Raúl González | |
Fullname: | Raúl Isaac González San Vicente |
Birth Date: | 2 December 1955 |
Birth Place: | Valparaíso, Chile |
Position: | Right-back |
Youthclubs1: | Guillermo Subiabre |
Youthclubs2: | Colo-Colo |
Years1: | 1975–1978 |
Clubs1: | Santiago Wanderers |
Years2: | 1979–1982 |
Years3: | 1983 |
Years4: | 1985 |
Clubs4: | Bush Bucks |
Years5: | 1986 |
Clubs5: | AmaZulu |
Years6: | 1987 |
Nationalteam1: | Chile U20 |
Nationalyears1: | 1975 |
Nationalteam2: | Chile |
Nationalyears2: | 1979 |
Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 1999 |
Managerclubs1: | African Wanderers (assistant) |
Raúl Isaac González San Vicente (born 2 December 1955) is a Chilean former footballer.
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.
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]
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,[8] as well as the cousin of the also former footballers Reinaldo and Alejandro, sons of Reynaldo.[9]
Santiago Wanderers
Moroka Swallows
Bush Bucks
Chile[10]