Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fernando González | ||
Date of birth | June 12, 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Tampa, Florida, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
HC United | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2010 | South Florida Bulls | 78 | (1) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 13 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2008 | Puerto Rico U20 | 3 | (0) |
2012– | Puerto Rico | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 13, 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 24, 2012 |
Fernando González (born June 12, 1989, in Tampa, Florida) is a Puerto Rican footballer.
Career
College and amateur
González played for Tampa powerhouse HC United. With HCU, he won the SYL North American championship.[1] He also played at Gaither High School during his time with HC United. González then played in college for the USF Bulls.
Professional
González signed with Atlanta Silverbacks of the second tier North American Soccer League and made his professional debut on April 9, 2011, in a game against NSC Minnesota Stars. Atlanta announced on November 8, 2011, that González would return for the 2012 season.[2]
International
In 2008, he played 3 games for Puerto Rico in the FIFA U20 World Cup Qualifiers in Cayman Islands, starting all 3 of them. González trained with the Puerto Rico U-21's ahead of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. In October 2010, he was called up by the Puerto Rico Men's National Team to play in the Digicel Caribbean Cup but he was not released by the University of South Florida to do so.[3]
References
- ^ "Fernando Gonzalez - Men's Soccer".
- ^ http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=1537 [bare URL]
- ^ "News | Atlanta Silverbacks". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
External links
- Fernando González at National-Football-Teams.com
- USF Bulls profile
- 1989 births
- Living people
- American men's soccer players
- Puerto Rican men's footballers
- Puerto Rico men's international footballers
- South Florida Bulls men's soccer players
- Atlanta Silverbacks FC players
- North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players
- Gaither High School alumni
- Soccer players from Tampa, Florida
- Men's association football midfielders
- Puerto Rican football biography stubs