player · international archive · 1977–1993
Mágico González
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El SalvadorArchive goals
7
for El Salvador
Matches scored in
6
every one opens its match page below
Tournaments
2
most in the FIFA World Cup qualification (6)
Career span
1977–1993
first 1977-10-20 · last 1993-05-02
Counted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Jorge Alberto González Barillas, popularly known as El Mágico, is a Salvadoran former professional footballer who played mainly as a forward. — Wikipedia
identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-09-11
In the line-ups
3 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1982The archive holds 3 team sheets naming Mágico González in El Salvador's starting line-up, from 1982-06-15 to 1982-06-23.
3 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
International goals in our archive
7 goals across 6 scoring matches · 2 tournaments · 1977–1993| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-05-02 |  Canada | L1–2(h) | 58' | FIFA World Cup qualification | San Salvador |
| 1992-11-01 |  Bermuda | W4–1(h) | 44' | FIFA World Cup qualification | San Salvador |
| 1992-10-25 | Canada | D1–1(h) | 32' | FIFA World Cup qualification | San Salvador |
| 1992-07-23 |  Nicaragua | W5–1(h) | 48' | FIFA World Cup qualification | San Salvador |
| 1992-07-19 | Nicaragua | W5–0(a) | 17' 78' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Managua |
| 1977-10-20 |  Suriname | W3–2(n) | 42' | CONCACAF Championship | Monterrey |
Honours
7 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours7 | ||||
| Primera División de El Salvador | ×5 | 1977–78, 1978–79, 1981, 1994–95, 1995–96 | FAS | |
| Central American Games | ×1 | 1977 | El Salvador | |
| CONCACAF Champions Cup | ×1 | 1979 | FAS | |
| Individual honours11 | ||||
| Teams of the season · 1 | ||||
| IFFHS All-Time El Salvador Dream Team | ||||
| More honours · 10 | ||||
| Best Salvadoran Footballer of All Time | ||||
| Cádiz Decade Best XI | ||||
| Cádiz Hall of Fame | 2001 | |||
| CONCACAF Team of the Century | 1998 | |||
| El Salvador Hall of Fame | 2004 | |||
| FAS Retired Number 10 | ||||
| FIFA International Football Hall of Fame | 2013 | |||
| FIFA World Cup Central America's All-Time XI | ||||
| FourFourTwo 11th All-Time Best North America Footballer | ||||
| IFFHS Best Salvadoran Player of the 20th Century | ||||
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