Rónald González (Costa Rican footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rónald Alfonso González Brenes | ||
Date of birth | August 8, 1970 | ||
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
External links
- Rónald González at National-Football-Teams.com
- González's Dossier at Deportivo Saprissa official site
- playerhistory
- SturmArchiv
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Costa Rican footballers
- Costa Rican expatriate footballers
- Costa Rica international footballers
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- Association football central defenders
- Deportivo Saprissa S.A.D. players
- Deportivo Saprissa S.A.D. coaching staff members
- Expatriate footballers in Croatia
- Expatriate footballers in Guatemala
- Costa Rica national football team managers