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Giovanni González
Uruguayan footballer (born 1994)
Giovanni Alessandro González Apud (born 20 September 1994) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a defender for La Liga club Mallorca and the Uruguay national team. Mainly a right-back, González can also play as a centre-back.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Giovanni Alessandro González Apud | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back, centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mallorca | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Danubio | |||
| River Plate Montevideo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | River Plate Montevideo | 66 | (3) |
| 2018–2021 | Peñarol | 100 | (5) |
| 2022– | Mallorca | 30 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Uruguay | 17 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2023 | |||
González started his career with River Plate Montevideo in 2014. He joined Peñarol in January 2018.[2]
On 29 January 2022, González moved abroad and signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with La Liga side RCD Mallorca.[3]
He received his maiden call-up to Uruguay national team in March 2019 for the 2019 China Cup.[4] He made his debut on 22 March 2019 in a 3–0 win against Uzbekistan, as a 61st minute substitute for Diego Laxalt.[5]
González is the son of former Uruguayan international Juan González.[6]
- As of match played 24 March 2023[1]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 2019 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 0 | |
Peñarol
- Giovanni González at Soccerway
- "Giovanni González es nuevo jugador de Peñarol". 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- "El RCD Mallorca incorpora a Giovanni González" [RCD Mallorca sign Giovanni González] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- "27 reservados para la China Cup". Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- "Uruguay v Uzbekistan game report". ESPN. 22 March 2019.
- Giovanni González jugará en Peñarol; La Red 21, 27 December 2017 (in Spanish)
- "Peñarol campeón uruguayo 2018". 11 November 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- "Peñarol es el Campeón Uruguayo". 7 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- "Peñarol campeón de la Supercopa". 26 January 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- Profile at the RCD Mallorca website
- Giovanni González at National-Football-Teams.com
- Giovanni González at WorldFootball.net
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