Ricardo González (footballer, born 1965)

Ricardo Gónzalez
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Nicolás Gónzalez Reinoso
Date of birth	31 August 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	San Felipe, Chile
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Unión San Felipe (caretaker)
Youth career
	Juventud La Troya
	Unión San Felipe
Senior career*
Years	Team
1984–1989	Unión San Felipe
1990–1993	Unión Española
1994	Colo-Colo
1995–1996	Deportes Temuco
1997–2000	Santiago Wanderers
2000	Palestino
2001–2006	Unión San Felipe
International career
1985	Chile U20
1993	Chile
Managerial career
2016–2018	Trasandino
2024	Unión San Felipe (caretaker)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ricardo Nicolás Gónzalez Reinoso (born 31 August 1965), known as Richard González and nicknamed Manteca (Lard), is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a defender.

Playing career

A historical player of his hometown club, Unión San Felipe, he made his professional debut in 1984 and retired at the end of the 2006 season, aged forty two.^[2]

He was a member of the Unión Española squads that won the Copa Chile in 1992 and 1993, alongside players such as Ricardo Perdomo, José Luis Sierra, José Cabrera, among others.^[3]

At international level, he represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1985 South American Championship.^[2]^[1]

At senior level, he obtained one cap for the Chile national side, making his only appearance on 8 September 1993 in a friendly match against Spain.

Coaching career

González graduated as a football manager in 2006. In 2016, he assumed as head coach of Trasandino until September 2018.^[4]^[5]

Personal life

He is frequently named Richard González and nicknamed Manteca (Lard).^[1]^[2]

González was a candidate for councillor for San Felipe in the 2008 Chilean municipal election, supported by Independent Democratic Union.^[2]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ricardo GONZÁLEZ". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Retamal, Rodrigo (15 May 2017). "Futbolistas del recuerdo: Ricardo "Manteca" González, el hijo ilustre de San Felipe". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ Orrego Bocchieri, Héctor (12 August 2022). "Unión Española lamenta la sensible muerte del legendario Ricardo Perdomo: "Uno de los jugadores más importantes de nuestra historia"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ "Ricardo González es el nuevo entrenador de Trasandino de Los Andes". El Andino (in Spanish). 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ "Ricardo "Manteca" González dejó de ser el DT de Trasandino" (in Spanish). 3 September 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ "CUADRO 10 SAN FELIPE" (PDF) (in Spanish). TER Valparaíso. October 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2024.

External links

Ricardo González at National-Football-Teams.com

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[memoria-1] "Ricardo GONZÁLEZ". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[retamal-2] Retamal, Rodrigo (15 May 2017). "Futbolistas del recuerdo: Ricardo "Manteca" González, el hijo ilustre de San Felipe". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[3] Orrego Bocchieri, Héctor (12 August 2022). "Unión Española lamenta la sensible muerte del legendario Ricardo Perdomo: "Uno de los jugadores más importantes de nuestra historia"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[4] "Ricardo González es el nuevo entrenador de Trasandino de Los Andes". El Andino (in Spanish). 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[5] "Ricardo "Manteca" González dejó de ser el DT de Trasandino" (in Spanish). 3 September 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[6] "CUADRO 10 SAN FELIPE" (PDF) (in Spanish). TER Valparaíso. October 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2024.

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