Edwin González
Personal information
Full name Edwin Alexander González Valenzuela
Date of birth (1977-06-20) June 20, 1977
Place of birth San Miguel, El Salvador
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) sweeper
Team information
Current team
 Municipal Limeño
Youth career
1996–1997 Luis Ángel Firpo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2004 Municipal Limeño
2004–2005 Águila
2005–2006 Alianza
2006–2009 Luis Ángel Firpo
2010–present Municipal Limeño
International career‡
2000–2004 El Salvador 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 May 2011

Edwin Alexander González Valenzuela (born June 20, 1977) is a Salvadoran football (soccer) player, who plays defender for Municipal Limeño in the Salvadoran second division.

Club career

A rather short defender, González started his career at Luis Ángel Firpo before joining Municipal Limeño in 1998.[1] After six years, he moved on to Águila together with his Municipal teammates Josué Galdámez and Deris Umanzor[2] but he left them for Alianza a year later. He returned to Firpo in 2006 and to Municipal Limeño in January 2010, where he signed for two years.[3]

González played for Luis Ángel Firpo in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage.[4]

International career

Nicknamed Pelón, González made his debut for El Salvador in a March 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification against Belize and has earned a total of 4 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[5]

His final international game was his second FIFA World Cup qualification match against the United States in September 2004.

International goals

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
128 March 2000Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador Haiti2-03-1Friendly match

References

  1. ↑ Profile - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Los tres mosqueteros - El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Manfredi Portillo jugará con Municipal Limeño Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa Grafica (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ ESPN Soccernet Match Report: Luis Angel Firpo vs San Francisco
  5. ↑ Edwin González – FIFA competition record (archived)
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