Ángel González (Spanish footballer)

Ángel González Castaños (born 3 December 1958) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a left winger.

For other people named Ángel González, see Ángel González (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Castãnos.

Ángel González
Personal information
Full name Ángel González Castaños[1]
Date of birth (1958-12-03) 3 December 1958[1]
Place of birth Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain[1]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Viviendas del Congreso
1972–1977 Español
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1981 Español 24 (0)
1978–1979 → Sabadell (loan) 35 (17)
1981–1982 Sabadell 23 (8)
1982–1985 Salamanca 93 (11)
1985–1989 Logroñés 131 (8)
1989–1991 Palamós 66 (10)
1991–1993 Figueres 46 (4)
Total 418 (58)
International career
1976–1977 Spain U18 7 (1)
1977 Spain U20 1 (0)
1978–1979 Spain U21 3 (1)
1980 Spain Olympic 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Ciudad Rodrigo, Province of Salamanca, González started out at RCD Español, making his La Liga debut on 5 April 1978 in a 1–3 home loss against Atlético Madrid where he came on as a 64th-minute substitute;[2] it was one of only three appearances during the season. The following campaign, he was loaned to neighbouring club CE Sabadell FC in the Segunda División, being conscripted to military service in the city.[3]

In the top flight, González also represented UD Salamanca[4] and CD Logroñés,[5][6] for a total of 151 games and ten goals over seven seasons. He added 267 matches and 48 goals in the second tier, retiring in 1993 at the age of 34 after two years apiece with Palamós CF[7] and UE Figueres, also in the Catalonia region.[8]

International career

González represented Spain at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where they competed under the Olympic flag due to the boycott.[9][10] In his hometown, plaques commemorated any Olympian born in the city, but he appeared to have been forgotten as his name was not listed.[11][4]

References
  1. Ángel González at WorldFootball.net
  2. Astruells, Andrés (6 April 1978). "Rubio, Capón y Marcial sentenciaron; Marañón salvó el honor" [Rubio, Capón and Marcial dictated verdict; Marañón saved the honour]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  3. Pallarés Ripalda, José María (30 June 1978). "Sigue en el aire el futuro de Ferñández Amado" [Ferñández Amado future still in the air]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. Sánchez, Teresa (18 July 2016). "Ángel González Castaños, el 'olvidado' olímpico salmantino" [Ángel González Castaños, the 'forgotten' Olympian from Salamanca]. Tribuna de Salamanca (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  5. "Logroñés: Once caras nuevas" [Logroñés: Eleven new faces]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 19 July 1985. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  6. Alberola, Ovi (16 June 1987). "El Logroñés estrena Primera División" [Primera División debut for Logroñés]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  7. Gil, Roura (18 July 1989). "Costa ya es gualdiazul" [Costa is already gualdiazul]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  8. Casademont, Emili (27 August 1991). "El Figueres visita al doctor Cugat" [Figueres visit doctor Cugat]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  9. García Candau, Julian (26 July 1980). "El fútbol, una vergüenza olímpica" [Football, olympic shame]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  10. Braña, Mario D. (28 April 2008). "El fútbol también es así" [Football is also like this]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  11. "Ángel González, el salmantino olímpico ¿olvidado?" [Ángel González, the forgotten Olympian from Salamanca?] (in Spanish). Desde Mi Grada Vieja. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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