It took just a few years for El Salvador to honor González, 66 years previous and regarded the best reference in Salvadoran soccer.
Now there’s a museum devoted to his historical past, a spot the place his sporting profession is reviewed and which tells the story of the previous footballer who slips away from the highlight and solely seems when he’s invited to a sporting or different exercise.
“On behalf of all Salvadorans we thanks, Jorge, for being genuine and real,” mentioned the president of the Nationwide Sports activities Institute of El Salvador (INDES), Yamil Bukele, throughout the exhibition of the statue.
“Mágico” thanked “everybody” for the tribute and guaranteed that “the actual fact of being Salvadoran” makes him really feel “extra proud.” He additionally recalled that as a baby he visited the stadium that bears his identify.
The museum and statue are a part of a tribute organized by the Authorities of El Salvador on the Jorge “Mágico” González Nationwide Stadium.
Nearly all of images exhibited within the museum are by the Cádiz photographer Joaquín Hernández Conde ‘Kiki’, who was current on the tribute.
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Though the occasion was as much as the requirements of the previous footballer, the corporate of his individuals from Cádiz was lacking.
Final week, Spanish crew Cádiz was scheduled to play a pleasant match with the El Salvador crew, the spotlight of this tribute because the followers hoped to see González play once more.
Nevertheless, the occasion was suspended following the aircraft carrying the Cádiz crew’s expedition to San Salvador made an emergency touchdown on the Seville airport following a mechanical failure.
“Mágico” González acquired in his time as a footballer the standing of a delusion among the many followers of Cádiz, a membership during which he debuted in September 1982, for which he performed in two levels (1982-1984 and 1986-1991) and in whole six seasons within the First Division and two within the Second.
The Salvadoran worldwide, who between 1984 and 1985 performed one half for Actual Valladolid and the opposite for Cádiz, performed a complete of 203 video games throughout his time in Spain during which he scored 60 targets.
The legendary González, as unpredictable in his colourful sport as he’s bohemian in his non-public life, acquired a tribute from Cádiz in 2018 on the event of his sixtieth birthday: they named one of many entrances to the Ramón de Carranza stadium together with his identify.
Jorge González is at this time the very best Salvadoran participant of all time.
In El Salvador, “el Mágico” performed for Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos (FAS), within the extinct San Salvador and Independiente.
In 1985 he was loaned for the rest of the season to Actual Valladolid and returned to Cádiz to play till 1991, the yr during which he returned to FAS to retire following successful two Salvadoran leagues.
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The adventures on and off the sphere of ‘el Mágico’, his genius, his unimaginable dribbles and the lengthy nights of partying are remembered by specialists and the Cádiz followers.
The footballer was acknowledged in 003 as ‘Most Meritorious Son’ of El Salvador by the Legislative Meeting and the Nationwide Stadium, beforehand referred to as ‘Flor Blanca’, was named following him.
In 2013, “Mágico” entered the Soccer Corridor of Fame.
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