Alejandro Damián González Hernández (born 23 March 1988) is a Uruguayan

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for

Miramar Misiones Club Sportivo Miramar Misiones, usually known simply as Miramar Misiones is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club was formed from the merger of two clubs: Miramar (founded on October 17, 1915) and Misiones (founded on March 26, ...

. He has spent most of his career with

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (), more commonly referred to as Peñarol, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football. The nam ...

in his native Uruguay, as well as teams in Mexico, Peru, and Italy.

Club career

González started his career in 2005 playing for

. In 2008, he was champion of the Uruguayan Torneo Clausura playing for

. He was than loaned out to

Tigres B Tigres UANL Premier was the Liga Premier affiliate team of Tigres UANL. They played in the lower division to provide a training ground for prospective players aspiring to play in the Primera División de México. They played in San Nicolás de lo ...

in Mexico, that same year he played for

Tacuarembó F.C. Tacuarembó Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Tacuarembó, is a Uruguayan association football, football club based in Tacuarembó. History Like the inner-country team Rocha, Tacuarembó is a super merge of 21 different clubs, and represen ...

He joined

Sporting Cristal Club Sporting Cristal S.A., shortened to Sporting Cristal, is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its association football, soccer team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac District, Rímac district by e ...

in the

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in January 2009. On 28 June 2013, he joined

Hellas Verona Hellas Verona Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Hellas Verona (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Verona, Veneto, that currently plays in Serie A. The team won ...

, who had just returned to

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, for an undisclosed fee. On 8 January 2015, he was loaned to struggling fellow Serie A club

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for the remainder of the season, the first signing by new manager

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International career

González played for Uruguay at the South American Under 17 Football Championship and the

2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eleventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru from 16 September to 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could participate i ...

. In 2007, he played in the

2007 South American Youth Championship The 2007 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericano Sub-20) was the 23rd edition of the competition. It was played in Paraguay between 7 and 28 January 2007, and was contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. This was the ...

References

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