César Eduardo González Amais (; born 1 October 1982 in

Maturín Maturín () is a city in Venezuela, the capital of the Venezuelan state of Monagas and a centre for instrumental exploration and development of the petroleum industry in Venezuela. The metropolitan area of Maturín has a population of 401,384 inha ...

is a

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midfielder. González started his career in 2002 with Monagas Sport Club, in 2004 he moved to

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to play for

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and then in 2005 he moved to Deportivo Cali also in Colombia, where he was part of the 2005 championship winning squad. In 2005, he returned to Venezuela to play for Caracas FC where he won two Primera División titles. In 2007, he was selected to represent

at the Copa América 2007 and after the tournament he was signed by

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club

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. In 2008, he joined Club Atlético Huracán where he was part of the team that finished as runners up in the Clausura 2009 tournament. During the winter transfer he joined Mexican side

San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí, officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí, is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 59 municipalities and is named after its capital city, San Luis Potosí. It ...

. In 2011, he has left San Luis de Mexico to join Argentine club Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. After six month, he joined River Plate on a loan deal for six months, with an option to buy of around $500,000. After the season ended, River Plate decided not to redeem the option to buy on his contract. On 15 July 2012, ''Maestrico'' González signed a three-year contract with Venezuelan football club Deportivo Táchira.

International career

Cesar González has played 56 matches with the national football team of Venezuela, scoring five goals in them. On 9 July 2011, Gonzalez scored from 30 yards against Ecuador in the Copa America to put Venezuela on the verge of qualification to the quarter finals.

International goals

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Lara Lara may refer to: People * Lara (name), can be a given name or a surname in several languages * Lara (mythology), a naiad nymph, daughter of the river Almo in Ovid's ''Fasti'' Places *Lara (state), a state in Venezuela * Electoral district ...

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Salta Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Salta Province, the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the List of cities in Argentina, 7th most-populous ...

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2011 Copa América The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América 2011 Argentina, was the 43rd edition of the Copa América, the main international association football, football tournament for national ...

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, , , , 1–1 , , 2–1 , , Friendly , - , 5. , , 10 September 2013 , , Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui,

Puerto La Cruz Puerto La Cruz () is a port city located in Anzoátegui State, in Venezuela. It is the seat of the Juan Antonio Sotillo Municipality. The city has road connections to the state capital, Barcelona, to Lecheria and to Guanta. Geography The cit ...

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