Alexander David González Sibulo (born 13 September 1992) is a Venezuelan professional

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who plays for

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club Emelec and the Venezuela national team. Mainly a

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, he can also play as a right winger.

Career

Caracas

Born in

Caracas Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

, González started his professional career at

, and made his debut as a right back in the year 2010 by coach Noel Sanvicente. During the 2010/2011 he became a regular and scored 4 goals, playing the season as a right midfielder and right back. In the

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2011, he played the 6 games of the group stage where his team was eliminated in the final match against Vélez Sarsfield. After a successful season, he won the Best Young Player In Venezuela 2010/11 Season award.

BSC Young Boys

It was announced that on January 3, 2012, Alexander would go to

BSC Young Boys Berner Sport Club Young Boys (YB by short abbreviation, ) is a Swiss professional sports club based in Bern, Switzerland. Its first team has won 17 Swiss league championships and eight Swiss Cups. YB is one of the most successful Swiss footbal ...

. He made his debut with the Swiss team on 25 March 2012 with a 4–0 win against

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. He scored his first goal for the club on 5 May 2012 against

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. He scored for the first time in Europe competition on 6 December 2012 against Anzhi Makhachkala in the

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2012/13 season .

FC Aarau & FC Thun loans

On 1 July 2013, Gonzalez became a member of newly promoted Super League club

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. Where he played 27 games before joining

on loan in the summer of 2014.

Huesca

On 31 January 2016, it was announced that González had agreed to an 18-month contract with SD Huesca in

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. On 30 August 2017, he renewed his contract for a further year.

Elche / Mirandés

On 4 August 2018,

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González signed for

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also in the Spanish second division. On 26 August of the following year, he joined fellow league team CD Mirandés also on a one-year deal.

Dinamo Bucharest

In September 2020, González signed a two-year contract with Romanian side Dinamo București. After only three months, he ended his contract with the

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club.

Málaga

On 28 December 2020, free agent González returned to the Spanish second division with

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

, after agreeing to a contract until 30 June 2021.

Pyunik

On 3 February 2022, Pyunik announced the signing of González.

Caracas return

On 9 February 2023, González returned to his first club

International career

González made his debut for

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in 2009. He was also part of the

squad who reached 4th place in the 2011 Copa America. González was also part of the

squad for the Copa América Centenario, which saw

knocked out of the quarter finals after a 4–1 loss against

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

including 2 goals from

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for

Miscellaneous

He was one of the judges for the 2023 Miss Venezuela pageant.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Venezuela's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Pyunik *

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: 2021–22

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Alexander 1992 births Living people Venezuelan men's footballers Men's association football defenders Caracas F.C. players BSC Young Boys players FC Aarau players FC Thun players SD Huesca footballers Elche CF players CD Mirandés footballers FC Dinamo București players Málaga CF players Venezuelan Primera División players Swiss Super League players Segunda División players Liga I players 2011 Copa América players Copa América Centenario players 2021 Copa América players Venezuela men's international footballers Venezuela men's under-20 international footballers Venezuelan expatriate men's footballers Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Romania 2024 Copa América players