Esteban González (Chilean footballer)

Esteban Eduardo González Herrera (born 22 May 1982) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the current assistant coach of Fernando Díaz in Coquimbo Unido.

Club career
Chino González began his playing career with Deportes Concepción in 2001. He has also played for Cobreloa, Deportes Concepción, Palestino, Deportes Puerto Montt, Rangers and Ñublense.

In 2004, he was part of the Cobreloa squad that won the Chilean league championship.

He joined Unión Española in January 2010.

O'Higgins
On 18 June 2015, he joining in O'Higgins for the 2014-15 season.

Managerial career
In 2018, González became the manager of Deportes Concepción in the Tercera B, the fifth level of the Chilean football league system. He got promotion on two consecutive occasions in both 2018 Tercera B de Chile and 2019 Tercera A de Chile seasons, leaving the team in November 2020 when it was in the Segunda División Profesional. From 2021 to 2022 he worked as the assistant coach of Óscar del Solar for the same team.

In August 2022, he joined the Coquimbo Unido technical staff as the assistant coach of Fernando Díaz. In April 2024, he led the team in both the national championship and the Copa Sudamericana after Díaz contracted pneumonia.

Personal life
He is nicknamed Chino (Chinese) due to his resemblance with the asian people.

Club

 * Cobreloa
 * Primera División de Chile: 2004 Clausura