Germán González (footballer, born 1952)

Germán González
Personal information
Full name	Germán González García
Date of birth	26 January 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	Bogotá, Colombia
Position(s)	Central defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1968–1980	Independiente Santa Fe
Managerial career
1991	Deportes Tolima
2005–2006	Independiente Santa Fe
2009–2010	Independiente Santa Fe
2010–2012	Deportivo Lara
2012	Real Cartagena
2016	Llaneros
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Germán González García (born 26 January 1952) is a Colombian football manager.^[1]

Career

Born in Bogotá, González joined local side Santa Fe at age 16, where he played as a central defender, and won the 1975 Campeonato Profesional championship with Santa Fe. As a manager, he led Santa Fe to the 2009 Copa Colombia title.^[2]

After he retired from playing football, González studied business administration, but did not complete his degree. Instead, he began coaching youth football, eventually leading Santa Fe's under-23 side. After success with Santa Fe's youth side, he was appointed technical director of Deportes Tolima in 1991, his first professional football management position.^[3]

References

^ Germán González at WorldFootball.net
^ "'Basílico' González, el hombre que volvió a poner a celebrar al rojo" (in Spanish). FutbolRed. 18 November 2009.
^ "GERMAN BASILICO GONZALEZ" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 16 February 1993.

[1] Germán González at WorldFootball.net

[2] "'Basílico' González, el hombre que volvió a poner a celebrar al rojo" (in Spanish). FutbolRed. 18 November 2009.

[3] "GERMAN BASILICO GONZALEZ" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 16 February 1993.

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