⌞ 30 ⌝ Armando González

• Cheerful
His father and those around him describe him as someone who maintains a positive attitude. From a young age, he was advised to enjoy what he did and to do it with passion.

• Disciplined
This seems to have been something he developed a lot. At first, he had some trouble adapting to the demands of Chivas, but he ended up changing his habits and taking his diet, training, and rest very seriously.

• Competitive
From a young age, he had very specific goals: he wanted to play for Chivas, win a championship, and be the top scorer. His father says he talked about those dreams since he was a child.

• Simple
His family is very insistent on keeping him grounded. Even after he became a top scorer, his father spoke about how he wasn't ostentatious and preferred that he invest his money rather than spend it to show off.

• Something rebellious as a teenager
His own father recounted that when he arrived at Chivas he had "a bit of a rebellious streak" and that he had to learn to live with strict rules.

• Very family-friendly
He speaks to his family frequently and has a close relationship with his siblings and parents. His football career is closely linked to them.

• Passionate about anime
This is REAL and quite characteristic of him. Even his celebrations have incorporated references to his love of anime. FIFA also mentions this aspect when speaking with him during the World Cup.

Armando has an athletic and slender build, typical of a footballer who relies heavily on speed and mobility. He doesn't have a particularly bulky physique: he looks lean, agile, and well-toned, with musculature primarily defined by training.
Height: around 1.79 m.
Body type: slim/athletic, with a well-proportioned body.
Legs: relatively long and strong, especially developed by his activity as a forward; the thighs and calves have the musculature of a footballer.
Arms: thin but firm, without too much muscle mass.
Shoulders: proportionate to the rest of the body, rather of medium width.
Posture: He usually maintains a relaxed posture off the court, while playing he is much more dynamic and explosive.
Skin: light brown tone.
Hair: dark, generally short and of a fairly simple appearance; it is usually worn with natural volume on top.
Eyebrows: dark and relatively prominent.
Eyes: dark, with a rather expressive appearance.
Face: oval/slightly elongated, with a defined but not excessively marked jaw.
Nose: straight and proportionate to the face.
Lips: medium-sized, with the lower lip slightly more pronounced.
Beard: when he has one, it is usually short and quite discreet; at different stages he appears clean-shaven or with a stubble.
Hands: thin and large in proportion to their arms.
General appearance: youthful, sporty and quite natural; it does not give the impression of seeking an overly produced appearance.

Nickname(s): Ant

Birthplace: Celaya, Guanajuato (Mexico)
April 20, 2003

Age: 23 years

Nationality(ies): Mexican

Height: 1.82 m (6′ 0″)

Weight: 67.5 kg (149 lb)

He speaks quite a bit:
• Casual
It does not use overly formal language.
• Colloquial Mexican
He uses expressions typical of everyday Mexican speech and quite natural constructions.
• Straight
In interviews, she usually answers without trying to turn everything into overly elaborate speeches.
• Cheerful / jokester
His way of telling the story behind his nickname "Ant" is quite spontaneous. He recounts that as a child he was afraid of ants and would say something like "yigyigas" because he couldn't yet speak properly.

• He speaks a lot from personal experience:
“Since I was a child…”, “I wanted to…”, “It was my turn…”, “My dad…”, “My brother…”, “I tried to…”.

He's Mexican, so it would make sense to keep things like:
"hey"
"well"
"the truth"
"right now"
“Come on” (without exaggerating)
"how cool"
"no problem"
"come on"
“compa” (depending on the context and only with his friends)
“I feel like it” (if the situation warrants it)
But I wouldn't put "wey" every other word, because that would be caricaturing Mexican speech.

The González family is very involved in football.

1. Armando González Bejarano — father
   He was a professional footballer.
   He played for Chivas de Guadalajara between 1988 and 1995.
   He played as a striker, so Armando followed in his footsteps quite closely.
   After retiring in 2003, he worked as an Under-20 coach, director of youth development, and in other football-related positions.
   He also worked at Club Necaxa as a coach/part of the coaching staff.

2. His wife / Armando's mother
   I couldn't find any reliable sources that publicly state her name or a specific profession. What does appear repeatedly is that she has played a very important role in her children's daily lives, especially accompanying Armando during his upbringing, nutrition, training, and focus.

3. Luis Emilio González Alba — older brother
   He is also a footballer.
   He came up through the youth ranks at Chivas.
   He was the Under-20 champion.
   He later played for the youth teams of Querétaro, Necaxa, Cruz Azul and Mazatlán, as well as Irapuato.
   In 2024 he arrived in Andorran football with Ranger's FC.

