Name: José Manuel González López



Country: Spain
Club: Real Zaragoza
Position: *SWP
Side: RF/BS
Age: 30-33 years (26/05/1943)

Height: 177 cm
Weight: 73 kg

Attack: 59
Defence: 85
Balance: 80
Stamina: 81
Top Speed: 83
Acceleration: 78
Response: 84
Agility: 76
Dribble Accuracy: 70
Dribble Speed: 68
Short Pass Accuracy: 72
Short Pass Speed: 72
Long Pass Accuracy: 69
Long Pass Speed: 71
Shot Accuracy: 62
Shot Power: 79
Shot Technique: 60
Free Kick Accuracy: 60
Curling: 63
Header: 82
Jump: 84
Technique: 74
Aggression: 61
Mentality: 81
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 81

Injury Tolerance: A
Condition: 8
Weak Foot Accuracy: 4
Weak Foot Frequency: 4
Consistency: 6
Growth type: Standard/Late

CARDS:
S07 - Man Marking
S10 - DF Leader

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Marking - D-Line Control

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Defence Minded


INFO:
Elegant, intelligent and extraordinarily high-performance defender. A very complete defender, Technically correct, practical & intelligent, he had a good aerial game, fast in the first meters and enormous nobility in marking (as he did many times with Santillana e.g.). Gonzalez formed a legendary duo with Violeta, acting as a sweeper and letting Violeta as a front stopper/deep defensive midfielder in front. In his long career, he was never sent off and no centre-forward of his time can say that he received a malicious tackle from him. "González is chewing gum. There's no way to get him off his back, but he doesn't kick," said Peruvian striker Seminario after a Zaragoza-Barcelona match. Manolo González was a gentleman on and off the pitch and a footballer highly respected by his teammates and much loved by the fans of La Romareda.

He was such a starter that there were two seasons in a row that he didn't miss a single minute of play. He remained with Zaragoza for 11 seasons, taking his overall appearance tally to 374, scoring 2 goals.