Francisco "Paco" González (born 16 June 1951) is a Paraguayan former professional

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who played as a

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Playing career

González started appearing professionally for Belenenses in 1972, scoring sixteen goals in twenty-six matches throughout the 1972–73 Primeira Divisão season; notably netting twice on his debut against

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on 10 September. He remained with the club for a total of five campaigns, with fifty-eight goals coming across one hundred and twenty-nine matches; though none were scored in his final season of 1976–77. Prior to the start of the

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, González joined

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. Despite staying for two years, he appeared just six times for them without finding the net. González rejoined Belenenses in 1979, before joining Atlético in 1981.

Coaching career

In 1989, González was second assistant manager to

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at Belenenses as they won the

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Career statistics

Honours

Porto *

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: 1977–78, 1978–79

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:González, Paco 1951 births Living people People from Itauguá Footballers from Central Department Paraguayan men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Primeira Liga players C.F. Os Belenenses players FC Porto players Atlético Clube de Portugal players