Learning the game from Spanish expatriate, Tomas Lozano, Gonzalez tried out with French club
Calais RUFC coached by
Ladislas Lozano, Tomas' brother, in 2000. Gonzalez trained in France for two weeks but was sidelined due to a torn hamstring. By the time he was recovered from injury, Lozano had already accepted a coaching job in Morocco. Due to impressing team manager Nguyen Tien Huy of the
V-League club Ngân hàng Đông Á (East Asian Commercial Bank FC) for his performances for the Philippines in the 2002 Tiger Cup in Jakarta, Gonzalez signed a one-year contract with the club in January 2003. He also played for Komodo AS of
Indonesia in 2004, being the only active Filipino professional player at that time. He was a part-time player in
Europe and also played for
Kaya in the Philippines. After his contract with the Vietnam professional club expired, Gonzalez retired from playing football, concentrating more into his interest in surfing and other business ventures such as bringing in the Brazilian flip flops brand
Havaianas into the Philippines.
Return to football Gonzalez played for
Pachanga for the
United Football League Division 2 in 2011. In January 2012, for the first time in almost half a decade of retirement, he played for Pachanga. He scored in his debut in the 4-0 win against Agila in the opening match. In the mid of June 2012, he led the team to the championship in Division 2 having 123 goals in the league. He won the
Division 2's Golden Ball and Golden Boot Awards together with teammate Kenneth Dolloso, which won the Best Goalkeeper Award.
Loyola On January 7, 2013, Gonzales transferred to
Loyola before the start of
2013 PFF–Smart National Championship knockout stage and
UFL 4th season. ==International career==