Marcos González

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is González and the second or maternal family name is Salazar.

Marcos González

González with Chile in 2011.
Personal information
Full name	Marcos Andrés González Salazar
Date of birth	9 June 1980 (1980-06-09)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Flamengo
Number	TBA
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	48	(1)
2008–2010	Universidad Católica	87	(10)
2011	Universidad de Chile	25	(1)
2012–	Flamengo	0	(0)
National team‡
2002–	Chile	7	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:26, 18 December 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:17, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Marcos Andrés González Salazar (born 9 June 1980) is a Brazilian born Chilean professional football defender, who currently plays for Flamengo.

Although born in Brazil, he moved to Chile when he was 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 9 times, including in qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup

External links

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