Juan González (Uruguayan footballer)

Juan Antonio González Crespo (born 27 May 1972) is an Uruguayan retired footballer who played as a forward.

Juan González
Personal information
Full name Juan Antonio González Crespo
Date of birth (1972-05-27) 27 May 1972
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993 Basañez
1994–1997 Nacional 49 (28)
1997–2001 Oviedo 61 (12)
1999 → Atlético Madrid (loan) 8 (2)
2002 Granada 16 (3)
2002 Fénix 2 (0)
2003 Cerro 3 (0)
2004 River Plate (UY)
2004–2005 Oviedo 32 (8)
2006 Fénix 8 (0)
Total 179 (53)
National team
1995–1999 Uruguay 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Crespo.

Club career

González was born in Montevideo. During his 15-year professional career, he represented Basañez, Club Nacional de Football, Centro Atlético Fénix, C.A. Cerro and River Plate de Montevideo in his homeland, also having abroad stints with Real Oviedo, Atlético Madrid – being loaned by the Asturias club in January 1999, he was highly unsuccessful – and Granada CF, all in Spain (the first two in La Liga).

In the 2004–05 season, González made a brief return to Oviedo, with the team then in the fourth division, wrapping up his career two years later with another former side, Fénix. In early 2008, González began a new career in his country as a bus driver.[1]

International career

González made four appearances for Uruguay, during as many years. His first came on 11 October 1995, in a friendly with Brazil (0–1 loss, in Bahia).

References
  1. El goleador pasó a jugar de volante (The striker is now a "volante"); El País, 26 April 2008 (in Spanish)
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