Aníbal González (footballer, born 1964)
Chilean footballer
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Aníbal Segundo González Espinoza (born 13 March 1964 in Rapel, Cardenal Caro Province) is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a forward during his career.
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| Full name | Aníbal Segundo González Espinoza | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 March 1964 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rapel, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 25 de Febrero | |||||||||||||||||
| O'Higgins | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1982–1986 | O'Higgins | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | → Cultural Doñihue (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Cobreloa | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | O'Higgins | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Unión Española | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Colo-Colo | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Morelia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Monterrey | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | → Colo-Colo (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Palestino | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996-1997 | Universidad Católica | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Deportes Puerto Montt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Santiago Wanderers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | O'Higgins | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Chile B | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1991 | Chile | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
González is the all-time goalscorer of the Chilean club O'Higgins, with a total of 117 goals at official competitions.
International career
González represented Chile in the 1987 Pan American Games, winning the silver medal.[1] Before, he represented the Chile B national team in the 1987 President's Cup International Football Tournament.[2]
At senior level, he made his debut for the Chile national football team on June 5, 1988, in a friendly against the United States national football team.
Personal life
He is better known by his nickname Tunga González.[3]
He is the father of the former footballer of the same name Aníbal González Ramírez, who was born in Monterrey, Mexico.[4]
González was elected councillor for Rancagua commune in 2012 and 2016 supported by Independent Democratic Union.[5][6]
Honours
Universidad Católica
- Primera División de Chile: 1997 Apertura
Colo-Colo
- Recopa Sudamericana: 1992
- Copa Interamericana: 1992
Chile B
- Pan American Games Silver medal: 1987
Individual
- Copa Chile: Top Scorer 1990 (13 goals)
- Primera División de Chile: Top Scorer 1992 (24 goals)
- Primera División de Chile: Top Scorer 1995 (18 goals)
