Fast Facts: A reserve forward as a freshman in 2003, Zuniga has past goalkeeper experience, and has worked in the off-season to earn the back-up goalkeeper duties this year…At 6-foot-2, has good size, excellent feet, and can cover the goal area…When not in net, will also see time at forward, where he’s capable of scoring.
2003: Tied for ninth on the team in scoring as a freshman with five points (two goals, one assist)…Played in nine games with one start…Eight shots (six SOG)…Saw 171 minutes of action…(09/03): Scored first career goal on a header at 56:43 of the second half for an insurance goal in NJCU’s 2-0 win over Hunter College…(09/20): Played a season-high 33 minutes in 5-2 win over Mount St. Mary College…(10/4): Notched a three-point effort with a goal and an assist in a 9-0 rout of Rutgers-Newark…Had a season-high three shots…(10/18): Made first career start in 1-0 road loss to The College of New Jersey.
High School: A June 2003 graduate of Passaic High School in Passaic, NJ…Graduated with honors…A four-year varsity soccer player for the Indians…Earned both First-Team and Second-Team All-Passaic-County accolades in his career…Was a Second-Team All-Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League Division B Second-Team pick at fullback as a senior in 2002…Played for coach Alfonso Blanco-Rivas.
Club: Played one year of club soccer for Kevin East as part of the U-19 Ironbound Strikers Sports Club.
Personal: Born March 20, 1985 in Atopoltitlan, Tehuitzingo, Puebla, Mexico…Full name is Juan Zuniga…Nickname is “X”…Parents are Eliade and Leovigildo Zuniga…Has four siblings—Maria Zuniga, Alma Delia Zuniga, Elizabeth Zuniga, 16, and Izela Zuniga, 13…Major at NJCU is Computer Science…Wants to attend graduate school after finishing his undergraduate degree…Left-footed…Lists his father as his hero.
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Hobbies/interest: Listening to music
Hero/Idol: His dad
Sports Team: Chivas soccer team (Mexico)
