Gonzalo Pineda

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Gonzalo Pineda
Personal information
Full name	Gonzalo Pineda Reyes
Date of birth	October 19, 1982 (age 24)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	177 cm (5'9")
Nickname	Gonzo
Position	Left Wing Midfielder Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Chivas de Guadalajara
Number	7
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2002-2005 2006-	UNAM Pumas Chivas de Guadalajara	63 (1) 36 (2)
National team**
2004-	Mexico	34 (1)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 November 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 21 November 2006.

Gonzalo Pineda Reyes (born October 19, 1982 in Mexico City) is a Mexican football player, who currently plays as Midfielder for Chivas de Guadalajara, in the Primera División de Mexico.

Pineda made his professional debut in the Mexican Division in 2002-2003 season playing for UNAM Pumas in a 0-1 defeat against CA Monarcas Morelia. He made his international debut for the Mexican national football team against Trinidad & Tobago in September 8, 2004. Pineda was part of the Mexican Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished third in group A, below group winners Mali and South Korea.

Pineda played mainly as a substitute in ten of Mexico's qualification matches for the 2006 World Cup and played five games in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany. In June 2006, He was selected by coach Ricardo Lavolpe, to be part of the 23 man Mexican squad to play in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Tournament in Germany. He started in Mexico's first three World Cup games.

In Apertura 2006 he had a hard season, starting as a substitute for Juan Pablo Rodriguez and rumors started that he may walk out of Chivas after the season since he wasn't playing and he also was quoted by the press that he hadn't enough level to be playing for Chivas. But eventually after bad performances by Rodriguez he made it to the starting lineup and proved that he was worthy the starting lineup, he played well the remaing games and eventually became champion for the third time in his career

[edit] External links

• Gonzalo Pineda Article (In Spanish)
• Football Database.com provides Gonzalo Pineda's profile and stats
• Profile and Statistics (In Spanish)

	Mexico squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Sánchez | 2 Suárez | 3 Salcido | 4 Márquez | 5 Osorio | 6 Torrado | 7 Naelson | 8 Pardo | 9 Borgetti | 10 Franco | 11 Morales | 12 Corona | 13 Ochoa | 14 Pineda | 15 Castro | 16 Méndez | 17 Fonseca | 18 Guardado | 19 Bravo | 20 García | 21 Arellano | 22 Rodríguez | 23 Pérez | Coach: Lavolpe