Matías González (footballer, born 1925)
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Full name | Matías González | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | August 6, 1925 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Uruguay | ||||||||||||
Date of death | May 12, 1984 | (aged 58)||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
1946–1958 | Cerro | 340 | (72) | ||||||||||
Total | 340 | (72) | |||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
1949–1956 | Uruguay | 31 | (5) | ||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Matías González (6 August 1925 in Artigas – 12 May 1984) was a Uruguayan footballer, who played for C.A. Cerro.
For the Uruguay national football team, he was part of the 1950 FIFA World Cup winning team, and he played in all four of Uruguay's matches in the tournament. In total he earned 31 caps for Uruguay with 5 goals.
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References[]
- World Cup Champions Squads 1930 - 2002
- A primeira grande zebra do Mundial (in Spanish)
- Uruguay - Record International Players
Categories:
- 1925 births
- 1984 deaths
- People from Artigas Department
- Uruguayan footballers
- Uruguay international footballers
- 1950 FIFA World Cup players
- FIFA World Cup-winning players
- C.A. Cerro players
- Association football defenders
- Uruguayan football defender stubs