González playing with Marseille in 2010
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Full name | Luis Óscar González | ||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 19 January 1981 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Atlético Paranaense | ||||||||||||||
Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||
1995–1998 | Huracán | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
1998–2002 | Huracán | 110 | (11) | ||||||||||||
2002–2005 | River Plate | 82 | (18) | ||||||||||||
2005–2009 | Porto | 111 | (32) | ||||||||||||
2009–2012 | Marseille | 87 | (15) | ||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Porto | 57 | (8) | ||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Al Rayyan | 26 | (8) | ||||||||||||
2015–2016 | River Plate | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||
2016– | Atlético Paranaense | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||
2003–2011 | Argentina | 45 | (6) | ||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 October 2016. |
Luis Óscar "Lucho" González (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlutʃo ɣonˈsales]; born 19 January 1981) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Brazilian club Clube Atlético Paranaense. A versatile midfielder who is able to play in different positions but mainly in the centre, he is well known for his fierce shot, passing skills and hardworking style, being affectionately known as El Comandante (the commander) due to his leadership skills.
After starting with Huracán and River Plate, he signed for Porto in 2005, going on to have two separate spells at the club and appear in more than 200 official games, winning nine major titles. He also played in France with Marseille.
An Argentine international on 45 occasions, González represented his country in the 2006 World Cup and two Copa América tournaments.
Born in Buenos Aires, González began his career at Club Atlético Huracán at the age of 14, making his Primera División debut on 29 April 1999 in a 1–2 home loss against Racing Club de Avellaneda. Three years later he transferred to another side in his hometown, Club Atlético River Plate, where he was a very important first-team member in the conquest of back-to-back Clausura tournaments, contributing with 56 games and nine goals combined.