Osvaldo González
Chilean footballer (born 1984)
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Osvaldo Alexis González Sepúlveda (born 10 August 1984) is a Chilean footballer. He currently plays for Chilean club Universidad de Concepción.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Osvaldo Alexis González Sepúlveda[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Concepción, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Universidad de Concepción | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Luis Acevedo | |||
| Universidad de Concepción | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | Universidad de Concepción | 84 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Universidad de Chile | 68 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | Toluca | 74 | (5) |
| 2011–2016 | Universidad de Chile | 128 | (1) |
| 2016–2019 | Toluca | 99 | (4) |
| 2019–2021 | Universidad de Chile | 49 | (1) |
| 2022 | Huachipato | 25 | (0) |
| 2023– | Universidad de Concepción | 18 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Chile U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 2008–2015 | Chile | 14 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:29, 17 December 2020 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 June 2023 | |||
Club career
A product of the Universidad de Concepción youth system, González began playing in the club's under-16 squad coached by Eduardo de la Barra, coming from Club Deportivo Luis Acevedo from San Pedro de la Paz.[2] He later debuted for the senior squad in 2005, and soon after became a regular starter. He then signed with Universidad de Chile. On 9 January he was transferred to Deportivo Toluca of Mexico. On 15 May 2010 he received two yellow cards in the semifinal of the second leg of El Bicentenario 2010. Due to his red card he missed the first leg of the final which Toluca eventually won. After a year and a half in Mexico, Osvaldo finally returned to Universidad de Chile in July 2011. He scored the equalizer goal of the game against Vasco da Gama in the semifinals of the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, which Universidad de Chile finished as champion.
Back to Universidad de Concepción in 2023, they won the 2025 Primera B de Chile.[3]
International career
He has been capped for the Chile senior team fourteen times.[4] In addition, he represented Chile U23 at the 2008 Inter Continental Cup in Malaysia.[5]
Personal life
In 2026, González started a real estate business.[6]
Career statistics
- As of match played on 12 April 2018[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Universidad Concepción | 2008 | Primera División of Chile | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | ? | 1 | |||
| Universidad de Chile | 2009 | Primera División of Chile | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | 43 | 1 | |
| Toluca | 2009–10 | Mexican Primera División | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
| 2010–11 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | 35 | 3 | |||
| Total | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 57 | 5 | ||
| Universidad de Chile | 2011 | Primera División of Chile | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | 31 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | 51 | 1 | |||
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||
| Total | 128 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 191 | 3 | ||
| Toluca | 2016–17 | Liga MX | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 37 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 62 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 2 | ||
| Career totals | 292 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 3 | 393 | 13 | ||
International
Honours
- Universidad de Chile
- Primera División de Chile (4): 2009–A, 2011–C, 2012–A, 2014–A
- Copa Chile (1): 2012–13, 2015
- Copa Sudamericana (1): 2011
- Supercopa de Chile (1): 2015
- Toluca
- Universidad de Concepción
- Primera B de Chile (1): 2025