Víctor Alejandro González Cortés (born 29 October 1977) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Chile and Peru.

Playing career

Born in

San Felipe, Chile San Felipe (; "St. Philip" in Spanish) is a commune and the capital city of the San Felipe de Aconcagua Province in central Chile's Valparaíso Region. Until 1976, it was the capital of Aconcagua province, a first-level administrative division. ...

, González played for his hometown club,

Unión San Felipe Unión San Felipe is a Chilean Football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B. They were the Copa Chile champions, and played the 2010 C ...

, until 2001, scoring forty two goals in total. With an extensive career in his homeland, he also played for

Cobresal Club de Deportes Cobresal or simply Cobresal, is a Chilean football club based in El Salvador, Atacama, a Chilean mining camp, and participates in Campeonato Nacional. The team was founded on 5 May 1979, and the name of the club comes from the ...

, Everton, and

Deportes Melipilla Deportes Melipilla is a Chilean football club, based on Melipilla, a comune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on January 24, 1992, as a successor of ''Club Deportivo Soinca Bata''. The club has its classic rival, San Antonio Uni ...

in the Primera División. In the second level, he played for Everton, Deportes Melipilla, San Luis,

Curicó Unido Curicó Unido is a football club based in Curicó, Maule Region, Chile. They currently play in the Primera División, the first level of the Chilean football system. They are currently managed by Damián Muñoz. History Curicó Unido was fo ...

San Marcos San Marcos is the Spanish name of Saint Mark. It may also refer to: Towns and cities Argentina * San Marcos, Salta Colombia * San Marcos, Antioquia * San Marcos, Sucre Costa Rica * San Marcos, Costa Rica (aka San Marcos de Tarrazú) ...

Deportes Iquique Club de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P. is a Chilean football club based in Iquique that is a current member of the Primera B. Founded in 1978, the club's home stadium is the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, which has a 13,171 capacity. Iquique has spent ...

and

Lota Schwager Lota Schwager is a Chilean professional team based in Coronel that currently play in Tercera A (fourth-tier). History Following the merger between Federico Schwager and Minas Lota (teams that competed in Campeonato Regional de Concepción ...

. He also played for Trasandino in the

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the '' Segunda División'', and the semi-professional '' Segunda ...

and

Deportes Linares Deportes Linares is a Chilean Football club, their home town is Linares in Chile and play in the 3rd tier of Chilean football, the Segunda División. The club was founded on November 19, 1955 as ''Lister Rossel'' (a famous local pediatrician and ...

in the Segunda División Profesional, his last club. He won Primera B titles with Unión San Felipe in 2000, Curicó Unido in 2008 and Deportes Iquique in 2010. In addition, he won the

2010 Copa Chile Bicentenario The 2010 Copa Chile Bicentenario was the 31st edition of the competition. The competition started on March 27, 2010 with the preliminary rounds and concludes on December 8, 2010 with the Final. The winner qualifies for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana. ...

as a member of Deportes Iquique. Abroad, he had a stint with Peruvian club Melgar in the 2003 Torneo Clausura, scoring a goal against

Deportivo Wanka Deportivo Wanka is a Peruvian football club, based in the city of Huancayo in the Peruvian Andes. It was founded in 1969 and is named after the Wankas people who formerly inhabited the area and after whom the city of Huancayo is named. The curr ...

on the ninth matchday. In January 2012, he represented Chile II in the Torneo FIFPro América, a tournament for

free agent In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is a ...

s, winning the title against Brazil.

Coaching career

As a football manager, he led

in the Segunda División Profesional with Rocío Yáñez as assistant coach. He has also led amateur clubs in his hometown like Club Deportivo Alberto Pentzke.

Personal life

He is nicknamed ''Guagua'' (Baby).

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Victor 1977 births Living people People from San Felipe, Chile Footballers from Valparaíso Region Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Unión San Felipe footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers C.D. Cobresal footballers Deportes Melipilla footballers San Luis de Quillota footballers Curicó Unido footballers San Marcos de Arica footballers Deportes Iquique footballers Lota Schwager footballers Peruvian Primera División players FBC Melgar footballers Tercera División de Chile players Trasandino de Los Andes footballers Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Deportes Linares footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Peru Men's association football forwards Chilean football managers Lota Schwager managers Segunda División Profesional de Chile managers