Pedro Alejandro González Vera (born 17 October 1967 in Valdivia) is a Chilean football manager and former football player nicknamed "Heidi". A forward, with 212 goals, he is the second highest scorer in the history of Chilean football after Francisco "Chamaco" Valdés, who has 215 official goals.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Alejandro González Vera | ||
| Date of birth | October 17, 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Valdivia, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deportes Valdivia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1989 | Deportes Valdivia | 57 | (5) |
| 1990 | Unión Española | 12 | (2) |
| 1991–1992 | Coquimbo Unido | 51 | (21) |
| 1993–1997 | Cobreloa | 120 | (42) |
| 1997–2002 | Universidad de Chile | 175 | (112) |
| 2003–2004 | Unión Española | 79 | (24) |
| 2005 | Coquimbo Unido | 28 | (5) |
| 2006 | Santiago Morning | 16 | (2) |
| 2006 | Universidad de Chile | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 545 | (213) | |
| International career | |||
| 1987 | Chile U20 | ||
| 1993–2000 | Chile | 29 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2018 | Unión Española (youth) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Deportes Valdivia U19 | ||
| 2019 | Deportes Valdivia | ||
| 2019– | Deportes Valdivia (youth) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
International career
editGonzález represented Chile at under-20 level in both the 1987 South American Championship[1] and the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.[2] At senior level, he earned 29 caps and scored 5 goals from 1993 to 2000.[3]
Managerial career
editAfter working for seven years in the Unión Española youth system,[4] in August 2018 González became the General Manager of the Deportes Valdivia youth system and the coach of the under-19 level team.[5] In 2019, he coached the first team for three months, returning to the youth system in August of the same year.[6]
Honours
editClub
edit- Deportes Valdivia
- Universidad de Chile
- Primera División de Chile (2): 1999, 2000
- Copa Chile (2): 1998, 2000
Individual
editReferences
edit- ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". PartidosdelaRoja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Copas del Mundo Sub-20". PartidosdelaRoja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Pedro González". PartidosdelaRoja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Campos, César (7 June 2021). "Pedro González: "Mi vuelta a Valdivia me permitió disfrutar hasta el final con mi viejita"" (in Spanish). LUN. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Pedro "Heidi" González asumió como jefe técnico del fútbol joven en Deportes Valdivia". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "'Heidi' González es despedido de D. Valdivia: se va sin ganar" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
External links
edit- Pedro González at National-Football-Teams.com