Daniel González (footballer, born 2002)

Daniel González
Personal information
Full name Daniel Enrique González Orellana
Date of birth (2002-02-20) February 20, 2002
Place of birth Arica, Chile
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Universidad Católica
Number 2
Youth career
–2019 Santiago Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Santiago Wanderers 52 (2)
2022– Universidad Católica 63 (2)
International career‡
2017 Chile U15 5 (0)
2018–2019 Chile U17 14 (1)
2021– Chile 2 (0)
2022– Chile U23 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 July 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 February 2025

Daniel Enrique González Orellana (born February 20, 2002) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays as a defender for Chilean club Universidad Católica.

Club career

He made his professional debut playing for Santiago Wanderers in a 2019 Primera B match against Deportes Melipilla on May 4, 2019.[1] Along with Santiago Wanderers, he got promotion to Primera División after winning 2019 Primera B.[2]

International career

He represented Chile U15 at the 2017 South American U-15 Championship, playing all the matches, and Chile U17 at the 2019 South American U-17 Championship – Chile was the runner-up – and at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[3]

Later, he was a substitute for Chile U23 in a friendly match against Brazil U23 on September 9, 2019,[4] and called up to the first training microcycle of the Chile senior team on 2021.[5]

On March 26, 2021, he made his debut for the Chile senior team in a friendly match against Bolivia playing as a right-back.[6]

He represented Chile at under-23 level in a 1–0 win against Peru U23 on 31 August 2022, in the context of preparations for the 2023 Pan American Games.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of As of match played 21 June 2026[8]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Santiago Wanderers 2019 Primera División 60————60
2020 Primera División 191————191
2021 Primera División 161————161
2022 Primera División 11010———120
Total club 52210000000532
Universidad Católica 2022 Primera División 5050—2[c]0—120
2023 Primera División 18020———200
2024 Primera División 26130—1[c]0—301
2025 Primera División 28121—00—302
2026 Primera División 601040502[d]0180
Total 8321314080201103
Career total 13541414080201632
  1. ↑ Includes Copa Chile
  2. ↑ Includes Copa de la Liga
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Supercopa de Chile

International

As of match played 8 February 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Chile 202210
202510
Total20

Honours

Club

Santiago Wanderers

References

  1. ↑ "Wanderers hará debutar a Daniel González una de las figuras de La Roja Sub 17" (in Spanish). EnCancha. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Santiago Wanderers recibió la copa que lo acredita como campeón de la Primera B". AlAireLibre.cl (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Daniel González: Una opción de futuro para La Roja". LaRoja.cl (in Spanish). 20 February 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Brasil 3-1 Chile: resumen, fotos, crónica y resultado de la Sub 23". chile.as.com (in Spanish). AS Chile. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Martín Lasarte inicia su primer microciclo con la Selección Chilena Local". LaRoja.cl. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  6. ↑ Barrera, Cristian (27 March 2021). "El uno a uno de Chile: Jiménez, Alarcón y Wiemberg aprueban en la Roja" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  7. ↑ Quijada, Vicente (31 August 2022). "En un intenso encuentro, La Roja Sub 23 se impuso por 1-0 ante Perú en Iquique". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Daniel González". Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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