Kily González

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Kily González
Personal information
Full name	Cristian Alberto González Peret
Date of birth	August 4, 1974 (1974-08-04) (age 33)
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Playing position	Left winger
Club information
Current club	Rosario Central
Youth clubs
?	Rosario Central
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-1995 1995-1996 1996-1999 1999-2003 2003-2006 2006- present	Rosario Central Boca Juniors Real Zaragoza Valencia CF Inter Milan Rosario Central	51 (7) 36 (3) 92 (15) 92 (8) 51 (0) 49 (6)
National team
1995-2005	Argentina	56 (10)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Cristian Alberto González Peret (born August 4, 1974) is an Argentine football player currently playing for Rosario Central.

He played his first professional match for Rosario Central in 1993, where he played until 1995 when he moved to Boca Juniors. In 1996 he transferred to Real Zaragoza in Spain and in 1999 to Valencia CF. In 2003, he followed his former Valencia coach Héctor Cuper to Inter Milan. He was released by Inter after the 2005/2006 season, and returned to his first team Rosario Central.

Kily González is highly rated worldwide; in 2001 he was included in UEFAs 'Team of the year', playing on the left wing. He is known for his upper body strength, super human pace, ability to whip crosses and passes into the box during the entire 90 minutes, and also a tireless workrate and dedication. He was also known for his powerful shots.

Kily represented his national team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup playing in all 3 games, though as a substitute against Nigeria and Sweden, and substituted against England. As a member of the national side, he won a gold medal at Athens Olympic games in 2004 under the tutelage of previous coach Marcelo Bielsa.

Kily González made his name at Valencia CF playing with fellow national squad members Roberto Ayala and Pablo Aimar. Along with talents such as Gaizka Mendieta and John Carew, as well as veterans such as Santiago Canizares and Jocelyn Angloma, Valencia reached the final round of UEFA Champions League twice in a row. He was then transferred to Internazionale, where he was largely inconsistent, mainly due to injuries. In July 2006 he got transferred to Argentina's Rosario Central.

The name 'Kily' came about when Cristian González was a child. As a toddler, he could only pronounce his name as "Cristy/Kily", so his family nicknamed him 'Kily'.

[edit] Honors

[edit] Valencia

• La Liga: 2001-02, 2003-04
• UEFA Champions League
  • Runners-up (2): 1999-00, 2000-01.

[edit] Argentina national football team

• Olympic Medal Record: 2004

[edit] Internazionale

• Serie A: 2005-2006
• Coppa Italia: 2005
• Italian Super Cup: 2005

[edit] External links

• Career details at National Football Teams
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• (Italian) Profile at Inter.it

v • d • e Argentina squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Burgos • 2 Ayala • 3 Sorín • 4 Pochettino • 5 Almeyda • 6 Samuel • 7 C. López • 8 Zanetti • 9 Batistuta • 10 Ortega • 11 Verón • 12 Cavallero • 13 Placente • 14 Simeone • 15 Husaín • 16 Aimar • 17 G. López • 18 González • 19 Crespo • 20 Gallardo • 21 Caniggia • 22 Chamot • 23 Bonano • Coach: Bielsa

v • d • e Argentina squad - 2004 Copa América 1 Abbondanzieri • 2 Ayala • 3 Sorín • 4 Quiroga • 5 Mascherano • 6 Heinze • 7 Saviola • 8 Zanetti • 9 Figueroa • 10 D'Alessandro • 11 Tévez • 12 Cavallero • 13 Placente • 14 Rodriguez • 15 Fernández • 16 L.González • 17 M.González • 18 K.González • 19 Delgado • 20 Medina • 21 Rosales • 22 Coloccini • Coach: Bielsa