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Kily González 
Personal information Full name Cristian Alberto González Peret Date of birth August 4, 1974 Place of birth Rosario, Argentina Playing position Left winger Youth career Rosario Central Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1993–1995 Rosario Central 51 (7) 1995–1996 Boca Juniors 37 (3) 1996–1999 Zaragoza 92 (15) 1999–2003 Valencia 92 (8) 2003–2006 Internazionale 51 (0) 2006–2009 Rosario Central 76 (10) 2009–2010 San Lorenzo 32 (0) 2010–2011 Rosario Central 17 (2) National team‡ 1995–2005 Argentina 56 (9) HonoursMen's Football Gold 2004 Athens Team * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 May 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 2009This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is González and the second or maternal family name is Peret.Cristian Alberto González Peret, better known as Kily González (born 4 August 1974) is an Argentine footballer. Playing on the left-wing for Valencia, he was best known for his power, pace, crossing ability and for his stinging shot.
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Career
Club
Kily González played his first professional match for Rosario Central in 1993. He played for the club until 1995, when he moved to Boca Juniors. In 1996 he transferred to Real Zaragoza in Spain and in 1999 to Valencia CF. Kily González made his name at Valencia, playing with fellow national squad members Roberto Ayala and Pablo Aimar. Along with talents such as Gaizka Mendieta and John Carew, as well as veterans such as Santiago Cañizares and Jocelyn Angloma, Valencia reached the final of UEFA Champions League twice in a row.
In 2001, while playing for Valencia, he was included in UEFAs 'Team of the Year', on the left wing. In 2003, he followed his former Valencia coach Héctor Cuper to Internazionale. He was released by Inter after the 2005-06 season, and returned to his first team Rosario Central. On 4 August 2009, Gonzalez joined San Lorenzo. 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.[1]
National team
Kily González represented the Argentine national team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup playing in all 3 games, though as a substitute against Nigeria and Sweden, and substituted against England. As a member of the national side, he won a gold medal at Athens Olympic games in 2004, under the tutelage of coach Marcelo Bielsa.
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
Club performance League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Argentina League Cup South America Total 1993/94 Rosario Central Primera División 21 2 1994/95 30 5 1995/96 Boca Juniors Primera División 36 3 1996/97 1 0 Spain League Copa del Rey Europe Total 1996/97 Real Zaragoza La Liga 30 3 1997/98 33 6 1998/99 29 6 1999/00 Valencia La Liga 31 2 2000/01 22 3 2001/02 26 3 2002/03 13 0 Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total 2003/04 Internazionale Milano Serie A 21 0 2004/05 14 0 2005/06 16 0 Argentina League Cup South America Total 2006/07 Rosario Central Primera División 31 4 2007/08 24 4 2008/09 21 2 2009/10 San Lorenzo Primera División 32 0 2010/11 Rosario Central Primera B Nacional Country Argentina 196 20 Spain 182 23 Italy 51 0 Total 429 43 Argentina national team Year Apps Goals 1995 1 0 1996 0 0 1997 0 0 1998 0 0 1999 10 2 2000 10 0 2001 7 2 2002 7 0 2003 5 1 2004 12 4 2005 4 0 Total 56 9 Honours
Valencia
Internazionale
- Serie A: 2005-06
- Coppa Italia: 2005 and 2006
- Italian Super Cup: 2005
International
- 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal
References
- ^ "La vuelta del Kily González a Central es un hecho" (in Spanish). La Capital. 2010-07-07. http://www.lacapital.com.ar/contenidos/2010/07/07/noticia_0002.html. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=335
External links
- Statistics at Irish Times
- Kily González at National-Football-Teams.com
- (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
- (Italian) Profile at Inter.it
- Kily González at National-Football-Teams.com
Rosario Central – current squad — Bovero · — Broun · — García · — Lupardo · — Delgado · — Ferrari · — Godoy · — Lequi · — López · — Peppino · — Pérez · — Rivarola · — Talamonti · — Valentini · — Vallejo · — Alderete · — Ballini · — Becker · — Carrizo · — Gómez · — Lazo · — Lombardi · — Migueles · — Mozzo · — Rivero · — Vismara · — Zarif · — Biglieri · — Castillejos · — Coniglio · — Costa · — de León · — Galvaniz · — Medina · — Salinas · — Toledo · Manager: PizziCategories:- Argentine footballers
- Argentine people of Spanish descent
- 1974 births
- Living people
- People from Rosario, Santa Fe
- Rosario Central footballers
- San Lorenzo footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- F.C. Internazionale Milano players
- La Liga footballers
- Real Zaragoza footballers
- Valencia CF footballers
- Serie A footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Olympic footballers of Argentina
- Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- 1999 Copa América players
- 2004 Copa América players
- Association football wingers
- Argentina international footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Primera División Argentina players
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Olympic medalists in football
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