Edgardo González

This article is about the football player Edgardo González. For the adventurer, see Edgardo González Niño .

Edgardo González
González (standing, second from right)
Personnel
Surname	Edgardo Nilson González
birthday	September 30, 1936
place of birth	Colonia ,  Uruguay
date of death	October 26, 2007
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
-1958	Peñarol de Colonia
1958-1961	Liverpool Montevideo
1961-1965	Peñarol
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1957-1965	Uruguay	22 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Edgardo Nilson González (born September 30, 1936 in Colonia , † October 26, 2007 ) was a Uruguayan football player .

society

Known as El Diablo , the midfielder first played in his club-level career at Peñarol de Colonia and then moved to Liverpool Montevideo in 1958 , where he stayed until he returned. From 1961 to 1965 he was in the ranks also in Montevideo settled Peñarol . He and his team won the Copa Libertadores and the World Cup in 1961 . In 1961, 1962 and 1964 he won the Uruguayan championship. The Aurinegross also won the Campeonato Cuadrangular during González 'time with the squad in 1963 and the Copa de Honor and the Copa Competencia a year later . In a game on February 28, 1965 in Montevideo against Deportivo Galicia , the Venezuelan Vicente broke his right leg. This resulted in the end of his career. Pablo Forlán , who replaced him in that game, then became his permanent successor with the Aurinegros .

National team

González was a member of the Uruguayan national soccer team and completed 22 international matches from March 7, 1957 to January 3, 1965, in which he did not score a goal. In 1957 he was in the Uruguayan squad at the Campeonato Sudamericano 1957 and was used there six times. González also took part in the 1962 World Cup with Celeste . However, he was not used during the tournament.

After the career

González worked after his footballing career until his retirement in the city administration of Colonia . He passed away on October 26, 2007 as a result of an illness that worsened two months before he died. Posthumously the Junta Departamental and the City Council of Colonia intended to rename a tribune of the Campus Municipal Professor Alberto Suppici in his honor. There is now a football tournament named after him, organized in Colonia by the Edgardo "Diablo" González Circle of Friends .

successes

• World Cup (1961)
• Copa Libertadores (1961)
• 3 × Uruguayan champions (1961, 1962, 1964)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ rsssf lists Liverpool on the website for the 1957 South American Championship as a club for him
2. ↑ South American Championship 1957 , accessed on 11 November 2012 found.
3. ↑ Plantel Historico - EDGARDO “DIABLO” GONZALEZ (Spanish), accessed on November 11, 2012.
4. ↑ ^{a b} page no longer available , search in web archives: Profile on www.playerhistory.com , accessed on November 11, 2012.
5. ↑ Planteles Históricos ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), Retrieved November 11, 2012. 
6. ↑ Luciano Álvarez: Historia de Peñarol. 3. Edition. 2010, p. 430.
7. ↑ South American Championship 1957 , accessed on 11 November 2012 found.
8. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team at www.rsssf.com , accessed on November 11, 2012
9. ↑ South American Championship 1957 , accessed on November 11, 2012
10. ↑ Adiós al Gran Edgardo González ( Memento of January 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) of October 27, 2007, accessed on November 11, 2012
11. ^ Copa Edgardo González (Spanish) of April 17, 2012, accessed on November 11, 2012