Luis González

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Luis González (disambiguation) .

Lucho
González at the 2010 Coupe de la Ligue Final
Personnel
Surname	Luis Óscar González
birthday	January 19, 1981
place of birth	Buenos Aires ,  Argentina
size	187 cm
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
1995-1998	CA Huracan
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1998-2002	CA Huracan	76 0(7)
2002-2005	CA River Plate	94 (20)
2005-2009	FC Porto	111 (32)
2009–2012	Olympique Marseille	119 (21)
2012-2014	FC Porto	57 0(8)
2014-2015	Al-Rayyan Sports Club	10 0(1)
2015-2016	CA River Plate	17 0(1)
2016-2017	Athletico Paranaense	38 0(2)
2018–	Athletico Paranaense	0 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
	Argentina U-20	13 0(4)
2003-2011	Argentina	45 0(7)
1 Only league games are given. As of February 13, 2018

Luis Óscar González (born January 19, 1981 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ), called Lucho , is an Argentine football player . Lucho is an attacking midfielder who can, however, be used in many positions. González is known for his fighting strength, good physical condition and dangerous long-range shots.

Career

In the club

He began his football career at the Argentine club Club Atlético Huracán , for which he made his debut in the first division in April 1999. In 2002 he moved to the Argentine top club River Plate , where he quickly became a fixture and recommended himself for European clubs. In 2005 he moved to the Portuguese top club FC Porto , with whom he won the Portuguese championship and the cup in his first season. In the following seasons 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 FC Porto won the Portuguese championship with González. For the 2009/10 season Lucho moved to Olympique Marseille for 18 million euros. In January 2012 he moved back to FC Porto from Marseille on a free transfer . In his first game after returning to the Portuguese League Cup , he scored a goal and contributed to his team's 2-0 victory over Vitória Setúbal . At the end of January 2014, he moved to the Al-Rayyan Sports Club in Qatar to finish his career . The transfer fee was around 3.3 million euros.

In the national team

He played his first international match for the Argentine national soccer team in January 2003. Since then, he has played 41 internationals and scored 5 goals. He was one of the big stars of the Argentine team at the 2004 Copa America and played a key role in the final against Brazil . In the same year he won the gold medal with the selection of Argentina at the 2004 Olympic Games . He took part in the 2006 World Cup and was used in 3 games. He was also in the Argentine squad for the 2007 Copa America in Venezuela.

successes

societies

CA Huracan

• Primera B Nacional : 2000

CA River Plate

• 2 × Argentine championship : Clausura 2003, Clausura 2004

FC Porto

• 6 × Portuguese championship : 2005/06 , 2006/07 , 2007/08 , 2008/09 , 2011/12 , 2012/13
• 2 × Portuguese Cup Winner : 2005/06 , 2008/09
• 4 × Portuguese Football Supercup : 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012

Olympique Marseille

• French championship : 2009/10
• 2 × French League Cup : 2009/10, 2010/11
• 2 × French Football Supercup : 2010, 2011

Athletico Paranaense

• Copa Sudamericana : 2018
• Copa do Brasil : 2019

National team

• Copa América finalist: 2004 , 2007
• Summer Olympic Games : 2004

Web links

• Luis González in the database of weltfussball.de
• Lucho González's unofficial website in French

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Argentinian González moves to Marseille ( Memento from September 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Lucho returns home (Portuguese) ( Memento from February 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Lucho Gonzales quitting Porto for Qatar Stars League