Ignacio Carlos González

Not to be confused with Ignacio María González.
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is González and the second or maternal family name is Cavallo.
Nacho González
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Carlos González Cavallo
Date of birth (1971-12-17) 17 December 1971
Place of birth Sarandí, Argentina
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1997 Racing Club 133 (8)
1997–1998 Newell's Old Boys 16 (0)
1998–2002 Las Palmas 56 (6)
1999–2000 → Pachuca (loan) 17 (0)
2003 Estudiantes 14 (0)
2003 Nueva Chicago 12 (0)
2004–2005 Unión Española 16 (0)
2006 Arsenal Sarandí 6 (0)
2006–2008 Las Palmas 38 (0)
Total 308 (14)
National team
1997–1998 Argentina 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Ignacio 'Nacho' Carlos González Cavallo (born 17 December 1971) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Born in Sarandí, Buenos Aires, González started his professional career in 1991 with Racing Club de Avellaneda, where he spent six seasons in the Argentine Primera División. Towards the end of his time with the club, he gained a reputation as an excellent penalty taker.[1]

In 1997 González joined Newell's Old Boys of Rosario and, the following year, moved to Spain's UD Las Palmas. After being backup in his first season, spent in Segunda División, and serving a loan in Mexico with C.F. Pachuca (being part of the squad that won the Invierno 1999 tournament), he became the starter, scoring four goals in the 2001–02 campaign but with the Canary Islands team being relegated from La Liga, with the keeper finding the net through penalties.

In 2003 González returned to Argentina where he played for Estudiantes de La Plata and Club Atlético Nueva Chicago, also in the top flight. Two years later he was part of the Unión Española team that won the Chilean Apertura in 2005 and, the following season, played six matches with local side Arsenal de Sarandí.

During a 2005 match for Unión Española against Unión San Felipe, González received his second yellow card and was consequently ejected by Enrique Osses. Upset by this, he hit the referee in the face knocking him over, and afterwards was held in police custody for two hours; he faced a ban of up to 50 matches, which he did not serve because he left his team to play in Argentina.[2]

González returned for a third spell with Las Palmas, managing to compete a further two seasons in the second level and announcing his retirement in June 2008, at the age of 36.[3] During a one-year span he appeared four times for Argentina, being picked for the final squad at the 1997 Copa América.

Honours

Season Team Title
Invierno 1999Mexico Pachuca Mexican League
Apertura 2005 Chile Unión Española Chilean League

References

  1. ↑ “Nacho” González ya es nuevo arquero de Estudiantes (“Nacho” González is already new Estudiantes' goalie); Terra, 22 December 2002 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ To the ground; World Referee, 22 April 2008
  3. ↑ Nacho González, en UdRadio: "Creo que es el momento" (Nacho González, in UdRadio: "I believe the moment has come") (Spanish)
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