called up for the Honduras national side to play in a friendly against Guatemala Núñez managed to win his 35th cap in the game and managed to create a goal in Honduras' 2–0 win Núñez was called up to play against Panama before Christmas. He was then called up for Honduras to play Costa Rica and Guatemala in the Copa América games. 15 January, Núñez scored against Costa Rica in injury time to earn Honduras a 1–1 draw. Núñez scored in his second successive game by scoring in Honduras' win against Guatemala. On 23 January, Núñez played in the 2011 Copa Centroamericana final and helped Honduras win the tournament after beating Costa Rica 2–1. Núñez won the award for best player of the tournament when he won the MVP. On 21 March, Núñez was called up into the Honduras squad. In June 2011, Núñez played for Honduras in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, he was used as an impact player and came on as a substitute in each of the first four games. Nunez denied on his Twitter page that he had critisced the Honduras manager Luis Fernando Suárez after the 1–1 match against Guatemala in the Gold Cup. Honduras played Mexico in the semi-final of the Gold Cup with Núñez making his fifth appearance of the tournament as a substitute. However, Mexico beat Honduras 2–0 in extra time to reach the final. Núñez revealed in August 2011 he turned down a call up for Honduras to feature against Venezuela as it meant he would miss Leeds match against Bradford City. Núñez started against Bradford and scored his first two goals for Leeds. Honours and awards Club C.D. Olimpia Liga Profesional de Honduras (1): 2007–08 C Country Honduras Copa Centroamericana (1): 2011 Personal Olimpia: Player of the season 2007–08 Southern Methodist University: Missouri Valley Conference 2003 Freshman of the Year Honduras: Copa Centroamericana MVP 2011 Career statistics International goals References External links 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Tegucigalpa Association football midfielders Honduran footballers Honduran emigrants to the United States Honduras international footballers Honduran expatriate footballers Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Honduras Parade High School All-Americans (boys' soccer) 2010 FIFA World Cup players 2011 Copa Centroamericana players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players L.D. Alajuelense footballers FC Dallas players Chivas USA players C.D. Olimpia players Club Puebla players Cruz Azul footballers Leeds United F.C. players Scunthorpe United F.C.