Ernest Nungaray

Ernest Nungaray
Personal information
Full name Ernest Nungaray Arce
Date of birth (1992-05-07) May 7, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Anaheim, California, United States
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Monarcas Morelia 0 (0)
2012–2013 Toros Neza 9 (0)
2013 Correcaminos UAT 1 (0)
2014 Delfines de Coatzacoalcos 24 (3)
2015 Veracruz 0 (0)
2015 Albinegros de Orizaba 1 (0)
2015–2016 Atlético Reynosa 12 (0)
2016–2018 Monarcas Morelia II
2018 Sport Boys 10 (1)
2019 Ayacucho FC 25 (4)
2020 Carlos A. Mannucci 24 (1)
2021 Sport Boys 20 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 March 2023

Ernest Nungaray Arce (born May 7, 1992) is an American former soccer player who played as an attacking midfielder[1] for clubs in Mexico and Peru.[2]

Career

Born in Anaheim, California to Mexican parents, Nungaray began playing football with an amateur side in Tijuana which his father coached.[3] In 2007, he joined the youth system of Monarcas Morelia.[4] He made 13 appearances for Morelia's Ascenso MX affiliate Toros Neza before joining the parent club in Liga MX during 2013.[5]

After failing to feature for Morelia in Liga MX, Nungaray signed with Correcaminos UAT, where he would make a single substitute's appearance in the Ascenso MX.[6] He would later join Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, but never played for the club in Liga MX before he moved to Liga Premier de Ascenso side Reynosa in 2015.[7] In 2016, Nungaray was playing for Monarcas Morelia Premier in the third level of Mexican football.[8]

Nungaray has dual-citizenship with Mexico and the United States, and has played for the United States men's national under-20 soccer team.[3]

Personal

Nungaray is related to Mexican professional footballer Fernando Arce.[3]

References

  1. ^ Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
  2. ^ Profile at Liga MX official website
  3. ^ a b c Aguirregomezcorta, Gonzalo (29 September 2011). "Nungaray, Monarca californiano" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes.
  4. ^ "Un 'mexicano' más que jugará con Estados Unidos" (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. 4 March 2011.
  5. ^ Marshall, Tom (June 24, 2013). "American Exports: Back in Liga MX, midfielder Ernest Nungaray hopes to win a place with Morelia". MLSsoccer.com.
  6. ^ "El paso de Correcaminos en el Ascenso" (in Spanish). El Decidor. 2013.
  7. ^ Gamboa, Alberto (3 September 2015). "Reynosa FC a recomponer el camino" (in Spanish). El Mañana.
  8. ^ "Monarcas subcampeón de la Segunda División Premier" [Monarcas runner-up of the Second Division Premier] (in Spanish). Cambio de Michoacán. 18 December 2016.