Nicolás González (footballer, born 1997)
# Nicolás González (footballer, born 1997)

Daniel Nicolás González Álvarez (born 23 June 1997) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Boston River.

## Career

González had youth spells with Las Flores and Cerro. He began his senior career with Cerro in 2016. He made his first appearance on 30 August 2016 in a league win away to Fénix. After seven appearances in 2016 for Cerro, González was loaned out to Uruguayan Segunda División team Progreso for the 2017 campaign. He made his first start for Progreso on 22 April versus Cerro Largo, scoring the first goal in a 2–0 win. In his first twenty games for them, González scored ten times. Overall, he went onto score sixteen goals in thirty-one matches, including four goals during the play-offs as Progreso won promotion. He scored his first goals for Cerro in April 2018 against Racing Club and River Plate.

After a year with Defensor Sporting, González moved to River Plate in January 2020.

## Personal life

González's brother-in-law, Federico Puente, is a professional footballer.

## Career statistics

    As of 6 September 2018.

Club statistics :

| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Cerro | 2016 | Primera División | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cerro | 2017 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cerro | 2018 | Primera División | 24 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 |
| Cerro | Total | Total | 31 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 |
| Progreso (loan) | 2017 | Segunda División | 24 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | 31 | 16 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 55 | 21 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 64 | 25 |

* ↑ Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
* ↑ Includes the Uruguayan Segunda División play-offs
* ↑ Two appearances in 2018 Copa Sudamericana
* ↑ Seven appearances in 2017 Uruguayan Segunda División play-offs
* ↑ Four goals in 2017 Uruguayan Segunda División play-offs
