Osvaldo Alexis González Sepúlveda (born August 10, 1984) is a Chilean
footballer
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. He currently plays for Chilean club
Universidad de Concepción
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Places
* Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico
* Universidad (Madrid)
Football clubs
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...
.
Club career
A product of the
Universidad de Concepción
Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to:
Places
* Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico
* Universidad (Madrid)
Football clubs
* Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
...
youth system, González began playing in the club's under-16 squad coached by
Eduardo de la Barra, coming from Club Deportivo Luis Acevedo from
San Pedro de la Paz
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. He later debuted for the senior squad in 2005, and soon after became a regular starter. He then signed with
Universidad de Chile
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Toluca
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of
México
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. On May 15, 2010 he received two yellow cards in the semifinal of the second leg of El Bicentenario 2010. Due to his red card he missed the first leg of the final which Toluca eventually won. After a year and a half in Mexico, Osvaldo finally returned to Universidad de Chile in July 2011. He scored the equalizer goal of the game against
Vasco da Gama in the semifinals of the
2011 Copa Sudamericana
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, which Universidad de Chile finished as champion.
International career
He has been capped for the
Chile senior team fourteen times.
In addition, he represented
Chile U23 at the
2008 Inter Continental Cup in Malaysia.
Career statistics
Honours
Club
;Universidad de Chile
*
Primera División de Chile
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* Alí Primera
Alí Rafael Primera Rosel ...
(4):
2009–A,
2011–C,
2012–A,
2014–A
*
Copa Chile
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(1):
2012–13
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,
2015
*
Copa Sudamericana (1):
2011
*
Supercopa de Chile (1):
2015
;Toluca
*
Liga MX (1):
2010 Torneo Bicentenario
References
External links
*
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1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Concepción, Chile
Chilean men's footballers
Chilean expatriate men's footballers
Chile men's international footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Liga MX players
Primera B de Chile players
C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers
Club Universidad de Chile footballers
Huachipato FC footballers
Deportivo Toluca F.C. players
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Men's association football defenders
Copa Sudamericana-winning players
21st-century Chilean people