Nacho González (footballer, born 1971)

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

Nacho González
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Carlos González Cavallo
Date of birth (1971-12-17) 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 Apps (Gls)
1991–1997 Racing Club 133 (8)
1997–1998 Newell's Old Boys 16 (0)
1998–2002 Las Palmas 56 (6)
1999–2000 → Pachuca (loan) 17 (0)
2003 Estudiantes 14 (0)
2003 Nueva Chicago 12 (0)
2004–2005 Unión Española 16 (0)
2006 Arsenal Sarandí 6 (0)
2006–2008 Las Palmas 38 (0)
Total 308 (14)
International career
1997–1998 Argentina 4 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2018 All Boys
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 July 2021

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]

International career

During a one-year span, González appeared four times for Argentina, being picked for the final squad at the 1997 Copa América.[4]

Honours

Club

Pachuca
Unión Española

References

  1. ^ “Nacho” González ya es nuevo arquero de Estudiantes (“Nacho” González is already new Estudiantes' goalie); Terra, 22 December 2002 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ To the ground; World Referee, 22 April 2008
  3. ^ Nacho González, en UdRadio: "Creo que es el momento" (Nacho González, in UdRadio: "I believe the moment has come") Archived 4 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine; UD Las Palmas, June 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Copa América 1997; at RSSSF