Iriome González González (born 22 June 1987), known simply as Iriome, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
He amassed Segunda División totals of 416 matches and 34 goals over 15 seasons, mainly in service of Lugo (eight years) and Tenerife (four)."Estoy llevando bastante bien lo de no jugar, me lo pedía el cuerpo" ("I'm quite at ease with not being able to play, my body was asking this from me"); El Diario, 28 September 2022 (in Spanish)
Club career Born in Icod de los Vinos, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Iriome was a product of CD Tenerife's youth system and made his first-team debut in 2006–07, in the Segunda División; aged 19, he managed to play 20 matches during the season and score four goals, his first appearance in the competition being on 14 January 2007 in a 0–0 away draw against UD Salamanca.El Helmántico se le atraganta otra vez a los charros con la visita del Tenerife (Charros choke on Helmántico again with Tenerife visit); Mundo Deportivo, 15 January 2007 (in Spanish) His first goal came 14 days later, as he contributed to a 2–1 home win over UD Almería.El Tenerife coge aire ante un rival que aprieta pero falla en la definición (Tenerife breathe against rival that presses but fails); Mundo Deportivo, 29 January 2007 (in Spanish)
After featuring rarely in the 2008–09 campaign as the club returned to La Liga after seven years (only 12 appearances out of 42),Once años del último ascenso a Primera División (Eleventh anniversary of last promotion to Primera División); Vavel, 13 June 2020 (in Spanish) Iriome signed with another side in the second tier, SD Huesca, on loan.Iriome González, cesión cerrada (Iriome González, loan completed) ; Diario del AltoAragón, 17 July 2009 (in Spanish) He continued to compete in that league for several seasons, with Villarreal CF B, CD MirandésIriome ficha por el Mirandés (Iriome signs for Mirandés); Marca, 23 July 2013 (in Spanish) and CD Lugo.El Lugo ficha a Iriome González, proveniente del Mirandés (Lugo sign Iriome González, from Mirandés); El Progreso, 8 July 2014 (in Spanish)El tinerfeño Iriome alcanza los 200 partidos de Liga con el Lugo (Tenerife-born Iriome reaches 200 League games with Lugo); La Vanguardia, 21 June 2020 (in Spanish)Se retira la historia del Lugo: Pita, Seoane e Iriome dejan el club (History of Lugo retires: Pita, Seoane and Iriome leave the club); Diario AS, 23 May 2022 (in Spanish)
International career Iriome represented Spain at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.Empieza la sucesión de Messi (Messi's succession begins); Mundo Deportivo, 30 June 2007 (in Spanish)España brilla en su pase a octavos del Mundial sub-20 como primera de grupo (Spain shine as they advance to under-20 World Cup's last-16 as group champions); El Correo Gallego, 8 July 2007 (in Spanish)
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