Kily González
Personal information
Full name	Cristian Alberto González Peret
Date of birth	August 4, 1974 (1974-08-04) (age 35)
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Playing position	Left winger
Club information
Current club	San Lorenzo
Number	5
Youth career
	Rosario Central
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-1995 1995-1996 1996-1999 1999-2003 2003-2006 2006- 2009 2009- present	Rosario Central Boca Juniors Real Zaragoza Valencia CF Internazionale Rosario Central San Lorenzo	51 0(7) 37 0(3) 92 (15) 92 0(8) 51 0(0) 76 (10) 08 0(0)
National team2
1995-2005	Argentina	56 (9)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:44, 5 Sep 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of November 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Cristian Alberto González Peret, better known as Kily González, (born 4 August, 1974) is an Argentine football player currently playing for San Lorenzo.

[edit] Biography

He played his first professional match for Rosario Central in 1993, where he played until 1995 when he moved to Boca Juniors. In 1996 he transferred to Real Zaragoza in Spain and in 1999 to Valencia CF. In 2003, he followed his former Valencia coach Héctor Cuper to Internazionale. He was released by Inter after the 2005/2006 season, and returned to his first team Rosario Central.

Kily González made his name at Valencia CF playing with fellow national squad members Roberto Ayala and Pablo Aimar. Along with talents such as Gaizka Mendieta and John Carew, as well as veterans such as Santiago Canizares and Jocelyn Angloma, Valencia reached the final round of UEFA Champions League twice in a row. He was then transferred to Internazionale, where he was largely inconsistent, mainly due to injuries. In July 2006 he said goodbye to Inter and got transferred to Argentina's Rosario Central. On 4 August 2009, Gonzalez joined San Lorenzo.

Kily González was highly rated worldwide; in 2001 he was included in UEFAs 'Team of the Year', playing on the left wing. He is known for his upper body strength, fantastic pace, excellent passing and crossing as well as a powerful shot.

The name 'Kily' came about when Cristian González was a child. As a toddler, he could only pronounce his name as "Cristy/Kily", so his family nicknamed him 'Kily'.

[edit] International career

Kily represented his national team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup playing in all 3 games, though as a substitute against Nigeria and Sweden, and substituted against England.

As a member of the national side, he won a gold medal at Athens Olympic games in 2004 under the tutelage of previous coach Marcelo Bielsa.

[edit] Honors

[edit] Valencia

• La Liga: 2001-02, 2003-04

[edit] Internazionale

• Serie A: 2005-06
• Coppa Italia: 2005
• Italian Super Cup: 2005

[edit] International

• 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal

[edit] External links

• Statistics at Irish Times
• Kily González at National-Football-Teams.com
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• (Italian) Profile at Inter.it
• National Football Teams

Kily González - Navigation boxes v • d • e Argentina squad – 1999 Copa América 1 Burgos • 2 Ayala • 3 Sorín • 4 Ibarra • 5 Simeone • 6 Samuel • 7 Barros Schelotto • 8 Zanetti • 9 Palermo • 10 Ortega • 11 López • 12 Bizzarri • 13 Vivas • 14 Pochettino • 15 Berizzo • 16 Guglielminpietro • 17 Husaín • 18 Cagna • 19 Calderón • 20 Aimar • 21 González • 22 Riquelme • Coach: Bielsa v • d • e Argentina squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Burgos • 2 Ayala • 3 Sorín • 4 Pochettino • 5 Almeyda • 6 Samuel • 7 C. López • 8 Zanetti • 9 Batistuta • 10 Ortega • 11 Verón • 12 Cavallero • 13 Placente • 14 Simeone • 15 Husaín • 16 Aimar • 17 G. López • 18 González • 19 Crespo • 20 Gallardo • 21 Caniggia • 22 Chamot • 23 Bonano • Coach: Bielsa v • d • e Argentina squad – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalists 1 Caballero • 2 Ayala • 3 Heinze • 4 Fernández • 5 K. Gonzalez • 6 Coloccini • 7 Saviola • 8 Mascherano • 9 Figueroa • 10 Tévez • 11 Delgado • 12 Rosales • 13 Rodríguez • 14 Medina • 15 D'Alessandro • 16 L. González • 17 M. González • 18 Lux • Coach: Bielsa v • d • e Argentina squad – Copa América 2004 Runners-up 1 Abbondanzieri • 2 Ayala • 3 Sorín • 4 Quiroga • 5 Mascherano • 6 Heinze • 7 Saviola • 8 Zanetti • 9 Figueroa • 10 D'Alessandro • 11 Tévez • 12 Cavallero • 13 Placente • 14 Rodriguez • 15 Fernández • 16 L.González • 17 M.González • 18 K.González • 19 Delgado • 20 Medina • 21 Rosales • 22 Coloccini • Coach: Bielsa