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My Take
Sergio González is the kind of footballer I quietly admire most: the engine room workhorse who rarely makes a highlight reel but holds a team together. Coming up through Espanyol and anchoring nearly a decade at Deportivo during their proudest era, he logged 418 La Liga matches doing the unglamorous work of breaking up play and starting attacks. That his career flowed naturally into management feels inevitable to me; players who read the game that thoroughly are coaches in waiting. I value him precisely because the spotlight never quite found him, yet the football was always better for his presence.
Overview
Sergio González Soriano (born 10 November 1976), known simply as Sergio as a player, is a Spanish football manager and former player. A hard-working central midfielder, he was adept at both defence and playmaking, and spent nearly one decade as a professional at Deportivo de La Coruña after starting at Espanyol. Over 14 La Liga seasons, he amassed totals of 418 matches and 34 goals.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sergio González Soriano
- Name (Japanese)
- セルヒオ・ゴンサレス
- Reading
- せるひお・ごんされす
- Born
- November 10, 1976 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Dragon
- Origin
- L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona Province, Spain
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 182 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.