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Pedro González (footballer, born 1967)

Pedro Alejandro González Vera (born 17 October 1967 in Valdivia) is a Chilean football manager and former football player nicknamed "Heidi". A forward, 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

González represented Chile at under-20 level in both the 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

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

Club

Deportes Valdivia
Universidad de Chile

Individual

References

  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.

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