Ricardo González (footballer, born 1974)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ricardo Alonso González Fonseca | ||
Date of birth | 6 March 1974 | ||
Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1995 | Sagrada Familia | ||
1995–1996 | Carmelita | ||
1996–2005 | Alajuelense | 173 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Comunicaciones | 31 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Alajuelense | 5 | (0) |
2007–2011 | Herediano | 74 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Uruguay de Coronado | 48 | (0) |
2014– | Belén FC | 17 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
1995–2009 | Costa Rica | 44 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 July 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 16, 2009 |
Ricardo Alonso González Fonseca (born 6 March 1974) is a Costa Rican former professional football goalkeeper who last played for Belén in the Primera División de Costa Rica.
Club career
[edit]Nicknamed el Gallinazo, González was relegated with Sagrada Familia after the 1994-95 season[1] and then played for Carmelita[2] and Alajuelense for whom he kept a record successive clean sheets, totalling 758 minutes in the 2002 season.[3] He played 178 league games for Liga.[4] He moved abroad to play alongside compatriot Rolando Fonseca for Comunicaciones of Guatemala in summer 2005[5] before joining Herediano in 2007.[6]
He was lured away to join coach Paulo Wanchope at second division Uruguay de Coronado ahead of the 2011 Verano season.[7] He moved to Belén ahead of the 2014 Verano season.
International career
[edit]González made his debut for Costa Rica in a friendly against Jamaica on September 27, 1995[8][9] and has made 44 appearances for the Costa Rica national football team,[10] including three qualifying matches for the 2006 FIFA World Cup[11] and five qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[11]
González made one appearance at the Copa América 2001[12] and four appearances at the Copa América 2004[13] He also made four appearances at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup[14] and two at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[15]
His final international was a September 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador.
Personal life
[edit]He is married to Hazel Houdelath and they have four children: Karolina, Gabriel, Fabianna and Ivana.
References
[edit]- ^ Sagrada en Primera - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Carmelita: 1 - Alajuelense: 1 Con garra y corazón - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Récords de goles rápidos y porteros - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Alejandro González es leyenda en Alajuelense Archived 2017-01-04 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
- ^ González y Fonseca a Guatemala - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ González firmó ayer con Heredia - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Ricardo González jugará con Uruguay - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ González nos salvó - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ "Costa Rica - Details International Matches 1993-2003". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
- ^ "Costa Rica - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
- ^ a b Ricardo González Fonseca – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Copa América 2001". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
- ^ "Copa América 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
- ^ "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
- ^ "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
External links
[edit]- Ricardo González at National-Football-Teams.com
- World Cup 2002 profile - Nación (in Spanish)
- Profile at Nacion.com (in Spanish)
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Footballers from San José, Costa Rica
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Costa Rican men's footballers
- Costa Rica men's international footballers
- Liga FPD players
- 1997 Copa América players
- 2001 Copa América players
- 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2004 Copa América players
- 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- A.D. Carmelita footballers
- Liga Deportiva Alajuelense footballers
- Comunicaciones F.C. players
- C.S. Herediano footballers
- Belén F.C. players
- Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala
- Central American Games gold medalists for Costa Rica
- Central American Games medalists in football
- 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players