Rodrigo Antonio González Catalán (born 30 November 1995) is a

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who currently plays as a defender for Primera B side Magallanes.

Career

After staying in the Youth Teams of

Palestino Club Deportivo Palestino is a professional football club based in the city of Santiago, Chile. The club was founded in 1920 and plays in the Primera División de Chile. They play their home games at the Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna stadi ...

and

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played thei ...

, he played for

General Velásquez General Velásquez is a Chilean football club, their home town is San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Chile. They currently play in the third level of Chilean football, the Segunda Division. The club was founded on January 8, 1908 as ''General Velásq ...

, Colchagua and Chimbarongo F.C. at the Tercera A, the fourth level of the Chilean football. Along with Colchagua, he won the 2014 Tercera A Championship. In the Summer 2016, he joined San Luis de Quillota in the Chilean Primera División, first playing at the under-19 level and making his professional debut in a match against Palestino on August 21, 2016. After San Luis was relegated to Primera B, he was loaned to

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional football club based in the Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile. They currently participate in the Primera División de Chile. It has a branch of women's football, and competes ...

for the 2019 season, returning on second half 2020 after his stay on loan at

Unión La Calera Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera and competes the Primera División de Chile. It was founded as Club de Deportes La Calera on 26 January 1954, after the merger of three teams from the city: ''Condor'', ''Calera Com ...

. For the 2021 Primera B, he returned to San Luis. In 2024, he joined Magallanes.

Personal life

He is nicknamed ''

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'', like the traditional countryman of the Central Chile, due to the fact his birthplace is

San Vicente de Tagua Tagua San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, or just San Vicente, is a Chilean commune and city in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Vicente spans an area of and had 40,25 ...

, a city in the O'Higgins Region.

Honours

;Colchagua * Tercera A (1):

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Rodrigo González
at PlaymakerStats.com Living people 1995 births People from Cachapoal Province Footballers from O'Higgins Region Chilean men's footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players General Velásquez footballers CD Colchagua footballers San Luis de Quillota footballers Unión Española footballers Unión La Calera footballers Santiago Morning footballers C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers Deportes Magallanes footballers Men's association football defenders {{Chile-footy-defender-stub