Francisco José Nicolás "Nico" González (born 6 November 1988), commonly known as just Nico, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a winger.
Club career Born in Molina de Segura, Murcia, Nico graduated from Villarreal CF's youth system, but made his senior debuts with Cádiz CF B in the 2007–08 season, in the Tercera División. One year later he joined Albacete Balompié, initially being assigned to the reserves in the same division; he played his first game as a professional on 26 October 2008, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–1 home draw against Celta de Vigo in the Segunda División.Un empate para no quejarse (Draw of no complaints); Marca, 26 October 2008 (in Spanish)
In 2009, Nico first arrived in the Segunda División B, signing with Real Murcia Imperial.El Real Murcia ficha a Nico, procedente del filial del Albacete Balompié (Real Murcia signs Nico, from the reserve team of Albacete Balompié) ; Join Futbol, 23 June 2009 (in Spanish) He continued competing in that level in the following years, with CD GuadalajaraNico completa la nómina para la banda derecha (Nico completes list for the right wing) ; El Día, 19 August 2010 (in Spanish) and CD Tenerife,El CD Tenerife ficha a Nico, procedente del Guadalajara (CD Tenerife signs Nico, from Guadalajara) ; Canarias7, 28 June 2011 (in Spanish) contributing with four goals in 1,841 minutes of action to help the former club promote in 2011.
After Tenerife manager Antonio Calderón was sacked in January 2012,El curioso caso de Nico González (The curious case of Nico González) ; Tenerife Deportivo, 23 August 2012 (in Spanish) Nico was loaned to former side Guadalajara.El CD Tenerife cede a Nico al Guadalajara hasta junio (CD Tenerife loans Nico to Guadalajara until June) ; Tenerife Deportivo, 28 January 2012 (in Spanish) On 3 March he scored his first professional goal, the last in a 2–0 win at FC Cartagena.El Guadalajara vuelve a la vida tras hundir al Cartagena (Guadalajara comes back to life after sinking Cartagena); Marca, 3 March 2012 (in Spanish)
In June, Nico returned to Tenerife and division three and, despite being shown the door, he still managed to appear in 15 matches and net once during the season for the Canary Islands team, albeit in only one start. On 29 July 2013, his contract with the Blanquiazules was mutually terminatedEl Tenerife acuerda la salida de Nico (Tenerife agrees to exit of Nico); Canarias Ahora, 29 July 2013 (in Spanish) and he signed with Salamanca AC on 9 August.Nico encuentra equipo, el Salamanca Athletic (Nico finds team, Salamanca Athletic); El Día, 9 August 2013 (in Spanish) However, due to the club's juridical issues, he moved to Ontinyent CF instead.El Ontinyent se refuerza con Nico, del Tenerife (Ontinyent bolstered with Nico, from Tenerife); Las Provincias, 19 September 2013 (in Spanish)
On 8 July 2014, after suffering relegation with the Valencians, Nico moved to La Hoya Lorca CF also in the third division.“Nico” y “Alvaro Muñiz”, nuevas incorporaciones ("Nico" and "Alvaro Muñiz", new additions) ; La Hoya Lorca, 8 July 2014 (in Spanish) Roughly a year later, he joined fellow league team Arandina CF.El murciano Nico González, sexto fichaje de la Arandina (Murcian Nico González, sixth signing of Arandina); Diario de Burgos, 9 July 2015 (in Spanish)
On 13 July 2020, Nico joined Racing Murcia FC.Nico firma por el Racing Murcia , racingmurciacf.com, 13 July 2020
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