Francisco Manuel "Fran" González Verjara (born 13 August 1998) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for Portuguese Liga 3 club

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Club career

González was born in Calonge,

Santanyí Santanyí () is a municipality on the Spain, Spanish island of Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands, situated in the westernmost part of the Mediterranean Sea. This municipality in the southeast of Majorca is home to the towns of Santanyí, Cal ...

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, and represented CD Cala d'Or, CF Olímpic de Felanitx, CE Manacor, CD San Francisco and

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...

as a youth. He made his debut with the latter's reserves on 19 August 2017, starting in a 1–0 home win against

CD Binissalem Club Deportivo Binissalem is a Spanish football team based in Binissalem, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1914 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Miquel Pons'', which holds 2,000 spectators. Season to ...

. González scored his first senior goal on 10 April 2019, netting his team's third in a 3–0 home win against former side Manacor. He made his first team debut on 6 January 2021, starting and scoring an

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in a 2–2 away draw against

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, as his side was knocked out on penalties, for the season's

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. On 13 July 2021, González moved to another

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in Tercera División RFEF. On 30 August 2023,

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club

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announced the signing of González on a two-year contract. On 30 January, after having failed to make a league appearance for the

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-based side, González was loaned to Spanish third tier side

Linares Deportivo Linares Deportivo () is a Spanish football team based in Linares, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2009 as a replacement for dissolved CD Linares, it plays in Segunda Federación – Group 4. The team's stadium is '' Estadio ...

until the end of the 2023–24 season.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Fran 1998 births Living people People from Santanyí Footballers from Mallorca Spanish men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Tercera División players Tercera Federación players Segunda Federación players Primera Federación players Liga 3 (Portugal) players RCD Mallorca B players RCD Mallorca players Atlético Madrid B players S.C.U. Torreense players Linares Deportivo footballers Atlético Clube de Portugal players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal 21st-century Spanish sportsmen