Alfredo Razon Gonzalez

This name uses Philippine naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Razón and the second or paternal family name is Gonzalez.
Alfredo Razon Gonzalez
Personal information
Full name Alfredo Fernando Razón Gonzalez
Date of birth (1978-10-01) 1 October 1978[1]
Place of birth Mandaluyong, Philippines
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Loyola Meralco Sparks
Number 9
Youth career
1998–1999 Portland Pilots
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000-2003 Kaya 45 (16)
2003 Ngân hàng Đông Á 15 (2)
2004-2012 Pachanga Diliman 127 (51)
2013–2015 Loyola Meralco Sparks 42 (5)
National team
1997–2002 Philippines 23 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:30, 28 February 2015 (UTC).


Alfredo Fernando Razón "Freddy" Gonzalez (born 1 October 1978 in Parañaque[1]) is a Filipino football player. He is a many-time member of the Philippines national football team, and he is also considered as the first ever Filipino professional football player in history and the Philippines' finest striker since the legendary Paulino Alcántara. Like Alcántara, Gonzalez is a Filipino of Spanish descent.

Early years

Gonzalez's mother, Terry Razón, enrolled him to Tomas Lozano's Makati Football School (MFS) at age six. He later became the high school football star of Colegio de San Agustin. Gonzalez earned himself a soccer scholarship to the University of Portland, then considered one of the most professionally run(football wise) and well coached university teams in the US.[2] He stayed there for 2 years(1998/99) and honed his offensive skills playing for the Portland Pilots, the school soccer team.

Club career

Learning the game from Spanish expatriate, Tomas Lozano, Gonzalez tried out with French club Calais RUFC coached by Ladislas Lozano, Tomas' brother, in 2000. Gonzalez trained in France for two weeks but was sidelined due to a torn hamstring. By the time he was recovered from injury, Lozano had already accepted a coaching job in Morocco.

Due to impressing team manager Nguyen Tien Huy of the V-League club Ngân hàng Đông Á (East Asian Commercial Bank FC) for his play for the Philippines in the 2002 Tiger Cup in Jakarta, Gonzalez signed a one-year contract with the club in January 2003.[3]

He also played for Komodo AS of Indonesia in 2004, being the only active Filipino professional player at that time.[4] He was a part-time player in Europe and also played for Kaya in the Philippines. Unfortunately, right after his contract with the Vietnam professional club expired Gonzalez retired from playing football, concentrating more into his interest in surfing and other business ventures such as bringing in the Brazilian flip flops brand Havaianas into the Philippines.

Return to football

However, he put up the team Pachanga FC for the United Football League Division 2 in 2011.

In January 2012, for the first time in almost half a decade of retirement, he played for Pachanga. He scored in his debut in the 4-0 win against Agila in the opening match.[5]

In the mid of June 2012, he led the team to the championship in Division 2 having 123 goals in the league.[6] He won the Division 2's Golden Ball and Golden Boot Awards together with teammate Kenneth Dolloso, which won the Best Goalkeeper Award.[7]

Loyola

On January 7, 2013, Gonzales transferred to Loyola before the start of 2013 PFF–Smart National Championship knockout stage and UFL 4th season.[8]

International career

Gonzalez made his debut for the Philippine national team in the 1997 South East Asian Games.[9] He then played in the then "ASEAN Tiger Cup," (now Suzuki Cup), in Vietnam in 1998.[4] He has, since then, represented the country in South East Asian Games (particularly the 1999 SEA Games in Brunei), in the Tiger Cup,[10] and in any other invitational and qualifying tournaments.

International goals

Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 August 1998 Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City  Thailand
1–1
1–3
1998 Tiger Cup
2. 31 August 1998  Myanmar
1–1
2–5
3.
2–1
4. 17 December 2002 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta  Myanmar
1–6
1–6
2002 Tiger Cup

Personal life

Gonzalez graduated with an Engineering degree. He is married to Regina Anne Marie Arcenas-Gonzalez, Managing Director of Terry S.A., Inc. (Official distributor of Havaianas, David & Goliath, Pininho, and Dupe in the Philippines). With his varied interests, he opened "Aloha Board Sports," a shop that catered to skaters and surfers. He also owned a skate shop at the Global City in Taguig called 5-O.[9]

Honours

Club

Pachanga
Loyola

Individual

References

General
Specific
  1. 1 2 "Gonzalez, Alfredo (Player Profile)". uflphilippines.com.ph. United Football League. Retrieved 2012-07-07-29. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. http://usapangfootball.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=legends&action=print&thread=854
  3. https://www.philstar.com/thedeanscorner/articlescontent.aspx?articleid=207713[]
  4. 1 2 http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=245030
  5. Olivares, Rick (2012-01-15). "Former national striker Freddie Gonzalez makes a smashing return in a Pachanga victory". Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  6. Decena, Karl (2012-06-16). "Pachanga defeats Agila, secures UFL Division One promotion". interaksyon.com. TV5. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  7. InterAKTV (2012-06-26). "Azkals de Murga, Younghusband win UFL top individual awards". interaksyon.com. TV5. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  8. Decena, Karl (2013-01-07). "Former national team star Freddy Gonzalez joins Loyola Meralco Sparks". interaksyon.com. TV5. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  9. 1 2 http://wikingandtheazkals.blogspot.com/2011/10/why-and-what-for-as-ive-often-stated-im.html
  10. Burkert, Sturmius; Courtney, Barrie (2004-12-08). "ASEAN ("Tiger") Cup 2002 (Indonesia and Singapore)". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2012-07-29.

External links

Alfredo Razon Gonzalez at National-Football-Teams.com

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