Edwin González (Salvadoran footballer)

Edwin Alexander González Valenzuela (born June 20, 1977 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran football (soccer) player, who plays defender for Municipal Limeño in the Salvadoran second division.

Edwin González
Personal information
Full name Edwin Alexander González Valenzuela
Date of birth (1977-06-20) June 20, 1977
Place of birth San Miguel, El Salvador
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) sweeper
Club information
Current team
 Municipal Limeño
Youth career
1996–1997 Luis Ángel Firpo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2004 Municipal Limeño
2004–2005 Águila
2005–2006 Alianza
2006–2009 Luis Ángel Firpo
2010–present Municipal Limeño
National team‡
2000–2004 El Salvador 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2011
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 May 2011
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Valenzuela.

Club career

A rather short defender, González started his career at Luis Ángel Firpo before joining Municipal Limeño in 1998.[1] After six years, he moved on to Águila together with his Municipal teammates Josué Galdámez and Deris Umanzor[2] but he left them for Alianza a year later. He returned to Firpo in 2006 and to Municipal Limeño in January 2010, where he signed for two years.[3]

González played for Luis Ángel Firpo in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage.[4]

International career

Nicknamed Pelón, González made his debut for El Salvador in a March 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification against Belize and has earned a total of 4 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[5]

His final international game was his second FIFA World Cup qualification match against the United States in September 2004.

International goals
Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
128 March 2000Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador Haiti2-03-1Friendly match

References
  1. Profile - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
  2. Los tres mosqueteros - El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
  3. Manfredi Portillo jugará con Municipal Limeño Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa Grafica (in Spanish)
  4. ESPN Soccernet Match Report: Luis Angel Firpo vs San Francisco
  5. Edwin González – FIFA competition record
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