Jon Aingeru González Díez (born 31 December 1973) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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, and a current coach.

Playing career

Born in

Sestao Sestao is a town and municipality of 27,296 inhabitants located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It is in the left bank of the Estuary of Bilbao and part of Bilbao's metropolitan area. Se ...

, Basque Country, González was known as Peli during his playing days. An

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club (; ), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao (), or simply Athletic, is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Southern Basque Country, Basque Country, Spain. They are known ...

youth graduate, he moved to

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

side

Sestao Sport Club Sestao Sport Club was a Spanish football club based in Sestao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded it 1916 it held home matches at ''Campo Municipal de las Llanas'', with a capacity of 8,900 seats. History Sestao managed to ...

in 1972, and made his maiden appearance in the category on 12 June 1973 by coming on as a late substitute in a 1–2 home loss against

Mérida UD Mérida Unión Deportiva was a Spanish football club based in Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1990, they last played in Tercera División – Group 14 when dissolved in 2013, and hosted games at the Estadio Roma ...

. Subsequently, until his retirement, he always competed in the lower leagues, representing

CA Osasuna B Club Atlético Osasuna B, usually known as Osasuna Promesas is the reserve team of CA Osasuna, a Spanish football club based in Pamplona, in the autonomous community of Navarre. Founded in 1962, currently plays in Primera Federación – Group ...

SCD Durango Sociedad Cultural Deportiva Durango is a Spanish football team based in Durango, Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1919 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Tabira'', with a capacity of 3,000 spectator ...

, Zalla UC and SD San Pedro. His best personal input consisted of six goals and 27 appearances during the 1995–96 campaign.

Managerial career

After starting his career with the youth sides of Union Sport San Vicente and Santutxu FC, González coached Peña Athletic de Santurtzi CF, Sporting Club de Lutxana,

SD Indautxu Sociedad Deportiva Indautxu is a Spanish football club based in Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1924, it plays in , holding home games at ''Campo Iparralde''. Apart from football, the club also promotes other ...

and

SD Retuerto Sport Sociedad Deportiva Retuerto Sport is a List of football clubs in Spain, football team based in Barakaldo in the autonomous community of Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Founded in 1923, the team plays in . The club's home gro ...

, achieving promotion to

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

with the latter in 2013. On 13 November 2015 González joined

Sestao River Club Sestao River Club is a Spanish football team based in Sestao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1996 it plays in , hosting home games at ''Estadio Las Llanas'', with a capacity of 8,905 seats. History ''Sestao River Club ...

as Txus Pinedo's assistant. The following 24 May, he renewed his contract and subsequently became the club's first team manager.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Jon 1973 births Living people People from Sestao Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Sestao Sport Club footballers CA Osasuna B players Spanish football managers Sestao River Club managers Footballers from Biscay