Enrique "Quique" González Casín (born 16 May 1990) is a Spanish professional

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who plays for

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in eu, Eibar Kirol Elkartea) is a professional Spanish football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the team currently plays in the Segunda División, the s ...

as a forward.

Club career

González was born in

Valladolid Valladolid () is a municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. It has a population around 300,000 peop ...

, Castile and León. He finished his youth career with local club

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club c ...

, and made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2007–08 season, in the Segunda División B. On 27 August 2010, González played his first match as a professional, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–0 home win against

Villarreal CF B Villarreal Club de Fútbol "B" is a Spanish football team based in Villarreal, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1999, it is the reserve team of Villarreal CF and plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Ciudad Depor ...

in the Segunda División. He finished the campaign with six appearances for the main squad, totalling 145 minutes. On 2 September 2011, González joined third division side

UD Logroñés Unión Deportiva Logroñés, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 2009, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home matches at ''Estadio Las Gaunas ...

on loan. After his return, he rejected a loan to

CD Guijuelo Club Deportivo Guijuelo is a Spanish football team based in Guijuelo, Province of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1974 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at the 1,500-seat ...

and returned to the B team in the

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, scoring 19 goals during

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. After being deemed surplus to requirements by new Valladolid manager Juan Ignacio Martínez, Quique terminated his contract on 21 August 2013. He signed for

CD Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara (); often simply known as Guadalajara () and their nickname ''Chivas'' (), is a Mexican professional football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco. Guadalajara is one of the ten founding members of the Mexican First Divisi ...

on the same day. After netting a career-best 24 goals during his first and only season, González joined

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001, when it was renamed ''Unión D ...

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on 21 May 2014. He made his debut in the competition on 12 September, replacing Wellington Silva in the 64th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Córdoba CF. González scored his first goal for the

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ns on 5 December 2014, the third in a 4–3 away victory over

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...

in the

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of the

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. On 30 January 2015, he was loaned to second-tier

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league syst ...

until June. After returning from loan, González was an undisputed starter for Almería, scoring 15 goals during the season. Highlights included a brace in a 3–1 win at

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the ...

, on 17 April 2016. González scored a further 16 times during the 2016–17 campaign, with braces against Levante UD (2–2 home draw),

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 1, holding home matches at the Municipal de Sant ...

(3–1 home win) and

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División, holding home matches at ''Es ...

(2–0, also home) – the latter strikes also managed to help his side avoid relegation. On 14 July 2017, he signed a five-year contract with

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El S ...

of the same league for a fee of

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1.5 million. On 20 July 2018, González joined

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. They currently play in the Primera División RFEF – ...

still in the second division, for a fee of €1.7 million. He was their top scorer during the season, contributing 17 goals as the side missed out on promotion in the play-offs. González agreed to a five-year deal with

on 14 July 2019, for an undisclosed fee reported to be in the region of €3 million.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Quique 1990 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from Valladolid Association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Valladolid Promesas players Real Valladolid players UD Logroñés players CD Guadalajara (Spain) footballers UD Almería players Racing de Santander players CA Osasuna players Deportivo de La Coruña players SD Eibar footballers