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Nacho González
Personal information
Full name	Ignacio Carlos González Cavallo
Date of birth	17 December 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Sarandí, Argentina
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1997	Racing Club
1997–1998	Newell's Old Boys
1998–2002	Las Palmas
1999–2000	→ Pachuca (loan)
2003	Estudiantes
2003	Nueva Chicago
2004–2005	Unión Española
2006	Arsenal Sarandí
2006–2008	Las Palmas
Total
International career
1997–1998	Argentina
Managerial career
2008–2009	Las Palmas (assistant)
2010–2011	Lanús (gk coach)
2012	Racing Club (gk coach)
2012–2014	Racing Club (youth)
2013	Racing Club (interim)
2017	Atlético Venezuela
2017–2018	All Boys
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ignacio 'Nacho' Carlos González Cavallo (born 17 December 1971) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Sarandí, Buenos Aires, González started his professional career in 1991 with Racing Club de Avellaneda, where he spent six seasons in the Argentine Primera División. Towards the end of his time with the club, he earned a reputation as an excellent penalty taker.^[1]

In 1997, González joined Newell's Old Boys of Rosario and, the following year, moved to Spain's UD Las Palmas. After being backup in his first season, spent in Segunda División, and serving a loan in Mexico with C.F. Pachuca (being part of the squad that won the Invierno 1999 tournament), he became the starter, scoring four goals in the 2001–02 campaign but with the Canary Islands team being relegated from La Liga, with the keeper finding the net through penalties.

In 2003, González returned to Argentina where he played for Estudiantes de La Plata and Club Atlético Nueva Chicago also in the top flight. Two years later he was part of the Unión Española team that won the Chilean Apertura in 2005 and, the following season, played six matches with local side Arsenal de Sarandí.

During a 2005 match for Unión Española against Unión San Felipe, González received his second yellow card and was consequently ejected by Enrique Osses. Upset by this, he hit the referee in the face knocking him over, and afterwards was held in police custody for two hours; he faced a ban of up to 50 matches, which he did not serve because he left his team to play in Argentina.^[2]

González returned for a third spell with Las Palmas, managing to compete a further two seasons in the second level and announcing his retirement in June 2008, at the age of 36.^[3]