Yerko González

Yerko González
Personal information
Full name	Yerko Alexander González Santis
Date of birth	20 August 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Rancagua, Chile
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Unión San Felipe
Number	23
Youth career
	O'Higgins
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2020	O'Higgins
2020–2021	Louletano
2021–	Unión San Felipe
2024	→ Deportes Copiapó (loan)
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 May 2025

Yerko Alexander González Santis (born 20 August 2001) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a right-back for Unión San Felipe.

Club career

A product of O'Higgins, González got a youth championship and made his profesional debut in the Chilean Primera División under Marco Antonio Figueroa in 2019.^[2] In October 2020, he moved to Europe and signed with Portuguese club Louletano.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Back in Chile, González joined Unión San Felipe in the second half of 2021.^[6] In 2024, he was loaned out to Deportes Copiapó in the Chilean Primera División.^[7]^[8] He returned to Unión San Felipe for the 2025 season.^[9]^[10]

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^ "Sufrió desnutrición: la promesa de O'Higgins que hizo debutar el "Fantasma" Figueroa". Diario AS (in Spanish). 11 December 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
^ ^a ^b "El chileno Yerko González firmó en Louletano del fútbol portugués". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
^ "O'Higgins denuncia "robo" de una de sus joyas por parte del representante del 'Fantasma'". Diario AS (in Spanish). 20 November 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
^ Silva, Felipe (19 January 2021). ""No tenía esperanzas de vivir": la dramática historia de un chileno que juega en el fútbol portugués". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2025.
^ "UNIÓN SAN FELIPE". Anuario del Fútbol Chileno (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: ASIFUCH: 173. 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
^ Moreno, Paula (10 January 2024). "Copiapó ficha a un chileno que pasó por Portugal". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2025.
^ "El ex San Felipe, Yerko González emigró a Primera División". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
^ "Movidas Campeonato Ascenso 2025". En El Camarín (in Spanish). 14 March 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
^ Garzón, Mateo (12 February 2025). "Gana 116 millones y lo que se demoraría Arturo Vidal en comprar al jugador más caro de Unión San Felipe". El Futbolero Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2025.