Marcos González

Marcos González

Personal information
Full name	Marcos Andrés González Salazar
Date of birth	9 June 1980
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Necaxa
Number	3
Youth career
1994–1998	Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1999–2003	Universidad de Chile	54	(2)
2002	→ Rangers (loan)	23	(1)
2004	Colón	13	(1)
2005	Palestino	37	(3)
2006–2007	Columbus Crew	45	(2)
2008–2010	Universidad Católica	88	(10)
2011	Universidad de Chile	25	(1)
2012–2014	Flamengo	44	(2)
2014–2015	Unión Española	31	(2)
2015–	Necaxa	18	(3)
National team^‡
2003–	Chile	29	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 February 2016. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 March 2014

Marcos Andrés González Salazar (born 9 June 1980) is a Brazilian born Chilean professional football defender, who currently plays for Ascenso MX club Necaxa, in Mexico.

Although born in Brazil, he moved to Santiago aged two and has Chilean citizenship.

Club career

Marcos began his professional career in 1999 with Universidad de Chile, and stayed with them until 2003. He then signed with the Argentinian club Colón de Santa Fe and played with them until 2005. In 2005 he returned to Chile to play for Palestino, and for the 2006 season he chose to sign with the Columbus Crew over Universidad Católica.

International career

He has represented Chile internationally 29 times, including qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup as well as for the 2014 World Cup.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	April 24, 2013	Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Brazil	0–1	2–2	Friendly
2.	September 6, 2013	Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile	Venezuela	2–0	3–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Career statistics

Team	Season	League		Cup		State Tournament		Copa Libertadores		Copa Sudamericana		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rangers (loan)	2002	23	1	–		–		–		–		23	1
	Total	23	1	–		–		–		–		23	1
Colón	2003–04	9	1	–		–		–		–		9	1
	2004–05	4	0	–		–		–		–		4	0
	Total	13	1	–		–		–		–		13	1
Palestino	2005	37	3	–		–		–		–		37	3
	Total	37	3	–		–		–		–		37	3
Columbus Crew	2006	18	1	1	0	–		–		–		19	1
	2007	27	1	2	0	–		–		–		29	1
	Total	45	2	3	0	–		–		–		48	2
Universidad Católica	2008	28	4	0	0	–		6	0	5	2	39	6
	2009	38	2	1	0	–		–		–		39	2
	2010	22	4	1	0	–		0	0	–		23	4
	Total	88	10	2	0	–		6	0	5	2	101	12
Universidad de Chile	2011	25	1	3	0	–		–		13	0	41	1
	Total	25	1	3	0	–		–		13	0	41	1
Flamengo[1][2]	2012	25	2	0	0	6	0	5	0	–		36	2
	2013	19	0	8	0	7	0	–		–		34	0
	2014	0	0	0	0	1	0	–		–		1	0
	Total	44	2	8	0	14	0	5	0	–		71	2
Unión Española	2014–15	3	0	0	0	–		–		–		3	0
	Total	3	0	0	0	–		–		–		3	0
Career total		278	20	16	0	14	0	11	0	18	2	332	22

Honours

Club

Universidad de Chile

• Chilean Primera División (2): 1999, 2000
• Copa Chile (1): 2000
• Torneo Apertura (1): 2011
• Torneo Clausura (1): 2011
• Copa Sudamericana (1): 2011

Universidad Católica

• Primera División (1): 2010

Flamengo

• Copa do Brasil (1): 2013

Individual

• El Gráfico Primera División Ideal Team (2): 2009, 2011
• 2011 ANFP Primera División Ideal Team
• 2011 America Ideal Team

External links

• Marcos González at National-Football-Teams.com
• (Spanish) BDFA profile
• (Spanish) Primera División Argentina statistics at Futbol XXI
• Marcos González at footballzz.co.uk

References

1. Flamengo official website (in Portuguese)
2. Flaestatística Player Profile (in Portuguese)