Sergio González | |
Fullname: | Sergio Nelson González |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1961 |
Birth Place: | Córdoba, Argentina |
Death Place: | Córdoba, Argentina |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1981–1982 |
Caps1: | 16 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1983–1985 |
Caps2: | 59 |
Goals2: | 4 |
Years3: | 1985–1987 |
Clubs3: | Royal Antwerp |
Caps3: | 40 |
Goals3: | 8 |
Years4: | 1987–1988 |
Clubs4: | → Aris (loan) |
Caps4: | 27 |
Goals4: | 6 |
Years5: | 1988–1989 |
Clubs5: | Argentinos Juniors |
Caps5: | 19 |
Goals5: | 2 |
Years6: | 1990–1991 |
Clubs6: | Atlético Morelia |
Caps6: | 26 |
Goals6: | 5 |
Years7: | 1991–1992 |
Clubs7: | Cobras |
Caps7: | 24 |
Goals7: | 9 |
Years8: | 1992–1993 |
Clubs8: | Atlante |
Caps8: | 5 |
Goals8: | 1 |
Years9: | 1993–1997 |
Caps9: | 100 |
Goals9: | 19 |
Years10: | 1994–1995 |
Clubs10: | Banfield |
Caps10: | 16 |
Goals10: | 0 |
Years11: | 1997–1998 |
Clubs11: | Chaco For Ever |
Caps11: | 9 |
Goals11: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 325 |
Totalgoals: | 54 |
Sergio Nelson González (21 March 1961 – 13 July 2020) was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]
González joined Belgian First Division side Royal Antwerp in 1985, he went on to score eight goals in forty appearances between 1985 and 1987.[1] [2] During his years with Antwerp, he was loaned out for the 1987–88 Belgian First Division season to Aris of the Greek Alpha Ethniki.[2] Six goals in twenty-seven matches followed.[1] In 1990, González entered Mexican football by joining Atlético Morelia, prior to moves with fellow Mexican Primera División clubs Cobras and Atlante from 1991 to 1993; he suffered relegation with Cobras, while he won the title with Atlante.[1] [3] [4] In 1993, González returned to Argentina to play for Instituto in Primera B Nacional.[1]
In four years with Instituto, González made one hundred league appearances for the club and scored nineteen goals.[1] [5] After departing Instituto in 1997, González subsequently joined Chaco For Ever with whom he featured nine times.[1] Throughout his career, González also played for Argentinos Juniors, Banfield and also had a secondary spell with Instituto in the Argentine Primera División.[1]
Gonzalez died on 13 July 2020 after suffering a heart attack while exercising.[6] [7]