Juan Ignacio González Brazeiro (born 5 November 1993) is a Uruguayan professional

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who plays as a

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for Central Español.

Club career

González began with

Danubio Danubio Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan football club based in Jardines del Hipódromo, Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Primera División. Founded in 1932, the club's home stadium is Jardines del Hipódromo, which has a capacity o ...

. He made the opening appearances of his senior career in November 2012, featuring in

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defeats to Central Español, River Plate and Bella Vista. In the following May, González netted his first goal during a draw in the return fixture with the aforementioned River Plate. He remained with the club for a total of seven seasons, scoring fifteen goals across one hundred and seventy-three matches; notably winning the 2013–14 title. He had a trial with Fluminense in August 2018. In January 2019, González was signed by

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of the

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. González didn't appear competitively for Defensa, departing eight months later to

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of Primera B Nacional. He made his debut in a 2–2 draw away to Chacarita Juniors on 17 September 2020, which was the first of six appearances for the club. In August 2020, González returned to Uruguayan football with

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. He featured seven times in the Primera División across the next month, prior to leaving to head to Spain with

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side Deportivo La Coruña on 18 September.

International career

In 2015, González was called up by the Uruguay U22s for the

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in Canada. He participated in all five matches of the tournament, with Uruguay defeating

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in the final.

Career statistics

Honours

;Danubio *

: 2013–14 ;Uruguay U22 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Ignacio 1993 births Living people Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Paysandú Uruguay men's youth international footballers Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Uruguay Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Men's association football midfielders Uruguayan Primera División players Primera Nacional players Segunda División B players Danubio F.C. players Defensa y Justicia footballers San Martín de Tucumán footballers Plaza Colonia players Deportivo de La Coruña players Apollon Larissa F.C. players Central Español players Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Spain