Pedro González (footballer, born 1967)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Vera.
Pedro González
Personal information
Full name Pedro Alejandro González Vera
Date of birth (1967-10-17) October 17, 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Valdivia, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Deportes Valdivia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1989 Deportes Valdivia 57 (5)
1990 Unión Española 12 (2)
1991–1992 Coquimbo Unido 51 (21)
1993–1997 Cobreloa 120 (42)
1997–2002 Universidad de Chile 175 (112)
2003–2004 Unión Española 79 (24)
2005 Coquimbo Unido 28 (5)
2006 Santiago Morning 16 (2)
2006 Universidad de Chile 7 (0)
Total 545 (213)
International career
1987 Chile U20
1993–2000 Chile 29 (5)
Managerial career
2012–2018 Unión Española (youth)
2018–2019 Deportes Valdivia U19
2019 Deportes Valdivia
2019– Deportes Valdivia (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Alejandro González Vera (born 17 October 1967 in Valdivia) is a Chilean football manager and former football player nicknamed "Heidi". With 212 goals, he is the second highest scorer in the history of Chilean football after Francisco "Chamaco" Valdés, who has 215 official goals.

International career[edit]

González represented Chile at under-20 level in the both 1987 South American Championship[1] and the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.[2] At senior level, he earned 29 caps and scored 5 goals from 1993 to 2000.[3]

Managerial career[edit]

After working for seven years in the Unión Española youth system,[4] in August 2018 González became the General Manager of the Deportes Valdivia youth system and the coach of the under-19 level team.[5] In 2019, he coached the first team for three months, returning to the youth system in August of the same year.[6]

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Deportes Valdivia
Universidad de Chile

Individual[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". PartidosdelaRoja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Copas del Mundo Sub-20". PartidosdelaRoja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Pedro González". PartidosdelaRoja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  4. ^ Campos, César (7 June 2021). "Pedro González: "Mi vuelta a Valdivia me permitió disfrutar hasta el final con mi viejita"" (in Spanish). LUN. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Pedro "Heidi" González asumió como jefe técnico del fútbol joven en Deportes Valdivia". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  6. ^ "'Heidi' González es despedido de D. Valdivia: se va sin ganar" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

External links[edit]

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