Osvaldo Alexis González Sepúlveda (born 10 August 1984) is a Chilean

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. He currently plays for Chilean club

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Club career

A product of the

youth system, González began playing in the club's under-16 squad coached by

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, coming from Club Deportivo Luis Acevedo from San Pedro de la Paz. He later debuted for the senior squad in 2005, and soon after became a regular starter. He then signed with

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. On 9 January he was transferred to

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. On 15 May 2010 he received two yellow cards in the semifinal of the second leg of El Bicentenario 2010. Due to his red card he missed the first leg of the final which Toluca eventually won. After a year and a half in Mexico, Osvaldo finally returned to Universidad de Chile in July 2011. He scored the equalizer goal of the game against

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in the semifinals of the

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, which Universidad de Chile finished as champion.

International career

He has been capped for the Chile senior team fourteen times. In addition, he represented Chile U23 at the 2008 Inter Continental Cup in Malaysia.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Universidad de Chile *

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(4): 2009–A, 2011–C, 2012–A, 2014–A *

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;Toluca *

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(1): 2010 Torneo Bicentenario

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Osvaldo 1987 births Living people Footballers from Concepción, Chile Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Chilean Primera División players Liga MX players Primera B de Chile players C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Huachipato FC footballers Deportivo Toluca F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Men's association football defenders Copa Sudamericana–winning players 21st-century Chilean sportsmen