Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ricardo Nicolás Gónzalez Reinoso | ||
Date of birth | 31 August 1965 | ||
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 [1] | |||
Unión San Felipe | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1984–1989 | Unión San Felipe | ||
1990–1993 | Unión Española | 107 | (3) |
1994 | Colo-Colo | 25 | (1) |
1995–1996 | Deportes Temuco | 52 | (1) |
1997–2000 | Santiago Wanderers | 83 | (6) |
2000 | Palestino | 21 | (0) |
2001–2006 | Unión San Felipe | ||
International career | |||
1985 | Chile U20 | ||
1993 | Chile | 1 | (0) |
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.
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.
González graduated as a football manager in 2006. In 2016, he assumed as head coach of Trasandino until September 2018. [4] [5]
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]