Iro, Bryan Byrne, and Ivan Becerra. During this season, Nuñez and the Gauchos marched all the way to the 2004 Division I Men's College Cup, losing on penalties to Indiana University.

2005 did not prove to be a productive year for Nuñez as he had to redshirt the entire season to rehabilitate a torn ACL.

In 2006, Nuñez featured in 19 games, starting 7. He netted only 1 time this season, however the UCSB Gauchos were crowned champions of Division I college soccer by beating the Bruins from the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2006 Division I Men's College Cup in St. Louis, Missouri. This marked UCSB's first ever national championship in soccer and only second overall. In a minor claim to fame, Nuñez was controlling the ball near the UCLA corner flag as the game ended.

Nuñez featured in 21 games, starting all of them for the 2007 season. He scored 5 goals and tallied 5 assists for 15 points. His increased output and play as a "target forward" led to interest in professional teams.

[edit] Professional

Nuñez was drafted by Real Salt Lake in the 2nd Round (17th Overall) of the 2008 MLS Supplemental Draft. His first action with the RSL first team came in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup against the San Jose Earthquakes on April 30, 2008. He came in as a 75th minute substitute and assisted on the final goal of the game scored by Andy Williams.^[1]

Nuñez's first Major League Soccer appearance came on May 31, 2008, again against the San Jose Earthquakes. This time he was an 85th minute substitute.^[2] His first MLS goal was a game-winner which came on 21 June 2008 against New England Revolution in the 60th minute.^[3]

[edit] See also

List of current MLS players

[edit] References

^ RSL rolls to victory in play-in game From http://real.saltlake.mlsnet.com, Posted 30 April 2008.
^ Real Salt Lake roll past San Jose From http://real.saltlake.mlsnet.com, Posted 31 May 2008.
^ Real Salt Lake Flex Home Muscles From http://web.mlsnet.com, Posted 21 June 2008.

[edit] External sources

[0] RSL rolls to victory in play-in game From http://real.saltlake.mlsnet.com, Posted 30 April 2008.

[1] Real Salt Lake roll past San Jose From http://real.saltlake.mlsnet.com, Posted 31 May 2008.

[2] Real Salt Lake Flex Home Muscles From http://web.mlsnet.com, Posted 21 June 2008.

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