Ignacio María González

Ignacio María González Gatti ( born May 14, 1982 in Montevideo, Uruguay ), called Ignacio González or Nacho González, is a Uruguayan football player. The midfielder plays for Standard Liège and the Uruguayan national team.

The intelligent, tech-savvy and prolific playmaker has a strong personality and great game overview. He is a so-called " two-footed " player who also has a good heading ability.

Club career

Gonzalez's professional career began in 2002 at Danubio FC, ​​for whom he scored 45 goals in eight years in 156 games. With the club from his native city of Montevideo he won the Uruguayan championship in 2004 and 2007.

The beginning of 2008 he moved on loan to AS Monaco, but where he could leave in five games, including a substitute three times late, no lasting impression. At least he could against Olympique Marseille mark in his first game from the beginning to the results for the interim it 1-1.

In 2008 he moved to FC Valencia, but was initially awarded for the 2008/ 09 season at Newcastle United. The player's transfer is regarded as one of the reasons why Kevin Keegan resigned in September 2008 as Newcastle coach. The lending was done without the consent of Keagan and at the express request of the manager Dennis Wise, who had only seen him on YouTube videos. For Newcastle, he played only two league games at the beginning of the season. In the further course of the season he was no longer used due to a four-month injury and his adjustment difficulties.

For the 2009/10 season he returned to Valencia, for which he had but still disputed by the year 2010, no single game. González was therefore borrowed in the second half of the season to the Greek first division PAE Levadiakos and got there at last regular match practice.

For the 2010/11 season he was loaned to Erstligaaufsteiger Levante UD. In July 2011, he was obliged by Standard Liege, where he signed a contract for two years. In the following two seasons, 31 games and scored eight goals listed for him.

His next stop was Hércules CF in Spain. For the club, which he joined as part of a lending agreement in January 2013, he played at least 12 games and scored one goal. For the season 2013/14 he returned to Uruguay and joined Nacional Montevideo. There he played so far (as of October 26, 2013 ) seven Erstligapartien and scored two goals.

National team career

With the youth teams of Uruguay González could have a few successes. He missed with the U -20 team qualified for the Junior World Cup in 2003 and also with the U- 23 side, he could not qualify for the 2004 Olympic Games.

His first game for the Uruguayan national team, he completed on 1 March 2006 in a friendly against England, where he appeared as a substitute in the 88th minute.

In 2007, he took with Uruguay on his first major tournament, the Copa América, in part. After he came on in two group matches only at the end of the game, he came in the semi-final against Brazil at the score of 1:2 in the second half for use. Uruguay succeeded by Sebastián Abreu of compensation and finally escaped to penalties. In the penalty shootout, which Uruguay won with 4:5, González was able to convert his penalty kick in contrast to his teammate Diego Forlan and Diego Lugano.

On August 20, 2008 González scored his first international goal in the game against Japan.

During qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, he played five of 18 games and later found in the Uruguay squad for the 2010 World Cup consideration. After he was still in the starting lineup in the first group match against France, he came to the following games no longer used. His team finished fourth in the tournament.

His 19th and last date used for the Celeste dated August 11, 2010 (as of July 4, 2013 ).

Achievements

• Uruguayan Championship: 2004, 2007
• Fourth place at the World Cup: 2010 ( 1 Application )
• Fourth place in the Copa América 2007 (4 inserts)