Yago González López (born 6 November 1979) is a Spanish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as for CD Pontellas as a forward. He appeared in 241 games in

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

over the course of eight seasons (59 goals scored), and played professionally in

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Club career

Spain

Born in

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, Galicia, González never played in higher than the third division in his country, being a youth product at local

Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), the club was fou ...

. He started his senior career with its B-team in 1998, competing in the fourth level. During a 13-and-a-half-season spell, González played with

Águilas CF Águilas Club de Fútbol was a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team in Águilas, in the autonomous community of Region of Murcia, Murcia. Founded in 1925 and dissolved in 2010, it played its last season (2009–10 Segunda Divisi ...

, Levante UD B,

Terrassa FC Terrassa Futbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Terrassa, Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1906, it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa'', with a capacity of 7,500 sp ...

Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de Pasarón'', with a capacity o ...

(two spells),

Zamora CF Zamora Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Zamora, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1968 it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Ruta de la Plata'', with a capacity of 7,813 seaters. History ...

and

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

, appearing in division three with all the clubs and in the fourth tier with the second and the fourth.

Kitchee

In January 2012, aged nearly 33, González signed with

Kitchee SC Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional Association football, football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club has won 12 List of Hong Kong football champion ...

from the

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. He made an impressive debut for his new club – also his first match as a professional – by scoring the winning goal and providing an assist in a league game against

Sun Hei SC Sun Hei Sports Club () is a Hong Kong professional football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Second Division. The club has a long history in playing in the top flight, but decided to self-relegate in the 2013–14 season after de ...

which finished with a 2–1 win, and went on to net a further five times in eight appearances as the campaign ended with the conquest of an historic treble. In his second year, González only managed four goals in the league, but added three in four contests in the season's

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as Kitchee renewed its supremacy in the latter competition.

Southern District

On 29 May 2013, González joined fellow league side Southern District RSA on a free transfer. He scored on his first appearance, a 2–3 away league loss against

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, adding a

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at Sun Hei on 11 May 2014 to contribute decisively to a 3–2 win.

Hong Kong Rangers

On 31 May 2014, Yago signed for

Hong Kong Rangers FC Hong Kong Rangers Football Club (), often abbreviated to Rangers, currently known as Biu Chun Rangers due to sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong professional association football, football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier ...

Club statistics

Honours

Kitchee *

: 2011–12 *

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: 2011–12, 2012–13 *

Hong Kong League Cup Hong Kong Football Association League Cup () was an annual football competition contested by clubs in the top-tier Hong Kong domestic football league. The cup was relaunched for the 2014–15 season after being discontinued in the 2012–13 seaso ...

: 2011–12

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Yago 1979 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Vigo Men's association football forwards Segunda División B players Tercera División players RC Celta Fortuna players Atlético Levante UD players Terrassa FC footballers Pontevedra CF footballers Zamora CF footballers CD Lugo players Hong Kong First Division League players Hong Kong Premier League players Kitchee SC players Southern District FC players Hong Kong Rangers FC players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Hong Kong League XI representative players