 Nuñez in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vasudeva Das Lilley Nuñez | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Hong Kong | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Guangxi Pingguo Haliao | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2010 | HKFC | ||
| 2010–2011 | Brasil Top Skills Soccer School | ||
| 2012–2014 | Hong Kong Armed Forces | ||
| 2014–2015 | Eastern | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Eastern | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Dreams Metro Gallery (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | → Biu Chun Glory Sky (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2017–2020 | R&F | 24 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Meizhou Hakka | 36 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Dalian Pro | 27 | (0) |
| 2024– | Guangxi Pingguo Haliao | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Hong Kong U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022– | Hong Kong | 9 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 January 2024 | |||
Vasudeva Das Lilley Nuñez (Chinese: 勞烈斯; born 22 November 1995), commonly known as Vas Nuñez, is a Hong Kong professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for China League One club Guangxi Pingguo Haliao.
Club career
Núñez joined Eastern in 2015, and was loaned to Metro Gallery for the 2015–16 season.
He scored his first professional goal for Metro Gallery on 6 March 2016, in a 2–3 away loss to Wong Tai Sin.[1]
On 4 July 2017, R&F announced that they had acquired Núñez from Eastern.[2] On 14 October 2020, Núñez left the club after his club's withdrawal from the HKPL in the new season.
In February 2021, it was reported that Núñez would join China League One club Meizhou Hakka.
On 21 August 2022, Núñez joined Dalian Pro. He contributed an assist in his second start for the club, helping his club to secure a 2–2 draw against Beijing Guoan on 24 September 2022.
On 8 January 2024, Núñez joined Guangxi Pingguo Haliao.
International career
On 4 May 2018, Núñez was granted the Hong Kong SAR Passport.[3] He was then called up to the U-23 squad for the 2018 Asian Games.
On 11 July 2022, Núñez was named in the preliminary squad in preparation for the 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship.
On 19 July 2022, Núñez made his international debut for Hong Kong in the 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship against Japan.
On 26 December 2023, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. [4]
Personal life
The fifth of six children, Núñez was born in Hong Kong to a British father and Mexican mother.[5] His parents divorced when he was young, and he and his five siblings grew up on Lamma Island where they lived in poverty.[6] Due to the family's financial situation, they were nearly homeless on three to four occasions and Nuñez was forced to drop out of school after Form 3 as his family could no longer afford it.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 29 October 2023[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Eastern | 2015–16 | Hong Kong Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dreams Metro Gallery (loan) | 2015–16 | Hong Kong Premier League | 4 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Biu Chun Glory Sky (loan) | 2016–17 | 11 | 2 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 15 | 3 | ||
| R&F | 2017–18 | 13 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | – | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 39 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 5 | ||
| Meizhou Hakka | 2021 | China League One | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Chinese Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Dalian Pro | 2022 | Chinese Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 102 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 123 | 5 | ||
- 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Hong Kong FA Cup
- ↑ Appearances in the Hong Kong League Cup
- 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Hong Kong Sapling Cup
- 1 2 Appearances in the Hong Kong Senior Shield
International
- As of 14 January 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 0 | |
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 July 2022 | Kashima Stadium, Kashima, Japan |  Japan |
0–6 | 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
| 2 | 24 July 2022 | Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan |  South Korea |
0–3 | 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
| 3 | 27 July 2022 | Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan |  China |
0–1 | 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
| 4 | 28 March 2023 | Sultan Ibrahim Stadium, Johor, Malaysia |  Malaysia |
0–2 | Friendly |
| 5 | 19 June 2023 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong |  Thailand |
0–1 | Friendly |
| 6 | 19 June 2023 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong |  Bhutan |
4–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round |
| 7 | 16 November 2023 | Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran |  Iran |
0–4 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round |
| 8 | 21 November 2023 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong |  Turkmenistan |
2–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round |
| 9 | 14 January 2024 | Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar |  United Arab Emirates |
1–3 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup |
References
- ↑ "Wong Tai Sin 3-2 Metro Gallery". goal.com. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ↑ "羅拔圖投富力年薪180萬". Apple Daily (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 4 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ↑ Atkin, Nicolas. "With his Hong Kong passport papers in hand, desperate young footballer ends a life in limbo". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ↑ "中國香港代表隊 – 決選名單" [Hong Kong, China Team – Finalists]. Hong Kong Football Association (in Chinese). 26 December 2023. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ↑ "【我有嘢講】6呎4勞烈斯：我要踢香港隊！". Oriental Daily News (in Chinese). 23 December 2016. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2017. (in Chinese)
- ↑ "南丫小子化身衝超功臣 勞烈斯毅力成就足球路 原文網址：南丫小子化身衝超功臣 勞烈斯毅力成就足球路.c". on.cc (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ↑ Mak, King Zhi. "勞烈斯：沒有放棄選項的足球路 絕處改寫命運與偏見的足跡". Sports Road. Archived from the original on 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024. (in Chinese)
- ↑ "Vas Nuñez". HKFA. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
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