Aurelio González (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aurelio Ramón González Benítez | ||
Date of birth | September 25, 1905 | ||
Place of birth | Luque, Paraguay | ||
Date of death | July 9, 1997 | (aged 91)||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
International career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Paraguay |
Aurelio Ramón González Benítez (25 September 1905 in Luque, Paraguay – 9 July 1997) was a Paraguayan football player.
González is one of the greatest football players of Paraguay, considered by many as the second best player behind Arsenio Erico. He started his career in Sportivo Luqueño and then moved to Olimpia of Asunción where he spent the rest of his career winning several championships, most notably the three consecutive national championships obtained by Olimpia in 1927, 1928 and 1929.[1]
In the early 1930s he rejected an offer worth millions from San Lorenzo de Almagro of Argentina in order to fight for his country, Paraguay, in the Chaco War.[2][3] He also was a vital player of the Paraguayan national team scoring several goals in the 1920s and 1930s, and participated at the 1930 World Cup.[4]
As a coach, he led Olimpia of Asunción to numerous championships and to the first Copa Libertadores final in 1960. He also coached the Paraguayan national team in the 1958 World Cup.
References
- ^ La Decada del 20[permanent dead link]
- ^ Olimpia Website Archived 8 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cronologia de la actuacion paraguaya Archived 1 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ FIFA Profile
- Use dmy dates from September 2011
- 1905 births
- 1997 deaths
- 1930 FIFA World Cup players
- 1958 FIFA World Cup managers
- Association football forwards
- Club Olimpia footballers
- Club Olimpia managers
- Paraguay international footballers
- Paraguay national football team managers
- Paraguayan football managers
- Paraguayan footballers
- Paraguayan soldiers
- Sportspeople from Luque
- People of the Chaco War
- Sportivo Luqueño players
- Paraguayan football biography stubs