Sebastián Ignacio González Valdés (; born 14 December 1978), also known as Chamagol, is a Chilean former

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who played as striker.

Club career

He began his football career at

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of the first tier of his country, in which he scored 27 goals in 77 appearances during four seasons. In June 2002, he was sold for an undisclosed fee (believed to be a high sum) to

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club Atlante. In his first season with that club, the Apertura Tournament of the same year, González scored 13 goals in 19 appearances and in the following, the 2003 Clausura Tournament, he netted 16 goals in the same number of games, becoming the league's top scorer. There were rumors saying that González was asking for more money from Atlante and that he was not happy to be there. They did give him a raise but that still did not help him want to stay on the team. He was sold to Tigres for about 3.5 million if not 4 million dollars. In the press conference he claimed that his goal was to score over 20 goals in the season. When asked by a reporter why he had chosen such a high number of goals, he responded by saying, "last season I set a number of goals as my goal, and I beat that number. So I want to beat my goal of 20 goals this season." After a successful pass at the club of

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, which back then played at

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as well as Neza 86 Stadiums, both at Mexico City, González was sold in January 2006 to

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of the same league and country. In the next season, was loaned to

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and the

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club in that moment,

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. In 2008, he signed for

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of Mexican side León, in where was received by several fans in his first training of the club. In January of the next year, he returned to

on loan, being presented in European style by the team's captain Arturo Sanhueza. In his third game for the club, González scored a goal in an historic 3–1 away win over

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at Parque Antártica. He joined

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side

APOP Kinyras FC APOP Kinyras FC (, ''Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Pegeias Kinyras'', "Athletic Football Club Peyia Kinyras") was a Cypriot football club from the village of Peyia of Paphos District. The club formed in 2003 following the merger of lower divisi ...

, after an unsuccessful season in Colo-Colo, returning in mid-year to Mexico for play in Atlante's filial team Potros Neza, scoring eight goals in 27 games for the Liga de Ascenso tournament. Despite his performance and the will of the Chilean to play again for the first team and stay at Mexico, Atlante did not consider González for the first squad due to his lack of form according to that club's coach, and he signed for the

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n giants

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. He is currently signed to Venezuelan club Caracas FC after a successful stint in Bolivia. After just playing nine matches without scoring for the Venezuelan giants despite belong considered one of the most promising signings of the club, González returned to Chile to play for

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in the Chilean Primera División; he argued his decision to end his career scoring seven goals which would leave him at 200 goals in his career. Despite his desire to either retire at Atlante or

, where he is considered historic, González said that he was thankful to be received by

as he was willing to return to Chile. He is currently training to be a coach as well.

International career

González played internationally with the

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at the

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, winning the bronze medal also, and in the

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celebrated in

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. He has scored six goals for his national team in 17 appearances between 2001 and 2005, being two of those officials against

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and

International goals

Personal life

González is the nephew of the Chilean former international footballer Francisco ''Chamaco'' Valdés, a historical player of

. Due to the nickname of his uncle, he is known as ''Chamagol''.

Post retirement

González has worked in different radio and TV media, such as , Canal del Fútbol (CDF) and ADN Radio. He graduated as a Sport Manager. In 2021, he was in charge of Deportes Iberia as sports director. In 2022 he assumed the charge of Sports Manager of

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Honours

Club

;Colo-Colo *

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;Tigres UANL *

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;The Strongest *

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: 2011 Apertura

International

;Chile *

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References

External links

Sebastián González
at Football-Lineups.com * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Sebastian 1978 births Living people Footballers from Viña del Mar Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Chile Olympic bronze medalists for Chile Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2004 Copa América players Colo-Colo footballers Colo-Colo B footballers Atlante F.C. footballers Tigres UANL footballers C.D. Veracruz footballers Club Olimpo footballers Tecos F.C. footballers Club León footballers APOP Kinyras FC players The Strongest players Caracas F.C. players Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Deportes Temuco footballers Chilean Primera División players Tercera División de Chile players Primera B de Chile players Liga MX players Argentine Primera División players Ascenso MX players Cypriot First Division players Bolivian Primera División players Venezuelan Primera División players Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Men's association football forwards Canal del Fútbol color commentators Chilean radio personalities Chilean association football commentators