| Manuel González | |
| Fullname: | José Manuel González López |
| Birth Date: | 10 October 1917 |
| Birth Place: | Madrid, Spain |
| Position: | Defender |
| Years1: | 1941–1948 |
| Clubs1: | Granada |
| Caps1: | 139 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 1948–1951 |
| Clubs2: | Málaga |
| Caps2: | 82 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1952 |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1952–1956 |
| Clubs4: | Granada |
| Caps4: | 100 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 322 |
| Totalgoals: | 2 |
| Manageryears1: | 1959 |
| Managerclubs1: | Granada |
José Manuel González López (10 October 1917 – 24 July 1988) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a defender.[1]
González started his career in Granada's squad in 1941.[1] He made his professional debut on 28 September during a 1–1 draw at Los Cármenes with Celta.[1] That was the first of thirteen appearances in his opening campaign, prior to eighty-two across the following three; the last finishing with relegation to the Segunda División.[1] In that time, González scored for the first time in a 5–2 win versus Celta in April 1944.[1] He stayed with Granada for three seasons in tier two, before departing in 1948 to play for Segunda División team Málaga.[1] Twenty-eight appearances followed in season one as they won promotion to La Liga for 1949–50.[1]
He subsequently featured fifty-six times in two La Liga campaigns.[1] In 1952, González secured a move to Real Madrid.[1] However, he made just one appearance for the club - on 17 February versus Real Sociedad.[1] He soon left to rejoin Granada.[1] He retired four seasons later, following one hundred matches in the Segunda División.[1] In 1959, he was made manager of Granada.[1] He left after two matches.[1]
González's son and namesake Manuel González was also a professional footballer.[1] His grandson, Lucas Alcaraz, became a football manager in 1995.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[3] | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Granada | 1941–42 | La Liga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 1942–43 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||||
| 1943–44 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |||||
| 1944–45 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 1[4] | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||||
| 1945–46 | Segunda División | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||||
| 1946–47 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||||
| 1947–48 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 139 | 2 | 21 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 161 | 2 | |||||
| Málaga | 1948–49 | Segunda División | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 1949–50 | La Liga | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 1950–51 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7[5] | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 82 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | 94 | 0 | |||||
| Real Madrid | 1951–52 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Granada | 1952–53 | Segunda División | 28 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||
| 1953–54 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||||
| 1954–55 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4[6] | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||||
| 1955–56 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 100 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 112 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 322 | 2 | 34 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | 368 | 2 | |||||