Francisco_González_(footballer,_born_1951)
Francisco González (footballer, born 1951)
Paraguayan footballer
Francisco "Paco" González (born 16 June 1951) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco González | ||
| Date of birth | (1951-06-16) 16 June 1951 (age 72) | ||
| Place of birth | Itauguá, Paraguay | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1977 | Belenenses | 126 | (58) |
| 1977–1979 | Porto | 6 | (0) |
| 1979–1981 | Belenenses | 30 | (4) |
| 1981–1982 | Atlético | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
González started appearing professionally for Belenenses in 1972, scoring sixteen goals in twenty-six matches throughout the 1972–73 Primeira Divisão season; notably netting twice on his debut against CUF Barreiro on 10 September.[1][2] He remained with the club for a total of five campaigns, with fifty-eight goals coming across one hundred and twenty-nine matches; though none were scored in his final season of 1976–77.[1][3] Prior to the start of the 1977–78 Primeira Divisão, González joined Porto.[1] Despite staying for two years, he appeared just six times for them without finding the net.[1] González rejoined Belenenses in 1979, before joining Atlético in 1981.[1]
In 1989, González was second assistant manager to Marinho Peres at Belenenses as they won the Taça de Portugal.[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup | Continental[lower-alpha 2] | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Belenenses | 1972–73 | Primeira Divisão | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 16 | ||
| 1973–74 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 13 | |||
| 1974–75 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 11 | ||||
| 1975–76 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 18 | ||||
| 1976–77 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 126 | 58 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 58 | |||
| Porto | 1977–78 | Primeira Divisão | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1978–79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Belenenses | 1979–80 | Primeira Divisão | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | ||
| 1980–81 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | ||||
| Career total | 162 | 62 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 62 | |||
- Includes the Taça de Portugal
- Includes the UEFA Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- Two appearances in the 1973–74 UEFA Cup
- One appearance in the 1976–77 UEFA Cup
Porto[1]
- "ForaDeJogo.net - Gonzalez". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- "10 de Junho de 1973 – Vice-Campeão Nacional de Futebol". Belenenses. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- "Sangue azul contra carroceiros: o derby histórico de Lisboa voltou". Diário de Notícias. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- "Paco González: É sempre bom haver mudança". Record. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- Francisco González at ForaDeJogo (archived)