Enrique "Quique" González Casín (born 16 May 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Segunda Federación club Conquense.
Club career González was born in Valladolid, Castile and León. He finished his youth career with local club Real Valladolid, and made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2007–08 season, in the Segunda División B.
On 27 August 2010, González played his first match as a professional, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–0 home win against Villarreal CF B in the Segunda División.El Valladolid abre el telón de Segunda con una goleada ante el Villarreal B (Valladolid open Segunda curtains with rout of Villarreal B); Marca, 27 August 2010 (in Spanish) He finished the campaign with six appearances for the main squad, totalling 145 minutes.
On 2 September 2011, González joined third division side UD Logroñés on loan.Quique llega al UD Logroñés para «trabajar al máximo y crecer como jugador» (Quique arrives at UD Logroñés to "work as hard as i can and grow as a player"); El Correo, 2 September 2011 (in Spanish) After his return, he rejected a loan to CD Guijuelo and returned to the B team in the Tercera División, scoring 19 goals during 2012–13.Otro golpe para Quique González (Another blow for Quique González) ; El Norte de Castilla, 7 August 2013 (in Spanish)
After being deemed surplus to requirements by new Valladolid manager Juan Ignacio Martínez,Juan Ignacio enseña la puerta de salida a Quique y Lázaro (Juan Ignacio shows door to Quique and Lázaro) ; Valladolid Deporte, 11 August 203 (in Spanish) Quique terminated his contract on 21 August 2013.Quique rescinde su contrato y abandona el Valladolid (Quique terminates his contract and leaves Valladolid); Diario AS, 21 August 2013 (in Spanish) He signed for CD Guadalajara on the same day.Quique, procedente del R. Valladolid, firma por el Dépor (Quique, from R. Valladolid, signs for Dépor); CD Guadalajara, 21 August 2013
After netting a career-best 24 goals in his only season, González joined UD Almería of La Liga on 21 May 2014.Quique González, segundo fichaje del Almería, tras Therasil Dangda, para la temporada 2014–2015 (Quique González, second signing of Almería, after Teerasil Dangda, for the 2014–2015 season); UD Almería, 21 May 2014 (in Spanish) He made his debut in the competition on 12 September, replacing Wellington Silva in the 64th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Córdoba CF.Almería y Córdoba van poco a poco (Almería and Córdoba go at it little by little); Marca, 12 September 2014 (in Spanish)
González scored his first goal for the Andalusians on 5 December 2014, the third in a 4–3 away victory over Real Betis in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey.El Betis recuerda quién es... demasiado tarde (Betis remember who they are... too late); Marca, 5 December 2014 (in Spanish) On 30 January 2015, he was loaned to second-tier Racing de Santander until June.Quique González, segundo refuerzo invernal para el Racing (Quique González, second winter addition for Racing); Racing Santander, 30 January 2015 (in Spanish)
After returning from loan, González was an undisputed starter for Almería, scoring 15 goals during the season. Highlights included a brace in a 3–1 win at SD Ponferradina, on 17 April 2016.El Almería conquista el Toralín y complica a la Ponferradina (Almería take Toralín and make things hard for Ponferradina); Diario AS, 17 April 2016 (in Spanish)
González scored a further 16 times in the 2016–17 campaign, with braces against Levante UD (2–2 home draw), AD Alcorcón (3–1 home win) and CD Mirandés (2–0, also home) – the latter strikes also managed to help his side avoid relegation.… Y van 16; Quique supera su registro goleador como jugador del Almería (… Make that 16; Quique surpasses his scoring record as an Almería player); UD Almería, 27 May 2017 (in Spanish) On 14 July 2017, he signed a five-year contract with CA Osasuna of the same league for a fee of € 1.5 million.El Club Atlético Osasuna ficha a Quique (Club Atlético Osasuna sign Quique); CA Osasuna, 14 July 2017 (in Spanish)
On 20 July 2018, González joined Deportivo de La Coruña still in the second division, for a fee of €1.7 million.El R. C. Deportivo comunica a Osasuna que abonará la cláusula de rescisión de Quique González (R. C. Deportivo announce Osasuna that they will pay Quique González's buyout clause); CA Osasuna, 20 July 2018 (in Spanish) He was their top scorer of the season, contributing 17 goals as the side missed out on promotion in the play-offs.
González agreed to a five-year deal with SD Eibar on 14 July 2019, for an undisclosed fee reported to be in the region of €3 million. In August 2024, the 34-year-old moved to the Primera Federación with Ibiza.
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