Giancarlo González

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Giancarlo González
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Giancarlo González (above)
Personnel
Surname Giancarlo González Castro
birthday February 8, 1988
place of birth San Jose ,  Costa Rica
size 186 cm
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
2004-2006 LD Alajuelense
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2007–2012 LD Alajuelense 97 (6)
2012-2013 Vålerenga Oslo 37 (2)
2014 Columbus crew 17 (1)
2014-2017 US Palermo 84 (4)
2017-2019 Bologna FC 34 (0)
2019– LA Galaxy 20 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2007-2008 Costa Rica U20
2010– Costa Rica 81 (2)
1 Only league games are given.
As of April 9, 2020

2 As of February 1, 2020

Giancarlo González Castro (born February 8, 1988 in San José ) is a Costa Rican soccer player who is currently under contract with LA Galaxy in the United States. He mainly plays in central defense, but also in defensive midfield.

Career

society

The 1.90 meter tall González began his professional career in 2007 with the traditional club LD Alajuelense and won a total of three championship titles with them. In 2012 González moved to Norway to Vålerenga Oslo . There he was able to prevail and played regularly in the starting XI. There he played 37 games and scored two goals. In 2014 he moved again to Major League Soccer in America for the Columbus Crew . There he was also able to establish himself in the starting XI.

After the soccer World Cup in 2014, the Italian first division team US Palermo became aware of González. So it happened that on August 26, 2014, he signed a three-year contract with the Sicilians. After the relegation of Palermo from Serie A in the summer of 2017, González moved to FC Bologna . Two years later he moved to LA Galaxy , where he played again in Major League Soccer.

National team

In the national team of Costa Rica González began his career in October 2010 with a friendly against Slovakia . This was followed by another international match against the national team of Peru. Probably his greatest highlight was his 1-0 winner against Honduras in the UNCAF Central American Cup 2013. At the soccer World Cup 2014 he was called up by coach Jorge Luis Pinto in the preliminary World Cup squad. With the national team in group D with the three world champions Uruguay , Italy and England, he sensationally secured first place in the table and the associated move into the round of 16 . In the round of 16, the 2004 European champions, Greece, were defeated, where González converted a penalty in a penalty shoot-out. In the quarter-finals , the Netherlands were beaten 4: 3 on penalties. In 2018 he also took part in the World Cup with Costa Rica . There he completed all three preliminary round matches for Costa Rica, but then retired with his team as the last of Group E.

Style of play

Due to his height of 1.90 m, he is considered to be very strong in duels and headers.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF
  2. ↑ Martin Andresen forestry bay-med costaricansk landslagsspiller , tv2.no
  3. ^ Crew signs Costa Rican International Giancarlo Gonzalez , columbuscrewsc.com
  4. ↑ GONZALEZ E 'DEL PALERMO CONTRATTO TRIENNALE PER IL CENTRALE ( Memento of the original of August 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , palermocalcio.it @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / palermocalcio.it
  5. ↑ Costa Rica World Cup 2014 squad , telegraph.co.uk
  6. ↑ Costa Rica 1: 1 Greece , bbc.com


personal data
SURNAME González, Giancarlo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES González Castro, Giancarlo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Costa Rican soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH San Jose , Costa Rica