Sebastián Ignacio González Valdés (; born 14 December 1978), also known as Chamagol, is a
Chilean former
footballer
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who played as
striker.
Club career
He began his football career at
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has played ...
of the first tier of his country, in which he scored 27 goals in 77 appearances during four seasons. In June 2002, he was sold for an undisclosed fee (believed to be a high sum) to
Mexican Primera División
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club
Atlante. In his first season with that club, the
Apertura Tournament of the same year, González scored 13 goals in 19 appearances and in the following, the
2003 Clausura Tournament, he netted 16 goals in the same number of games, becoming the league's top scorer.
There were rumors saying that González was asking for more money from Atlante and that he was not happy to be there. They did give him a raise but that still did not help him want to stay on the team. He was sold to Tigres for about 3.5 million if not 4 million dollars. In the press conference he claimed that his goal was to score over 20 goals in the season. When asked by a reporter why he had chosen such a high number of goals, he responded by saying, "last season I set a number of goals as my goal, and I beat that number. So I want to beat my goal of 20 goals this season."
After a successful pass at the club of
Cancún
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, which back then played at
Estadio Azteca
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as well as
Neza 86 Stadiums, both at Mexico City, González was sold in January 2006 to
UANL Tigres
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of the same league and country. In the next season, was loaned to
Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz
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and the
Argentine Primera División
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Th ...
club in that moment,
Olimpo de Bahía Blanca
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. In 2008, he signed for
Liga de Ascenso
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of
Mexican side
León, in where was received by several fans in his first training of the club. In January of the next year, he returned to
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has played ...
on loan, being presented in European style by the team's captain
Arturo Sanhueza
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Club career
Born in Concepción, ...
. In his third game for the club, González scored a goal in an historic 3–1 away win over
Palmeiras
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at
Parque Antártica.
He joined
Cypriot First Division
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side
APOP Kinyras FC
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, after an unsuccessful season in Colo-Colo, returning in mid-year to Mexico for play in
Atlante's filial team
Potros Neza
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The club returned for the Clausura 2011 Liga de Ascenso tournament, taking the place ...
, scoring eight goals in 27 games for the Liga de Ascenso tournament. Despite of his performance and the will of the Chilean to play again for the first team and stay at Mexico, Atlante did not consider González for the first squad due to his lack of form according to that club's coach, and he signed for the
Bolivia
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n giants
The Strongest
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. He is currently signed to Venezuelan club
Caracas FC
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They are nicknamed ''Los Rojos del Ávila'', or the "Reds from Áv ...
after a successful stint in Bolivia. After just playing nine matches without scoring for the Venezuelan giants despite belong considered one of the most promising signings of the club, González returned to Chile to play for
Palestino
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in the Chilean Primera División; he argued his decision to end his career scoring seven goals which would leave him at 200 goals in his career. Despite his desire to either retire at
Atlante or
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has played ...
, where he is considered historic, González said that he was thankful to be received by
Palestino
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as he was willing to return to Chile. He is currently training to be a coach as well.
International goals
González played internationally with the
Chile national football team
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at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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at
Sydney
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, winning the bronze medal also, and in the
2004 Copa América
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celebrated in
Peru
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. He has scored six goals for his national team, being two of those officials against
Paraguay
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and
Peru
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.
International goals
Personal life
González is the nephew of the Chilean former international footballer
Francisco ''Chamaco'' Valdés, a historical player of
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has played ...
. Due to the nickname of his uncle, he is known as ''Chamagol''.
Post retirement
González has worked in different radio and TV media, such as ,
Canal del Fútbol (CDF) and
ADN Radio.
He graduated as a
Sport Manager. In 2021, he was in charge of
Deportes Iberia
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as Sports Director.
In 2022 he assumed the charge of Sports Manager of
Deportes Recoleta
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.
Honours
Club
;Colo-Colo
*
Primera División de Chile
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:
1998
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,
2002 Clausura
;The Strongest
*
Bolivian Primera División
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Since 1950, a total of 16 clubs ...
:
2011 Apertura
International
;Chile
*
Bronze medal
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(1):
2000 Summer Olympics
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References
External links
Sebastián Gonzálezat Football-Lineups.com
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1978 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Viña del Mar
Chilean footballers
Chilean expatriate footballers
Chile international footballers
Olympic footballers of Chile
Olympic bronze medalists for Chile
Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2004 Copa América players
Colo-Colo footballers
Colo-Colo B footballers
Atlante F.C. footballers
Tigres UANL footballers
C.D. Veracruz footballers
Olimpo footballers
Tecos F.C. footballers
Club León footballers
APOP Kinyras FC players
The Strongest players
Caracas FC players
Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
Deportes Temuco footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Tercera División de Chile players
Primera B de Chile players
Liga MX players
Argentine Primera División players
Ascenso MX players
Cypriot First Division players
Bolivian Primera División players
Venezuelan Primera División players
Expatriate footballers in Mexico
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
Expatriate footballers in Bolivia
Expatriate footballers in Venezuela
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Association football forwards
Canal del Fútbol color commentators
Chilean radio personalities
Chilean association football commentators