Pedro González (footballer, born 1967)

Pedro Alejandro González Vera (born 17 October 1967 in Valdivia) is a Chilean football manager and former football player nicknamed "Heidi". A forward, with 212 goals, he is the second highest scorer in the history of Chilean football after Francisco "Chamaco" Valdés, who has 215 official goals.

Pedro González
Personal information
Full namePedro Alejandro González Vera
Date of birth (1967-10-17) October 17, 1967 (age 56)
Place of birthValdivia, Chile
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)Forward
Youth career
Deportes Valdivia
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1989Deportes Valdivia57(5)
1990Unión Española12(2)
1991–1992Coquimbo Unido51(21)
1993–1997Cobreloa120(42)
1997–2002Universidad de Chile175(112)
2003–2004Unión Española79(24)
2005Coquimbo Unido28(5)
2006Santiago Morning16(2)
2006Universidad de Chile7(0)
Total545(213)
International career
1987Chile U20
19932000Chile29(5)
Managerial career
2012–2018Unión Española (youth)
2018–2019Deportes Valdivia U19
2019Deportes Valdivia
2019–Deportes Valdivia (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

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González represented Chile at under-20 level in both the 1987 South American Championship[1] and the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.[2] At senior level, he earned 29 caps and scored 5 goals from 1993 to 2000.[3]

Managerial career

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After working for seven years in the Unión Española youth system,[4] in August 2018 González became the General Manager of the Deportes Valdivia youth system and the coach of the under-19 level team.[5] In 2019, he coached the first team for three months, returning to the youth system in August of the same year.[6]

Honours

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Club

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Deportes Valdivia
Universidad de Chile

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". PartidosdelaRoja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Copas del Mundo Sub-20". PartidosdelaRoja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Pedro González". PartidosdelaRoja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  4. ^ Campos, César (7 June 2021). "Pedro González: "Mi vuelta a Valdivia me permitió disfrutar hasta el final con mi viejita"" (in Spanish). LUN. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Pedro "Heidi" González asumió como jefe técnico del fútbol joven en Deportes Valdivia". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  6. ^ "'Heidi' González es despedido de D. Valdivia: se va sin ganar" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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