Sebastián González
González in 2018
Personal information
Full name Sebastián Ignacio González Valdés
Date of birth (1978-12-14) 14 December 1978
Place of birth Viña del Mar, Chile
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1991–1997 Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Colo-Colo 74 (27)
1999–2000 Colo-Colo Juniors – (–)
2002–2005 Atlante 119 (72)
2006–2008 Tigres 30 (9)
2007 → Veracruz (loan) 16 (1)
2007 → Olimpo 14 (3)
2008 Tecos 13 (5)
2008–2009 León 15 (6)
2009 → Colo-Colo (loan) 17 (1)
2009–2010 APOP Kinyras 24 (9)
2010–2011 Potros Neza 27 (8)
2011–2012 The Strongest 25 (7)
2012 Caracas 9 (0)
2013 Palestino 4 (0)
2013–2014 Deportes Temuco 16 (2)
Total 420 (150)
International career
2000 Chile U23
2001–2005 Chile 17 (6)
Medal record
Representing  Chile
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place2000 SydneyTeam Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sebastián Ignacio González Valdés (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjaŋ ɡonˈsales]; born 14 December 1978), also known as Chamagol, is a Chilean former footballer who played as striker.

Club career

He began his football career at Colo-Colo of the first tier of his country, in which he scored 27 goals in 77 appearances during four seasons. In June 2002, he was sold for an undisclosed fee (believed to be a high sum) to Mexican Primera División club Atlante. In his first season with that club, the Apertura Tournament of the same year, González scored 13 goals in 19 appearances and in the following, the 2003 Clausura Tournament, he netted 16 goals in the same number of games, becoming the league's top scorer.

There were rumors saying that González was asking for more money from Atlante and that he was not happy to be there. They did give him a raise but that still did not help him want to stay on the team. He was sold to Tigres for about 3.5 million if not 4 million dollars. In the press conference he claimed that his goal was to score over 20 goals in the season. When asked by a reporter why he had chosen such a high number of goals, he responded by saying, "last season I set a number of goals as my goal, and I beat that number. So I want to beat my goal of 20 goals this season."

After a successful pass at the club of Cancún, which back then played at Estadio Azteca as well as Neza 86 Stadiums, both at Mexico City, González was sold in January 2006 to UANL Tigres of the same league and country. In the next season, was loaned to Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz and the Argentine Primera División club in that moment, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca. In 2008, he signed for Liga de Ascenso of Mexican side León, in where was received by several fans in his first training of the club. In January of the next year, he returned to Colo-Colo on loan, being presented in European style by the team's captain Arturo Sanhueza. In his third game for the club, González scored a goal in an historic 3–1 away win over Palmeiras at Parque Antártica.

He joined Cypriot First Division side APOP Kinyras FC, after an unsuccessful season in Colo-Colo, returning in mid-year to Mexico for play in Atlante's filial team Potros Neza, scoring eight goals in 27 games for the Liga de Ascenso tournament. Despite of his performance and the will of the Chilean to play again for the first team and stay at Mexico, Atlante did not consider González for the first squad due to his lack of form according to that club's coach, and he signed for the Bolivian giants The Strongest. He is currently signed to Venezuelan club Caracas FC after a successful stint in Bolivia. After just playing nine matches without scoring for the Venezuelan giants despite belong considered one of the most promising signings of the club, González returned to Chile to play for Palestino in the Chilean Primera División; he argued his decision to end his career scoring seven goals which would leave him at 200 goals in his career. Despite his desire to either retire at Atlante or Colo-Colo, where he is considered historic, González said that he was thankful to be received by Palestino as he was willing to return to Chile. He is currently training to be a coach as well.

International goals

González played internationally with the Chile national football team at the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, winning the bronze medal also,[1] and in the 2004 Copa América celebrated in Peru. He has scored six goals for his national team, being two of those officials against Paraguay and Peru.

International goals

Personal life

González is the nephew of the Chilean former international footballer Francisco Chamaco Valdés, a historical player of Colo-Colo. Due to the nickname of his uncle, he is known as Chamagol.[2]

Post retirement

González has worked in different radio and TV media, such as Radio La Clave, Canal del Fútbol (CDF)[3] and ADN Radio.[2]

He graduated as a Sport Manager. In 2021, he was in charge of Deportes Iberia as sports director.[3] In 2022 he assumed the charge of Sports Manager of Deportes Recoleta.[4]

Honours

Club

Colo-Colo
The Strongest

International

Chile

References

  1. ↑ "Sebastián González Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  2. 1 2 Escares, Luis (25 August 2019). ""Chamagol" González, sobrino de "Chamaco" Valdés: "Mi tío estaría contento, lo igualó un colocolino"" (in Spanish). La Cuarta. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  3. 1 2 Arellano, Luis (9 February 2021). "A ejercer lo que estudió: Sebastián Chamagol González deja TNT Sports y asume como director deportivo de Iberia". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "» Sebastian González es el nuevo gerente de Deportes Recoleta". Municipalidad De Recoleta (in Spanish). 15 December 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
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