Daniel Felipe González Calvo (born 30 January 1984), commonly known as Chucky González, is a former professional

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who played as an

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. Internationally, he made three appearances for the Chile national team, scoring once. He is known in Chile for being a free-kick specialist.

Club career

González began his football career at Everton at their football system top tier, where scored 11 goals in 83 appearances during two seasons. In June 2006, González moved to O'Higgins, club of the same division of Everton based in

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. In January 2008, he was sold to Chilean powerhouse club

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

, for a US$750.000 transfer fee. After a regular pass at the Colo-Colo team that was runner-up of the Apertura Tournament of that year, he was deemed surplus requirements at Pedreros, thus joining

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on loan. In January 2009, he traveled to Brazil and signed for Náutico of the country's first tier in that moment, leaving shortly after not receiving much playing time. Back on his home country, he had spells at O'Higgins and Everton, both loans, but without finding much success. In June 2010, he returned to

, where he became a key part of the Calama team starting eleven, scoring 11 goals during his stay, leaving the team after his one-year loan from Colo-Colo expired. The next season, Gónzalez signed for

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, again on loan. At Audax, he played a key part on Audax's season that year, most notably scoring a

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in a 4–2 away win against La Serena, all of his goals during that match coming from direct free-kicks. Despite being a starter during the year and being on top form throughout the season, he choose to leave the club at the end of the season despite offers from Audax for him to stay. After terminating his contract with Colo-Colo, he signed for

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, playing regularly, but receiving much criticism for his poor play at the

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club during the season, especially his low scoring, even from free-kicks. During his first season, he played in 17 matches out of 18, but only scored one goal on regular season, against

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in a 4–1 victory for the home team. Huachipato qualified for the championship play-offs that year, with González starting on both matches against

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(3–2 victory for Huachipato on aggregate) and also starting on the 1–0 victory against

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at home, only missing the return match on

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after picking up an injury. The return match ended on a 1–1 tie, thus qualifying the steelers to the final for the first time in history. He was left out of the starting eleven of the first leg of the final, against

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at the Santa Laura, only coming on as a sub in the second half. The match ended on a 3–1 for the home side. At the return leg, he was surprisingly put on the starting eleven by coach

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, despite his low form and injury concerns. He scored two goals on the second leg of the final, one coming from a direct free-kick and adding a second after dribbling two Unión Española players on the run and chipping the ball from outside the box, putting Huachipato 2–1 up at that moment. The match finally ended 3–1 for the home side, and the title was decided by a penalty shoot-out. González unfortunately missed his attempt, sending the ball over the bar, however Huachipato prevailed, winning 3–2 on penalties and becoming Chilean league champions for the second time in history. This is Daniel González first title of his career.

International career

González played internationally with the Chile national team in 2007, playing three friendly matches previous to the

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. He scored his first international goal for Chile from a

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in a victory against

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, 2–0, at

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during a

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in Osorno.

Career statistics

Honours

Huachipato *

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: 2012 Apertura

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Daniel 1984 births Living people Footballers from Quilpué Chilean men's footballers 21st-century Chilean sportsmen Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers Colo-Colo footballers C.D. Cobreloa footballers Clube Náutico Capibaribe players Audax Italiano footballers Huachipato FC footballers C.D. Antofagasta footballers A.C. Barnechea footballers Trasandino de Los Andes footballers San Antonio Unido footballers Chilean Primera División players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Men's association football midfielders