Mario Gonzalez

Mario Gonzalez Gutierrez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo ɣonˈθaleθ]; born 25 February 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club S.C. Braga. Mainly a forward, he can also play as a right winger.

Club Career

Born in Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja, Province of Burgos, Castile and Leon, Gonzalez joined Villarreal CF's youth system in 2012. On 30 August 2014 he made his senior debut for the C team, starting in a 1–3 home loss against CD Castellon for the Tercera Division.

Gonzalez scored his first senior goal on 5 October 2014, the third in a 4–0 home victory over FC Jove Espanol. He added a brace against Orihuela CF on 14 December, two more against UD Beniganim and Ontinyent CF in the following campaign, and a hat-trick in a 6–1 rout of CD Acero on 28 November 2015.

Gonzalez made his first-team debut on 17 August 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute for Rafael Santos Borre in a 1–2 home loss to AS Monaco FC in the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League. His first match in La Liga was three days later, when he replaced Alexandre Pato in the 1–1 draw at Granada CF.

In July 2019, Gonzalez was loaned to French Ligue 2 club Clermont Foot. One year later, after exercising an option in his contract, he returned to Villarreal on a two-year deal.

Gonzalez went on loan to Portugal's C.D. Tondela in the summer of 2020. He scored a career-best 15 times during his spell (ranking fourth in the Primeira Liga individual charts for the season), including three in 12 minutes in a 3–2 away win against Moreirense FC.

On 1 July 2021, Gonzalez signed a four-year contract at S.C. Braga of the same country and league.

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