Gonzalo Gil

Gonzalo Gil
Personal information
Full name	Gonzalo Gil
Date of birth	September 8, 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
0000–2007	Campo Chico
2007–2008	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2012	River Plate
2010–2011	→ Ñublense (loan)
2011	→ Olaria (loan)
2012–2015	Fénix de Pilar
2015	Defensores de Belgrano
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gonzalo Gil (born September 8, 1989) is a retired Argentine footballer, who played as a forward.

Career[edit]

Gil started playing amateur football with the team of Campo Chico, the gated neighbourhood where he lived with his family.^[1] In 2007, a member of the directive board of Argentine Primera División giants River Plate watched him play and asked him to join the club's youth divisions.^[2] In 2008, playing for River's reserves, he scored the winning goal in the 1-0 victory over Boca Juniors' reserves in the Superclásico.^[1] He debuted with the first team under the guidance of coach Diego Simeone during the 2008 Apertura on a 0-1 defeat to Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy.^[3]

For the 2010–11 season, Gil was loaned along fellow River Plate companion Matías Díaz to Chilean Primera División side Ñublense.^[4]^[5]

^ ^a ^b "El más vivo de todos". Olé (in Spanish). 2008-10-24. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
^ "De Gil no tiene nada". Olé (in Spanish). 2008-08-17. Archived from the original on 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
^ "Profile" (in Spanish). Fútbol Pasión. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
^ "Vienen a sumar al rojo" (in Spanish). Ñublense official website. 2010-07-13. Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
^ "Ñublense se potencia para segundo semestre: Ficha a dos ex River Plate". Terra Chile (in Spanish). 2010-07-13. Archived from the original on 2010-07-17. Retrieved 2010-07-19.