José Manuel González Hernández (born October 6, 1981 in

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) is a retired

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professional football player, who played as a

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and is currently the Goalkeeping coach for Cacahuatique.

Club career

Dragón

Nicknamed ''El Meme'', González started his career at his hometown club

Dragón with whom he played in the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño">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 ...

as well as at the Primera División.

Vista Hermosa

After 9 years he moved on to Vista Hermosa, and in 2008 he signed for FAS, only to return to Vista Hermosa after one season. With the team of [ San Francisco Gotera, González Hernández won the Apertura 2005 against Isidro Metapán (2–0 victory). In December 2010, he extended his contract with Vista Hermosa after being linked to UES and was voted best goalkeeper of the national league, together with Juan José Gómez">C.D. Vista Hermosa">Vista Hermosa after being linked to C.D. Universidad de El Salvador">UES and was voted best goalkeeper of the national league, together with Juan José Gómez.

UES

After leaving Vista Hermosa because of the economic situation of the team in 2012 González signed with UES. Months later González signed with Águila.

Return to Dragón

In 2013, he returned to play with Dragón, being an important piece and reaching the final of the Clausura 2014 with the team of San Miguel but losing it against Isidro Metapán in the penalties with González in the goal. However, Dragón reached the final of the Clausura 2016 tournament and defeated

Águila 1–0 with González again in the goal. Months later, in a surprising way, Dragón was in danger of descending for the Clausura 2017 tournament, but getting saved in the last game of the season against Águila.

Luis Ángel Firpo

After that González left the team and signed with Luis Ángel Firpo Luis Ángel Firpo (October 11, 1894 – August 7, 1960) was an Argentine boxer. Born in Junín, Argentina, he was nicknamed ''The Wild Bull of the Pampas''. He was the first Latin American in history to challenge for the world heavyweight titl ...

in 2017. Months later returned to Dragón, but the team ended descending in the Clausura 2018 in the middle of an administrative and economic crisis.

Municipal Limeño

Gonzaléz signed with Municipal Limeño in the Apertura 2018 tournament. With Municipal Limeño, González reached the quarter-finals of the Apertura 2018 but they were eliminated by

Santa Tecla 2–3 on aggregate.

International career

Gónzález made his debut for El Salvador national football team">El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...

in a January 2007 friendly match against Denmark national football team, Denmark and has earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country at the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup where he played his final international match against

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Jose Manuel 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from San Miguel, El Salvador Men's association football goalkeepers Salvadoran men's footballers 21st-century Salvadoran sportsmen El Salvador men's international footballers C.D. Vista Hermosa footballers C.D. FAS footballers C.D. Dragón footballers