Rónald González

Rónald González Brenes (born August 8, 1970) is a Costa Rican soccer player. He has mostly played for Deportivo Saprissa in Costa Rica, but has played internationally as well. In the early 90's, he played with Dinamo Zagreb in Yugoslavia and Sturm Graz in Austria. During the late 90's and early 2000s, he starred for the CSD Comunicaciones of Guatemala.

Playing for Saprissa he won almost everything he could pursue, as the team's captain. With CSD Comunicaciones he was captain and champion of the Guatemalan tournament several times as well. González was a usual member of Costa Rica during the 90's, even being the captain during the Ca|1997. At 19 years old, González played with Costa Rica's national team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, were he scored a goal against Czechoslovakia, becoming the youngest player to score a goal in that World Cup. In 1989, as captain of Costa Rica's U-20 national team, he played in the under-20 Football World Youth Championship held in Saudi Arabia, where he scored a goal against Colombia.

Currently, González just retired and works as assistant coach in Saprissa's coaching staff. In his playing days with Saprissa, he won five national championships and three CONCACAF Champions Cup, and was part of the team that played the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup, where Saprissa finished third behind São Paulo Futebol Clube and Liverpool F.C..

ee also

* Rónald González (cyclist)

External links

* [http://www.saprissa.co.cr/ronaldgonzalez.htm González's Dossier at Deportivo Saprissa official site]