Couñago with Ipswich Town in 2007
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pablo González Couñago | ||
Date of birth | 9 August 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Redondela, Spain | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Alondras | ||
Youth career | |||
1987–1994 | Casa Paco | ||
1994–1996 | Celta | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1998 | Celta B | 63 | (28) |
1998–2001 | Celta | 8 | (0) |
1998 | → Numancia (loan) | 13 | (1) |
1999–2000 | → Recreativo (loan) | 25 | (4) |
2001–2005 | Ipswich Town | 100 | (31) |
2005–2007 | Málaga | 54 | (10) |
2007–2011 | Ipswich Town | 114 | (23) |
2010–2011 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 30 | (2) |
2012 | Đồng Tâm Long An | 9 | (5) |
2012–2013 | Kitchee | 13 | (7) |
2013–2014 | Choco | 17 | (15) |
2014 | Honka | 8 | (5) |
2015–2016 | PK-35 | 34 | (17) |
2016– | Alondras | 14 | (6) |
National team | |||
1995–1996 | Spain U16 | 6 | (2) |
1997 | Spain U17 | 5 | (1) |
1997–1998 | Spain U18 | 10 | (6) |
1998–1999 | Spain U20 | 13 | (6) |
1999–2001 | Spain U21 | 15 | (9) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2016. |
Pablo González Couñago (born 9 August 1979) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Alondras CF as a striker.
After having played in 35 La Liga matches for Celta and Málaga, scoring three goals (75/11 both major levels of Spanish football combined), he spent the bulk of his professional career in England with Ipswich Town, where he scored a total of 65 official goals.
Couñago represented Spain in the 1999 World Youth Championship, winning the tournament.
Born in Redondela, Province of Pontevedra, Galicia, and a product of local Celta de Vigo's youth ranks, Couñago made his professional debuts in Segunda División, loaned to CD Numancia, but returned in January 1999 to his first club, failing to appear in La Liga in his first spell.
In 1999–2000, he returned to the second level yet on loan, now with Recreativo de Huelva, after which he returned to Vigo still with no impact (all of his league appearances were made from the bench).
After impressing in a Spanish under-21 4–0 win over England at Birmingham City's ground, Couñago was signed by Ipswich Town in the late spring of 2001, as manager George Burley had been in the stands watching his performance. The player, who was out of contract, signed a four-year deal.