Ricardo González (footballer, born 1965)

Ricardo Nicolás Gónzalez Reinoso (born 31 August 1965), known as Richard González and nicknamed Manteca (Lard), is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a defender.

Ricardo Gónzalez
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Nicolás Gónzalez Reinoso
Date of birth (1965-08-31) 31 August 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth San Felipe, Chile
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Unión San Felipe (caretaker)
Youth career
Juventud La Troya[1]
Unión San Felipe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1989 Unión San Felipe
1990–1993 Unión Española 107 (3)
1994 Colo-Colo 25 (1)
1995–1996 Deportes Temuco 52 (1)
1997–2000 Santiago Wanderers 83 (6)
2000 Palestino 21 (0)
2001–2006 Unión San Felipe
International career
1985 Chile U20
1993 Chile 1 (0)
Managerial career
2016–2018 Trasandino
2024 Unión San Felipe (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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A historical player of his hometown club, Unión San Felipe, he made his professional debut in 1984 and retired at the end of the 2006 season, aged forty two.[2]

He was a member of the Unión Española squads that won the Copa Chile in 1992 and 1993, alongside players such as Ricardo Perdomo, José Luis Sierra, José Cabrera, among others.[3]

At international level, he represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1985 South American Championship.[2][1]

At senior level, he obtained one cap for the Chile national side, making his only appearance on 8 September 1993 in a friendly match against Spain.

Coaching career

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González graduated as a football manager in 2006. In 2016, he assumed as head coach of Trasandino until September 2018.[4][5]

Personal life

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He is frequently named Richard González and nicknamed Manteca (Lard).[1][2]

González was a candidate for councillor for San Felipe in the 2008 Chilean municipal election, supported by Independent Democratic Union.[2][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ricardo GONZÁLEZ". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Retamal, Rodrigo (15 May 2017). "Futbolistas del recuerdo: Ricardo "Manteca" González, el hijo ilustre de San Felipe". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  3. ^ Orrego Bocchieri, Héctor (12 August 2022). "Unión Española lamenta la sensible muerte del legendario Ricardo Perdomo: "Uno de los jugadores más importantes de nuestra historia"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Ricardo González es el nuevo entrenador de Trasandino de Los Andes". El Andino (in Spanish). 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Ricardo "Manteca" González dejó de ser el DT de Trasandino" (in Spanish). 3 September 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  6. ^ "CUADRO 10 SAN FELIPE" (PDF) (in Spanish). TER Valparaíso. October 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
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