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Rónald González Brenes
Personal information
Full name Rónald Alfonso González Brenes
Date of birth (1970-08-08) August 8, 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth San José, Costa Rica
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 C.S.D. Comunicaciones (Coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 Deportivo Saprissa
1990 Dinamo Zagreb 5 (0)
1991 Sturm Graz 0 (0)
1991 → Vorwärts Steyr (loan)
1991–1998 Deportivo Saprissa
1998–2001 CSD Comunicaciones
2001–2006 Deportivo Saprissa
International career
1990–2000 Costa Rica 65 (5)
Managerial career
2008- Costa Rica U20
2010 Costa Rica (caretaker)
CSD Comunicaciones
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rónald Alfonso González Brenes (born August 8, 1970 in San José) is a Costa Rican footballer. He has mostly played for Deportivo Saprissa in Costa Rica, but has played internationally as well. In the early 90's, he played with Dinamo Zagreb in Yugoslavia and Vorwärts Steyr in Austria. During the late 90's and early 2000s, he starred for the CSD Comunicaciones of Guatemala.

Playing for Saprissa, González won almost everything he could pursue, as the team's captain. With CSD Comunicaciones he was captain and champion of the Guatemalan tournament several times as well. He was a regular member of Costa Rica during the 90's, even being the captain during the 1997 Copa América. At 19 years old, González played with Costa Rica's national team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, were he scored a goal against Czechoslovakia, becoming the youngest player to score a goal in that World Cup. In 1989, as captain of Costa Rica's U-20 national team, he played in the under-20 Football World Youth Championship held in Saudi Arabia, where he scored a goal against Colombia.

Currently, González just retired and works as assistant coach in Saprissa's coaching staff. In his playing days with Saprissa, he won five national championships and three CONCACAF Champions Cup, and was part of the team that played the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup, where Saprissa finished third behind São Paulo Futebol Clube and Liverpool F.C.. He plays now for the Swiss Dream Team (Veteran Cult Club) in Costa Rica. http://www.donursulo.com/match_bericht44.htm

See also

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