Cristian González - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Cristian Alberto González Peret, better known as Kily González (born 4 August 1974) is an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

footballer. Playing on the left-wing for Valencia

Valencia CF

Valencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish Football and European Football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the...

, he was best known for his power, pace, crossing ability and for his stinging shot.

Club

Kily González played his first professional match for Rosario Central

Rosario Central

Club Atlético Rosario Central is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina. Its football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second tier of the Argentine football league system, after being relegated in the 2009-10 season....

in 1993. He played for the club until 1995, when he moved to Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

. In 1996 he transferred to Real Zaragoza

Real Zaragoza

Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. is a Spanish association football team from Zaragoza in Spain. Founded on 18 March 1932, Real Zaragoza have spent the majority of their 78 year history in the Spanish top-flight. Real Zaragoza are Spain's 9th highest ranked team in overall league points...

in Spain

La Liga

The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...

and in 1999 to Valencia CF

Valencia CF

. Kily González made his name at Valencia, playing with fellow national squad members Roberto Ayala

Roberto Ayala

Roberto Fabián Ayala , nicknamed el Ratón , is a former Argentine football centre back.Regarded as one of the best central defenders of his generation, Ayala captained the Argentine national team for more matches than anyone else...

and Pablo Aimar

Pablo Aimar

Pablo César Aimar Giordano is a Argentine professional footballer who plays for Sport Lisboa e Benfica in the Portuguese first division. An attacking midfielder with a vast array of skills, he also holds a Spanish passport....

. Along with talents such as Gaizka Mendieta

Gaizka Mendieta

Gaizka Mendieta Zabala is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.Versatile, with good offensive and tackling skills, also being capable of creating goals for teammates and himself, he played mainly for Valencia CF, and finished his career at Middlesbrough of England.He played 40...

and John Carew

John Carew

John Alieu Carew , is a Norwegian professional association football player who plays for West Ham United and the Norwegian national team. His father is Gambian and his mother is Norwegian; he was born and raised in Norway.-Vålerenga:John Alieu Carew began his career with his local club Lørenskog,...

, as well as veterans such as Santiago Cañizares

Santiago Cañizares

José Santiago Cañizares Ruiz is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.After playing with Real Madrid, mostly as a backup, he finished his career at Valencia CF, where he appeared in more than 400 official games since 1998.In his prime, he was regarded as one of the best...

and Jocelyn Angloma

Jocelyn Angloma

Jocelyn Angloma is a French-Guadeloupean football defender currently playing for a Guadeloupean club, L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau.He is fluent in French, Creole patois, English, Italian and Spanish.- Career :...

, Valencia reached the final of UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

twice in a row.

In 2001, while playing for Valencia, he was included in UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

s 'Team of the Year', on the left wing. In 2003, he followed his former Valencia coach Héctor Cuper

Héctor Cúper

Héctor Raúl Cúper is an Argentinean former football defender and a current manager.-Coach:...

to Internazionale

F.C. Internazionale Milano

Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

. He was released by Inter after the 2005-06 season, and returned to his first team Rosario Central

Rosario Central

. On 4 August 2009, Gonzalez joined San Lorenzo

Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro

Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine sports club based in Boedo neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, mostly known because of its football team....

. However, after Rosario Central was relegated from the Argentine Primera División during the 2009-10 season, Kily González returned to the club for the second division 2010-11 campaign.

National team

Kily González represented the Argentine national team

Argentina national football team

The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...

in the 2002 FIFA World Cup

2002 FIFA World Cup

The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...

playing in all 3 games, though as a substitute against Nigeria

Nigeria national football team

The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles or Green Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation . The team has ranked as high as 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, in April 1994...

and Sweden

Sweden national football team

The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...

, and substituted against England

England national football team

The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...

. As a member of the national side, he won a gold medal

Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August, , and ended on 28 August.The men's tournament is played by U-23 national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad...

at Athens Olympic games

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

in 2004, under the tutelage of coach Marcelo Bielsa

Marcelo Bielsa

Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera is an Argentine association football coach and former defender, born in Rosario, Santa Fe...

Nickname

The name 'Kily' came about when Cristian González was a child. As a toddler, he could only pronounce his name as "Kily", so his family nicknamed him.

Statistics

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|1993/94||rowspan="2"|Rosario Central

Rosario Central

||rowspan="2"|Primera División

Primera División Argentina

The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

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|1994/95||30||5||||||||||||
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|1995/96||rowspan="2"|Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

||rowspan="2"|Primera División

Primera División Argentina

||36||3||||||||||||
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|1996/97||1||0||||||||||||

|-
|1996/97||rowspan="3"|Real Zaragoza

Real Zaragoza

||rowspan="3"|La Liga

La Liga

||30||3||||||||||||
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|1997/98||33||6||||||||||||
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|1998/99||29||6||||||||||||
|-
|1999/00||rowspan="4"|Valencia

Valencia CF

||rowspan="4"|La Liga

La Liga

||31||2||||||||||||
|-
|2000/01||22||3||||||||||||
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|2001/02||26||3||||||||||||
|-
|2002/03||13||0||||||||||||

|-
|2003/04||rowspan="3"|Internazionale Milano

F.C. Internazionale Milano

||rowspan="3"|Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

||21||0||||||||||||
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|2004/05||14||0||||||||||||
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|2005/06||16||0||||||||||||

|-
|2006/07||rowspan="3"|Rosario Central

Rosario Central

||rowspan="3"|Primera División

Primera División Argentina

||31||4||||||||||||
|-
|2007/08||24||4||||||||||||
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|2008/09||21||2||||||||||||
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|2009/10||San Lorenzo||Primera División

Primera División Argentina

||32||0||||||||||||
|-
|2010/11||Rosario Central

Rosario Central

||Primera B Nacional||||||||||||||||
196||20||||||||||||
182||23||||||||||||
51||0||||||||||||
429||43||||||||||||
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|1995||1||0
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|1996||0||0
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|1997||0||0
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|1998||0||0
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|1999||10||2
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|2000||10||0
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|2001||7||2
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|2002||7||0
|-
|2003||5||1
|-
|2004||12||4
|-
|2005||4||0
|-
!Total||56||9
|}

Internazionale

Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

: 2005-06
Serie A 2005-06
In the 2005–06 season, Serie A, the major professional football league in Italian, was contested for the second year in a row by 20 teams. The league commenced on August 28, 2005 and finished on May 14, 2006...
Coppa Italia
Coppa Italia
The Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...

: 2005 and 2006
Italian Super Cup: 2005

External links

Statistics at Irish Times Argentine Primera statistics Profile at Inter.it

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