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Fernando González
Personal information
Full name	Fernando González
Date of birth	June 12, 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Tampa, Florida, United States
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	HC United
College career
Years	Team
2007–2010	South Florida Bulls
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2012	Atlanta Silverbacks
International career‡
2008	Puerto Rico U20
2012–	Puerto Rico
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 13, 2012; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 24, 2012

Fernando González (born June 12, 1989, in Tampa, Florida) is a Puerto Rican footballer.

Career

College and amateur

González played for Tampa powerhouse HC United. With HCU, he won the SYL North American championship.^[1] He also played at Gaither High School during his time with HC United. González then played in college for the USF Bulls.

Professional

González signed with Atlanta Silverbacks of the second tier North American Soccer League and made his professional debut on April 9, 2011, in a game against NSC Minnesota Stars. Atlanta announced on November 8, 2011, that González would return for the 2012 season.^[2]

International

In 2008, he played 3 games for Puerto Rico in the FIFA U20 World Cup Qualifiers in Cayman Islands, starting all 3 of them. González trained with the Puerto Rico U-21's ahead of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. In October 2010, he was called up by the Puerto Rico Men's National Team to play in the Digicel Caribbean Cup but he was not released by the University of South Florida to do so.^[3]