Víctor Alejandro González Cortés (born 29 October 1977) is a Chilean

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manager and former footballer who played as a

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for clubs in Chile and Peru. He is the current assistant coach in

Cobreloa Club de Deportes Cobreloa S.A.D.P. (), commonly referred to as Cobreloa, is a professional Chilean football league system, Chilean football club based in Calama, Chile, Calama, Región de Antofagasta, Chile. They compete in the Primera B de Ch ...

Playing career

Born in

San Felipe, Chile San Felipe (; "St. Philip" in Spanish) is a commune and the capital city of the San Felipe de Aconcagua Province in central Chile's Valparaíso Region. Until 1976, it was the capital of Aconcagua province, a first-level administrative division ...

, González played for his hometown club,

Unión San Felipe Unión San Felipe is a Chilean football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B. The club was founded on October 16, 1956 with the merger ...

, until 2001, scoring forty two goals in total. With an extensive career in his homeland, he also played for

Cobresal Club de Deportes Cobresal, or simply Cobresal, is a Chilean football club based in El Salvador, Atacama, a Chilean mining camp, and participates in Campeonato Nacional. The team was founded on 5 May 1979, and the name of the club comes from the ...

, Everton, and

Deportes Melipilla Deportes Melipilla is a Chilean football club, based on Melipilla, a comune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on January 24, 1992, as a successor of ''Club Deportivo Soinca Bata''. The club has its classic rival, San Antonio Un ...

in the Primera División. In the second level, he played for Everton, Deportes Melipilla, San Luis,

Curicó Unido Curicó Unido is a football club based in Curicó, Maule Region, Chile. They currently play in the Primera B de Chile, the second level of the Chilean football system. They are currently managed by Héctor Almandoz. History Curicó Unido was f ...

, San Marcos,

Deportes Iquique Club de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P. is a Chilean professional football club based in Iquique, currently playing in the Chilean Primera División. Founded in 1978, the club's home stadium is the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, which has a 13,171 capac ...

and

Lota Schwager Lota Schwager Sports Club is a Chilean professional team based in Coronel that currently play in Tercera A (fourth-tier). History The Lota Schwafer Sports Club was founded on 10 May 1966 as a merge between the Federico Schwager Club (named a ...

. He also played for Trasandino in the

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 ...

and Deportes Linares in the Segunda División Profesional, his last club. He won

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titles with Unión San Felipe in 2000, Curicó Unido in 2008 and Deportes Iquique in 2010. In addition, he won the

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as a member of Deportes Iquique. Abroad, he had a stint with Peruvian club Melgar in the 2003 Torneo Clausura, scoring a goal against

Deportivo Wanka Deportivo Wanka is a Peruvian football club, based in the city of Huancayo in the Peruvian Andes. It was founded in 1969 and is named after the Wankas people who formerly inhabited the area and after whom the city of Huancayo is named. The curre ...

on the ninth matchday. In January 2012, he represented Chile II in the Torneo FIFPro América, a tournament for

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s, winning the title against Brazil.

Coaching career

As a football manager, he led

in the Segunda División Profesional with Rocío Yáñez as assistant coach. He has also led amateur clubs in his hometown like Club Deportivo Alberto Pentzke. In October 2024, González joined the technical staff of

César Bravo César Alexis Bravo Castillo (born 25 April 1973) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Cobreloa. Club career As a player, Bravo represented Cobreloa, Everton de Viña del Mar, ...

as the assistant coach.

Personal life

He is nicknamed ''Guagua'' (Baby).

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Victor 1977 births Living people Footballers from San Felipe, Chile Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Unión San Felipe footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers C.D. Cobresal footballers Deportes Melipilla footballers San Luis de Quillota footballers Curicó Unido footballers San Marcos de Arica footballers Deportes Iquique footballers Lota Schwager footballers Peruvian Primera División players FBC Melgar footballers Tercera División de Chile players Trasandino de Los Andes footballers Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Deportes Linares footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Peru Men's association football forwards Chilean football managers Chilean football coaches Lota Schwager managers Segunda División Profesional de Chile managers