Ariel González
Oscar Ariel González Mezzenasco (born October 28, 1974) is a former Argentine naturalized Mexican footballer who last played as a center forward, for Irapuato. He played most of his career in the first and second divisions of Mexican football.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oscar Ariel González Mezzenasco | ||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Mendoza, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1994 | Gimnasia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2000 | Gimnasia | ||
| 2000–2001 | Real San Luis | ||
| 2001–2002 | Querétaro | (27) | |
| 2002–2003 | Irapuato | 24 | (11) |
| 2004 | América | 15 | (4) |
| 2004–2006 | San Luis | 81 | (50) |
| 2006–2007 | Pumas | 28 | (4) |
| 2007 | → San Luis (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2007–2010 | Veracruz | 39 | (9) |
| 2009–2010 | → Irapuato (loan) | 35 | (26) |
| 2011–2013 | Irapuato | 69 | (21) |
| 2014 | Irapuato | 6 | (11) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 April 2015 | |||
During his career, he won three league championship trophies and was the league's top goal scorer four times. He led the Mexican league teams of Irapuato and San Luis to promotion to the first division on three separate occasions. He is San Luis's all-time top goal scorer with 51 goals, and he is placed 12th in the all time goal scoring table for the Mexican Second division with 74 goals in his name. González is known as Apache (Spanish for Native American) during his career for having long hair that resembled the Native Americans.
González retired from professional football in 2013 at the age of 38, But came out of retirement in November 2014.