Raúl González (footballer, born 1955)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is San Vicente.

Raúl González
Personal information
Full name Raúl Isaac González San Vicente
Date of birth (1955-12-02) 2 December 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Valparaíso, Chile
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Guillermo Subiabre
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1978 Santiago Wanderers
1979–1982 Palestino
1983 Moroka Swallows
1985 Bush Bucks
1986 AmaZulu
1987 Moroka Swallows
International career
1975 Chile U20
1979 Chile 4 (0)
Managerial career
1999 African Wanderers (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raúl Isaac González San Vicente (born 2 December 1955) is a Chilean former footballer.

Career

González played for clubs in both Chile and South Africa. In Chile, he played for Santiago Wanderers and Palestino. In South Africa, he played for Moroka Swallows, Bush Bucks and AmaZulu between 1984 and 1987.[1] His last club was Moroka Swallows in 1987.[2]

At international level, he represented Chile U20 in the 1975 South American Championship.[2] At senior level, he played in four matches for the Chile national team in 1979.[3] He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1979 Copa América tournament,[4] where Chile was the runner-up.[2]

In 1999, he worked as the assistant coach of Mario Tuane, who promoted his signing with Moroka Swallows in 1983, in the South African club African Wanderers.[5]

Personal life

He is the father of both the former Chile international footballer Mark González[6] and the actor and football agent Raúl Hoffmann.[7] His wife, Lorena Hoffmann, is the niece of the former Chile international footballers Carlos Hoffmann and Reynaldo Hoffmann [es],[8] as well as the cousin of the also former footballers Reinaldo and Alejandro, sons of Reynaldo.[9]

Honours

Santiago Wanderers

Moroka Swallows

Bush Bucks

Chile[10]

References

  1. ^ "Raúl GONZÁLEZ". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Quijada, Vicente (2 December 2020). "Raúl González: El subcampeón de América en 1979". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Raúl González". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Copa América 1979". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  5. ^ Gleeson, Mark (16 August 2017). "Another of South African football's legendary coaches has passed away". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  6. ^ "El Beckham chileno creció en Suráfrica entre fútbol y rugby". AS.com (in Spanish). Diario AS. 25 April 2006. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  7. ^ "¿Por qué los hermanos Raúl Hoffmann y Mark González no tienen el mismo apellido?". www.chilevision.cl (in Spanish). Chilevisión. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Parentesco entre seleccionados". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  9. ^ Gonzalez Lucay, Carlos (17 October 2021). "La historia de Donovan y Favian Loyola, los hermanos nacidos en Estados Unidos que sigue la Roja" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Raúl González". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2022.


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