Marcos González

Marcos González
	González with Chile in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Marcos Andrés González Salazar
Date of birth	9 June 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2003	Universidad de Chile
2002	→ Rangers (loan)
2004	Colón
2005	Palestino
2006–2007	Columbus Crew
2008–2010	Universidad Católica
2011	Universidad de Chile
2012–2014	Flamengo
2014–2015	Unión Española
2015–2017	Necaxa
2017	Palestino
Total
International career‡
2003–2014	Chile
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 January 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 March 2014

Marcos Andrés González Salazar (born 9 June 1980) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Although born in Brazil, he moved to

Santiago

aged two and has Chilean citizenship. Noteworthy, he has scored in all the team which he has played.

A Chilean international, he has played during 2006 and 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

Club career

He professionally debuted in 1999 at Universidad de Chile, winning a league title that year whilst the following he achieved another league title and a cup title, all with César Vaccia as coach.

In 2003, González moved to Argentina's

Palestino in the second half of 2005, in January 2006 season he chose to sign with the Columbus Crew over Universidad Católica

. At the American team, he played two seasons and made 45 appearances, scoring two goals.

Following the

2010 Primera División

title.

In 2011, it was confirmed that González returned to Universidad de Chile. However, he break out into first-team and was a key player in the treble obtention, after winning the Apertura and Clausura titles as well as the Copa Sudamericana.

In 2012, he joined Brazilian club

2014–15 Primera División season

.

On 11 July 2015, he joined Mexican side Necaxa.^[1]

International career

He has represented Chile internationally 29 times.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	24 April 2013	Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Brazil	0–1	2–2	Friendly
2.	6 September 2013	Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile	Venezuela	2–0	3–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Career statistics

Team	Season	League			Cup¹		Continental²		Other³		Total
Team	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rangers (loan)	2002	Chilean Primera División	23	1	–		–		–		23	1
Colón	2003–04	Argentine Primera División	9	1	–		–		–		9	1
	2004–05	Argentine Primera División	4	0	–		–		–		4	0
	Total		13	1	–		–		–		13	1
Palestino	2005	Chilean Primera División	37	3	–		–		–		37	3
Columbus Crew	2006	MLS	18	1	1	0	–		–		19	1
	2007	MLS	27	1	1	0	–		–		28	1
	Total		45	2	2	0	–		–		47	2
U. Católica	2008	Chilean Primera División	28	4	0	0	11	2	–		39	6
	2009		38	2	1	0	–		–		39	2
	2010		22	4	1	0	1	0	–		23	4
	Total		88	10	2	0	12	2	–		102	12
Universidad de Chile	2011	Chilean Primera División	25	1	3	0	13	0	–		41	1
Flamengo^[2]^[3]	2012	Série A	26	2	0	0	5^[a]	0	6^[b]	0	37	2
	2013		19	0	8	0	–		9^[b]	0	36	0
	2014		0	0	0	0	–		1^[b]	0	1	0
	Total		45	2	8	0	5	0	16	0	74	2
Unión Española	2014–15	Chilean Primera División	31	2	6	0	0	0	–		37	2
Necaxa	2015–16	Liga MX	34	3	4	0	–		–		37	3
	2016–17	Liga MX	34	2	0	0	–		–		34	2
	Total		68	5	4	0	–		–		72	5
Palestino	2017	Chilean Primera División	12	1	2	0	–		–		14	1
Career total			387	28	25	0	30	2	16	0	460	30