David González Gómez (born 2 August 1993), commonly known as Roni, is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

González was born in

Oviedo Oviedo (; ast, Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located ap ...

, Asturias, and represented

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: ''Real Stadium Club Ovetense'' and ''Real Club De ...

as a youth. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 19 December 2010, playing the last 14 minutes in a 1–1

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 Di ...

away draw against

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. In July 2011, González moved to

Covadonga Covadonga ( Asturian: ''Cuadonga'', from ''cova domnica'' "Cave of Our Lady"Juan Gil Fernández, José L. Moralejo, Juan Ignacio Ruiz de la Peña, ''Crónicas asturianas'', Universidad de Oviedo, 1985, p. 203.) is one of 11 parishes in Ca ...

; initially assigned back to the youth setup, he ended the season with 11 goals in only 18 first team appearances. On 29 May 2014, after scoring 13 goals, he returned to Oviedo and its B-team. González scored a career-best 22 goals for Vetusta in 2014–15, and subsequent served loans at

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

sides Lealtad and

Caudal Deportivo Caudal Deportivo is a Spanish football team based in Mieres, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1918 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home matches at ''Estadio Hermanos Antuña'' (built in 1951), with a c ...

. Back to the ''Carbayones'' in July 2017, he was assigned back to the B-side in the fourth tier. On 30 August 2018, González agreed to a contract with third division side Langreo, after terminating his link with Oviedo. On 3 July of the following year, he moved to fellow league team Logroñés, and contributed with six goals in 27 appearances as the club achieved a first-ever promotion to

. González made his professional debut on 12 September 2020 at the age of 27, coming on as a second-half substitute for

Jon Errasti Jon Errasti Zabaleta (born 6 June 1988) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Club career Born in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, Errasti played youth football with Basque Country neighbours Real Sociedad. He made ...

in a 0–1 away loss against

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Personal life

González was nicknamed ''Roni'' by his former Vetusta manager

Iván Ania Iván Ania Cadavieco (born 24 October 1977 in Oviedo, Asturias) is a Spanish former professional Association football, footballer who played as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder, currently Manager (association football), ma ...

, who saw a player with physical strengths similar as of

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, David 1993 births Living people Footballers from Oviedo Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Primera Federación players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Real Oviedo Vetusta players CD Covadonga players CD Lealtad players Caudal Deportivo footballers UP Langreo footballers UD Logroñés players Algeciras CF footballers Persis Solo players Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia