Pedro González (footballer, born 1967)

Pedro González
Personal information
Full name	Pedro Alejandro González Vera
Date of birth	October 17, 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Valdivia, Chile
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Deportes Valdivia
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1989	Deportes Valdivia
1990	Unión Española
1991–1992	Coquimbo Unido
1993–1997	Cobreloa
1997–2002	Universidad de Chile
2003–2004	Unión Española
2005	Coquimbo Unido
2006	Santiago Morning
2006	Universidad de Chile
Total
International career
1987	Chile U20
1993–2000	Chile
Managerial career
2012–2018	Unión Española (youth)
2018–2019	Deportes Valdivia U19
2019	Deportes Valdivia
2019–	Deportes Valdivia (youth)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Alejandro González Vera (born 17 October 1967 in Valdivia) is a Chilean football manager and former football player nicknamed "Heidi". A forward, with 212 goals, he is the second highest scorer in the history of Chilean football after Francisco "Chamaco" Valdés, who has 215 official goals.

International career

González represented Chile at under-20 level in both the 1987 South American Championship^[1] and the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.^[2] At senior level, he earned 29 caps and scored 5 goals from 1993 to 2000.^[3]

Managerial career

After working for seven years in the Unión Española youth system,^[4] in August 2018 González became the General Manager of the Deportes Valdivia youth system and the coach of the under-19 level team.^[5] In 2019, he coached the first team for three months, returning to the youth system in August of the same year.^[6]

Honours

Club

Deportes Valdivia

Segunda División de Chile (1): 1987

Universidad de Chile

Primera División de Chile (2): 1999, 2000
Copa Chile (2): 1998, 2000

Individual

Primera División de Chile Top-scorer (2): 1998, 2000

References

^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". PartidosdelaRoja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^ "Nóminas de Chile para Copas del Mundo Sub-20". PartidosdelaRoja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^ "Pedro González". PartidosdelaRoja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^ Campos, César (7 June 2021). "Pedro González: "Mi vuelta a Valdivia me permitió disfrutar hasta el final con mi viejita"" (in Spanish). LUN. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^ "Pedro "Heidi" González asumió como jefe técnico del fútbol joven en Deportes Valdivia". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^ "'Heidi' González es despedido de D. Valdivia: se va sin ganar" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

External links

Pedro González at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". PartidosdelaRoja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2022.

[2] "Nóminas de Chile para Copas del Mundo Sub-20". PartidosdelaRoja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2022.

[3] "Pedro González". PartidosdelaRoja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2022.

[4] Campos, César (7 June 2021). "Pedro González: "Mi vuelta a Valdivia me permitió disfrutar hasta el final con mi viejita"" (in Spanish). LUN. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

[5] "Pedro "Heidi" González asumió como jefe técnico del fútbol joven en Deportes Valdivia". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

[6] "'Heidi' González es despedido de D. Valdivia: se va sin ganar" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

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