Daniel González (Uruguayan footballer)

Daniel Ángel González Puga or simply Daniel González (December 22, 1953[1] – February 1, 1985[2]), was an Uruguayan football defender who played for several top-level clubs in Uruguay and in Brazil.

Daniel González
Personal information
Full name Daniel Ángel González Puga
Date of birth (1953-12-22)December 22, 1953
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death February 1, 1985(1985-02-01) (aged 31)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1979 Fénix
1979–1981 Portuguesa 21 (4)
1982–1983 Corinthians 20 (0)
1983–1985 Vasco 26 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Montevideo,[2] Daniel González started his career in 1974, playing for Fénix., leaving the club in 1979 to play for Portuguesa in Brazil.[2] He scored four goals in the 21 Série A games he played for Portuguesa between 1979 and 1981. He was part of the Corinthians squad that won the Campeonato Paulista in 1982, leaving the club in 1983, after playing 20 Série A games for the club.[2] Daniel González was transferred to Vasco in 1983, playing 26 more Série A games between that year and 1985.[2]

Death

Daniel González died on February 1, 1985, in a car accident in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

Honors

Club

Corinthians

References
  1. "Daniel Gonzalez" (in Portuguese). Futpédia. Archived from the original on February 24, 2010. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  2. Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 53. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.

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