| Gastón González | |
| Fullname: | Gastón Nicolás González |
| Birth Date: | 27 June 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Santa Fe, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.84 m[1] |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | Nacional (on loan from Orlando City) |
| Youthclubs1: | Unión Santa Fe |
| Years1: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Unión Santa Fe |
| Caps1: | 23 |
| Goals1: | 5 |
| Years2: | 2022– |
| Clubs2: | Orlando City |
| Caps2: | 18 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2024– |
| Clubs3: | → Nacional (loan) |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 27 January 2024 |
Gastón Nicolás González (born 27 June 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional, on loan from Orlando City of Major League Soccer.[2]
González started his career with Unión Santa Fe.[2] [3] He made the breakthrough towards the end of the 2018–19 campaign, featuring for the final ten minutes of a Copa de la Superliga draw away to San Martín on 13 April 2019; having been substituted on by Leonardo Madelón in place of Augusto Lotti.[2] [4] On 21 December 2020, during his seventh career appearance, González scored his first senior goal in a 2–2 draw away to Rosario Central in the Copa de la Liga Profesional.[2]
On 5 May 2022, Orlando City announced the signing of González as an U22 initiative player on a three-year contract with three additional option years although he was immediately placed on the Season Ending Injury list having torn his ACL in what was already scheduled to be his final appearance for Unión on 19 April.[5] He made his debut for the club during the 2023 season and made a total of 21 appearances in all competitions but struggled for both game time and form, failing to score a goal but registering two assists.[6]
On 27 January 2024, it was announced González had joined Uruguayan Primera División team Nacional on a year-long loan with an option to buy.[7] He made his debut on 6 February as a half-time substitute in a 2–1 defeat to Liverpool in the 2023 Copa Uruguay round of 16.[8]
In 2019, González was selected to train against Argentina's senior squad at the Copa América in Brazil.[9]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup[10] | League Cup | Continental[11] | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Unión Santa Fe | 2018–19 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[12] | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[13] | 2 | 1[14] | 0 | — | 9 | 2 | ||||
| 2021 | 23 | 5 | — | 13 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 5 | ||||||
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 8 | |||
| Orlando City | 2022 | Major League Soccer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| Nacional | 2024 | Uruguayan Primera División | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 41 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 8 | |||