Ysrael Zuniga

Position
Forward
Nationality
Place Of Birth
Lima
Date Of Birth
August 27, 1976
Age
48
Height (cm)
178
Games Played
29
-
Per Game
Games Started
13
0.4
Per Game
Minutes
1229
42.4
Per Game
Goals
4
0.1
Per Game
Assists
0
0
Per Game
Notes
Stats
Matches
Transfers
Gallery
Internationals

The short Peruvian striker was signed by Gordon Strachan in March 2000, City paying his club Melgar £750,000. A late developer, Zuniga set the Peruvian championship alight by scoring 32 goals in 1999, winning the South American Golden Boot and his feats won him a big money move to Coventry. Strachan gave him a few chances towards the end of the 1999-2000 and despite scoring two goals he looked out of his depth. The following season hopes were high that the nineteen-times capped Zuniga would step into the shoes of the departed Robbie Keane but it didn’t happen and he struggled against physical English defences. After relegation in 2001 Zuniga barely featured and in 2002 he returned to South America to play for Estudiantes of Buenos Aires. Goals were still hard to come by and soon he was back in Peru playing for Universitario and later Sporting Cristal and his old club Melgar.

Championship (England)
2001-2002
Coventry City
5
1
4
149′
5
1
4
149′
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
Premier League (England)
2000-2001
Coventry City
15
7
8
670′
2
1 (0)
1999-2000
Coventry City
7
3
4
225′
2 (0)
22
10
12
895′
2
0
0
3 (0)
0
0
Worthington Cup (England)
2000-2001
Coventry City
2
2
185′
1 (0)
2
2
0
185′
0
0
0
1 (0)
0
0
Totals:
29
13
16
1229′
2
0
0
4 (0)
0
0
Date
For
Against
H/A
Result
Nationwide Football League First Division 2001-2002
Nationwide Football League First Division 2001-2002
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
A
L 2:1
22`
Coventry City
Birmingham City
H
D 1:1
1`
Coventry City
Watford
A
L 3:0
Coventry City
Norwich City
H
W 2:1
Coventry City
Portsmouth
A
L 1:0
Coventry City
Barnsley
H
W 4:0
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
H
W 2:0
Coventry City
Grimsby Town
H
L 0:1
15`
Coventry City
Nottingham Forest
H
D 0:0
Coventry City
Bradford City
A
L 2:1
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
L 0:1
21`
FA Carling Premiership 2000-2001
FA Carling Premiership 2000-2001
Coventry City
Bradford City
H
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Aston Villa
A
L 3:2
3`
Coventry City
Liverpool
H
L 0:2
26`
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
A
L 2:0
33`
Coventry City
Sunderland
H
W 1:0
Coventry City
Leicester City
A
W 1:3
Coventry City
Everton
H
L 1:3
59`
Coventry City
Manchester City
H
D 1:1
57`
Coventry City
Middlesbrough
A
D 1:1
64`
Coventry City
Everton
A
W 1:2
77`
Coventry City
Southampton
H
D 1:1
21`
Coventry City
Aston Villa
H
D 1:1
72`
Coventry City
Manchester United
H
L 1:2
45`
1
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
H
W 2:1
Coventry City
West Ham United
H
L 0:3
65`
Coventry City
Arsenal
A
L 2:1
27`
Coventry City
Leeds United
H
D 0:0
25`
Coventry City
Manchester City
A
W 1:2
Coventry City
Southampton
A
W 1:2
6`
Coventry City
Middlesbrough
H
L 1:3
Worthington Cup 2000-2001
Worthington Cup 2000-2001
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
A
L 2:1
Coventry City
Southampton
A
W 0:1
105`
Coventry City
Preston North End
A
W 1:3
80`
1
FA Carling Premiership 1999-2000
FA Carling Premiership 1999-2000
Coventry City
Watford
A
L 1:0
35`
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
H
W 4:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Newcastle United
A
L 2:0
5`
Coventry City
West Ham United
A
L 5:0
Coventry City
Middlesbrough
H
W 2:1
Coventry City
Chelsea
A
L 2:1
13`
Coventry City
Bradford City
H
W 4:0
13`
1
Coventry City
Everton
H
W 1:0
9`
Coventry City
Leeds United
A
L 3:0
60`
Club Out
Club In
Transfer Date
Fee
Club Out / Club In
Transfer Date / Fee
Coventry City
Released
Fri, 26 Jul, 2002
Released
Coventry City
Released
Fri, 26 Jul, 2002
Released
Melgar
Coventry City
Fri, 25 Feb, 2000
£750,000
Melgar
Coventry City
Fri, 25 Feb, 2000
£750,000

Peru, 8 caps

1999-00
29 March 2000 Peru v Paraguay, Lima, 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying, 2-0, booked, replaced
26 April 2000 Chile v Peru, Santiago, 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying, 1-1, substitute
4 June 2000 Peru v Brazil, Lima, 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying, 0-1
29 June 2000 Ecuador v Peru, Quito, 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying, 2-1, substitute
19 July 2000 Peru v Colombia, Lima, 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying, 0-1, booked, replaced
2000-01
18 August 2000 Peru v Venezuela, Lima,  2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying, 1-0
3 September 2000 Peru v Argentina, 2002, Lima, FIFA World Cup Qualifying, 1-2, substitute
8 October 2000 Bolivia v Peru, La Paz, 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying, 1-0, replaced

Other caps with various clubs including Melgar, Estudiantes and Universitario (total 21 caps, 3 goals)
Selected for the 1999 and 2007 Copa America squads