Ignacio González
Ignacio María "Nacho" González Gatti (born 14 May 1982 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan Association football playing as a midfielder for Valencia CF, currently on loan to Newcastle United F.C..
Ignacio González biography
Ignacio María "Nacho" González Gatti (born 14 May 1982 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan Association football playing as a midfielder for Valencia CF, currently on loan to Newcastle United F.C..
Newcastle United
On 1 September 2008, Ignacio joined Newcastle United on loan for the 2008/09 season after only joining Valencia C.F. in the summer.
International career
Ignacio made his debut for the Uruguay national side in a 2-1 defeat to England in 2006, coming on as a late substitute at Anfield. He was part of the 2007 Copa America squad which finished 4th. In the semi final against Brazil, Gonzalez was brought on at half time and was part of the team which fought back to 2-2 to take the game into extra time. Although he scored a penalty in the shoot-out, Uruguay lost 5-4 and were eliminated. His first international goal came in a 3-1 friendly win over Japan on 20th August 2008 at the Sapporo Dome.
Trivia
González has studies in Economic Science.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacio_Mar%C3%ADa_Gonz%C3%A1lez
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