Mark González
González training with CSKA Moscow in 2011
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| Full name | Mark Dennis González Hoffmann | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1984 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Durban, South Africa | ||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||
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Current team
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Colo-Colo | ||||||||
| Number | 3 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| SG Borken | |||||||||
| Universidad Católica | |||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2002–2004 | Universidad Católica | 42 | (13) | ||||||
| 2004–2006 | Albacete | 25 | (5) | ||||||
| 2006–2007 | Liverpool | 25 | (2) | ||||||
| 2006 | → Real Sociedad (loan) | 16 | (6) | ||||||
| 2007–2009 | Betis | 44 | (10) | ||||||
| 2009–2014 | CSKA Moscow | 49 | (6) | ||||||
| 2014–2015 | Universidad Católica | 41 | (14) | ||||||
| 2016 | Sport Recife | 8 | (1) | ||||||
| 2017– | Colo-Colo | 4 | (0) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2004 | Chile U23 | 7 | (2) | ||||||
| 2003– | Chile | 56 | (6) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 September 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 July 2016 |
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Mark Dennis González Hoffmann (born 10 July 1984) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Chilean club Colo-Colo as a midfielder. He has also played top flight football in Russia, Spain and England. He was described by José Mari Bakero, the sporting director of Real Sociedad, one of his former clubs, as "fast and explosive, the classic left winger but with technical discipline", while he has claimed himself that his speed is his greatest asset.
He made his international debut in 2003, and was selected from Chile for three Copa América tournaments and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
González was born in Durban, South Africa. His father Raúl was a professional footballer for Durban Bush Bucks, and named him after his friends and fellow footballers Mark Tovey and Dennis Wicks. He left South Africa aged 10 in 1994 and moved back to Chile with his mother.
González had agreed a move to Liverpool on loan for the 2005–06 season (with a view to a permanent £1.5 million move) from Albacete. However, he was denied a work permit by the Department of Education and Employment in August 2005. The Liverpool management showed great faith in González, pursuing his services despite work permit troubles and a cruciate knee ligament injury. After a quicker-than-expected return to fitness, Liverpool were persuaded to make the move permanent in October 2005, but the player was immediately loaned back to Albacete to continue his recuperation after an appeal against the earlier work permit decision was rejected (a new work permit application can only be put forward one year after the original application). Arrangements were then made for the player to spend a loan spell at Real Sociedad until summer 2006.
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