Kily González

Early years

Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, González started playing with local Rosario Central, making his Argentine Primera División debut on 18 December 1993 in a 0–2 away loss against Gimnasia. After two years, he moved to Boca Juniors, spending the 1995–96 season there, playing alongside Diego Maradona.

Spain

In 1996, González was transferred to Real Zaragoza. He appeared in his first game in La Liga on 8 September, playing 19 minutes in a 2–1 win against Sevilla and, during his three-year spell in Aragon, shared teams with countryman Gustavo López who was also a winger. Subsequently, González joined fellow league club Valencia for 1,300 million pesetas, being teammate to also Argentines Pablo Aimar and Roberto Ayala for several seasons and contributing with 31 matches and two goals in the 2001–02 campaign as his team won the league title after a 31-year wait. Following the emergence of younger Vicente, he became surplus to requirements – only 13 appearances and 546 minutes of action in his last year, which also included a run-in with manager Rafael Benítez– and left the Che as a free agent; additionally, he amassed UEFA Champions League combined totals of 31 matches and five goals, as they reached the final in 2000 and 2001, and was granted Spanish nationality in early January 2001.

Inter

In summer 2003, González followed former Valencia coach Héctor Cuper to Inter Milan, and again shared teams with several compatriots. He was used mainly as a…

An Argentine international since 1995, González made his debut on 8 November in a 0–1 home defeat to Brazil. He was selected by manager Marcelo Bielsa for his 1999 Copa América squad, scoring one of his nine goals in the nation's 2–0 group stage win against Uruguay as the former went on to reach the quarter-finals only to be eliminated by eventual champions Brazil. He went on to become a regular member of the starting eleven under that coach, and also participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea, starting against England (and being replaced) and also appearing against Nigeria and Sweden in an eventual group stage exit. Two years later, again under Bielsa, González was selected for the 2004 Summer Olympics tournament as one of three overaged players. He featured in all games and scored in the opener against Serbia (6–0), helping the Albiceleste win gold in Athens. González also took part in the 2004 Copa América, netting three times in the tournament: his first two came in the group stage, in Argentina's victories against Ecuador and Uruguay, and his last was a penalty in regulation time in the final against Brazil, which eventually ended in a shootout loss with the player again converting his attempt.

González was a quick, strong and versatile midfielder, who was capable of playing both as a winger and as an attacking midfielder. His main attributes were his technical ability, vision, range of passing, determination and his powerful and accurate striking ability from distance, which enabled him both to create and score goals.

González became the head coach of his former club Rosario Central, before going on to manage Unión and Platense. On 28 August 2026, he was announced as the new head coach of Major League Soccer club Inter Miami.