Carmelo González (footballer)

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Carmelo
Personal information
Full nameCarmelo José González Jiménez
Date of birth (1983-07-09) 9 July 1983
Place of birthLas Palmas, Spain
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Club information
Current clubBuriram United
Number7
Youth career
Las Palmas
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2000–2001Las Palmas B
2001–2005Las Palmas120(14)
2005–2006Levante37(5)
2007Hércules19(1)
2007–2008Numancia38(7)
2008–2013Sporting Gijón91(7)
2013–Buriram United23(23)
National team
2000Spain U165(2)
2001Spain U174(0)
2001–2002Spain U199(5)
2003Spain U201(0)
2004Spain U212(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:25, 6 January 2014 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is González and the second or maternal family name is Jiménez.

Carmelo José González Jiménez, simply known as Carmelo (born 9 July 1983 in Las Palmas, Canary Islands), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Buriram United F.C. in Thailand, as an attacking midfielder.

Football career

Carmelo graduated from hometown UD Las Palmas' youth ranks. In his first main squad appearance, in 2001–02's La Liga, he scored in a 3–0 away win against RCD Mallorca on 26 August 2001, and would play a further three seasons with the club in the second (two) and third divisions (one).

Carmelo joined Levante UD in the 2005–06 campaign, where he would be a key figure in the Valencian Community side's promotion to the top level, but would only appear in six matches in the following season, finishing it with Hércules CF.

In 2007–08 Carmelo moved to CD Numancia, scoring seven goals (third-best in squad) en route to another top flight promotion. He then switched in the next season to another promotee, Sporting de Gijón, netting in back-to-back wins in October against Mallorca, CA Osasuna and Deportivo de La Coruña,[1][2][3] as the Asturians retained their division status.

In the following three seasons Carmelo struggled with injury, but managed to be relatively used by Sporting, only being able to score once in 58 league games combined however. The club suffered relegation at the end of the 2011–12 campaign.

Carmelo left Sporting Gijón in February 2013,[4] moving abroad for the first time shortly after as he signed with Thai Premier League club Buriram United FC.[5] He won the national championship in his first year, being top scorer in the process.[6]

Honours

Club

Numancia
Buriram United

Country

Spain U17
Spain U19

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Mallorca 0–2 Sporting Gijon; ESPN Soccernet, 5 October 2008
  2. ↑ Sporting Gijon 2–1 Osasuna; ESPN Soccernet, 19 October 2008
  3. ↑ Deportivo La Coruña 0–3 Sporting Gijon; ESPN Soccernet, 26 October 2008
  4. ↑ Carmelo queda desligado del Sporting (Carmelo loses ties with Sporting); Sporting's official website, 12 February 2013 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Carmelo, el primer canario que jugará en la Liga de Tailandia (Carmelo, first canarian to play in Thai league); La Provincia, 13 February 2013 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Doblete para el Buriram tailandés al ganar la "FA Cup" (Double for Thailand's Buriram after win in "FA Cup"); Diario Vasco, 11 November 2013 (Spanish)

External links

Buriram United F.C. – current squad
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