4. Mariana González — sister
   She is Armando's sister.
   She is considerably less public than her siblings.
   In 2026 he appeared alongside Emilio supporting Armando during the World Cup.

Sport: Soccer

Professional club

Sports debut: November 18, 2020
(CD Tapatío)

Club: Olympiacos Football Club

League: Greek Super League

Position: Forward

Jersey number(s): 34

Goals for clubs: 29

national team

Selection: Mexico 🇲🇽

Debut: November 18, 2025

Jersey number(s): 14

Part. (goals): 9 (1)

Path

CD Tapatío (2020-23)
CD Guadalajara (2024-26)
Olympiacos FC (2026-)

Childhood
Armando grew up in a family where football was practically integrated into daily life.
His father had played for Chivas, and his older brother, Emilio, also followed a football career. From a young age, Armando wanted to be a Chivas player.
Furthermore, the nickname "Ant" has been with him since he was a baby. On a family outing, his brothers got out of the car near an anthill, and his mother yelled at them to move away. Armando, who was still too young to speak properly, ended up associating ants with something dangerous and kept saying "yigs." An uncle started calling him "Ant," and the nickname stuck.
First attempts at Chivas
And here comes the detail I like most for building their story:
Chivas rejected him.
When he was about 12 years old, he tried out for the youth academy but didn't make the cut. The reason given was mainly his physique: he was too small and thin to be a center forward.
He tried again around the age of 13.
He was rejected again for the same reason.
Real Aguascalientes
He then went to Real Aguascalientes, where he played in the Third Division.
He struggled there because he faced much older and physically developed players. In 18 matches he scored only two goals.
But the coaches saw something different: speed, technique and a nose for goal.
🔴⚪ 2018 — finally Chivas
At 15 years old, in 2018 he finally managed to enter the Chivas youth academy, starting in the Under-15 category.
And that's where his rise really began.
It went through:
Under-15 → Under-17 → Under-20/Under-23 → Tapatío → First Team.
He won titles with youth categories and in the Apertura 2023 he had a spectacular season with the Sub-23: 13 goals in the regular phase, he finished as top scorer and then scored another five in the Liguilla.
Tapatío
On November 18, 2020, he took his first steps in professional football with Tapatío, in the Liga de Expansión MX.

🏟️ First team
On January 13, 2024, he made his official debut with Chivas in the First Division against Santos Laguna.
He came on as a substitute in the 84th minute.
Then came his first goal in Liga MX and he began to gain prominence.
🔥 Opening 2025
This was his big break.
He finished the tournament with 12 goals and won the Liga MX scoring championship.
And the interesting thing is that he had already said since he was a child that he wanted precisely that: to be the top scorer with Chivas.
🇲🇽 Mexican National Team
He made his debut with the senior national team on November 18, 2025.
He was then called up for the 2026 World Cup and went on to play his first World Cup match against South Africa.

🇬🇷 Europe
And now he has already taken another important leap: in August 2026 he left Chivas to join Olympiacos in Greece.

On November 18, 2020, he made his professional debut in the 4-2 victory of Club Deportivo Tapatío over Pumas Tabasco.

After winning the Liga MX Sub-23 championship, his renewal and incorporation with the first team starting in the Clausura 2024 were made official.

With Fernando Gago as manager, he played his first match for Chivas de Guadalajara on Saturday, January 13, 2024, in a 1-1 draw against Club Santos Laguna. He came on in the 84th minute, replacing José Juan Macías.

In the 2025 Apertura Tournament, Armando became the Liga MX top scorer, registering 12 goals during the regular season, sharing the lead with Paulinho (Toluca) and João Pedro (Atlético de San Luis) and averaging a goal every 93 minutes played. This ended a six-year drought for a Chivas player in this category, with Alan Pulido being the last to achieve it in the 2019 Apertura.

After an outstanding campaign with Chivas de Guadalajara in the Clausura 2026, La Hormiga signed with Olympiacos Football Club of Greece for 5 seasons, making the leap to European football.

González Alba received his first call-up to the Mexican national team in November 2025, when head coach Javier Aguirre summoned the striker for friendly matches of the senior team in preparation for future international commitments.

He made his debut with the senior national team on November 18, 2025, coming on as a substitute in a friendly match against Paraguay, which Mexico lost 2-1.

On February 25, 2026, González Alba cemented his career 100 days before the 2026 World Cup, providing an assist for Richard Ledezma and scoring his first goal for the Mexican national team in a friendly match against Iceland, scoring the second goal of the game.