He arrived in Mexico discreetly, He has not yet debuted in the Liga MXbut his work has already received the first praise in the country. It is about Esteban González, the new coach of the Gallos de Querétaro, who seeks to emulate his Chilean soccer success with the Mexican team.
And González surprised his country by taking the Coquimbo Deportes club to win its first League title in the history of soccer in that South American country, above historical clubs like U. of Chile and Colo Colo.
For this reason, the directive of the Club Querétaro made the decision to bring him to Liga MX to be the new club coach starting from Clausura 2026 and his appointment has not gone unnoticed by successful former soccer players from his country.
one of them is Fabián Estay, Chilean champion with Toluca in the Liga MXwho was colleague Esteban González when he was starting out in professional soccer, since they both met in the Palestine club.
What did Fabián Estay say about Esteban González?
“We did meet Esteban in 2006, the year of my retirement in Palestino, it was a boy who came with a lot of hunger to transcendthen I no longer followed him at the level of a professional footballer. “Later I realized that he took over as a professional coach in Coquimbo and had a spectacular tournament, because he was very good, he took a lot of advantage over the powerful teams, both the Catholic University, University of Chile and Colo Colorespectively. He has a very important merit and that is why he attracted attention to come to Querétaro,” explained Estay at halftime.
Esteban González Herrera directed 30 games in 2025 for Coquimbo Deportes and managed to accumulate 23 wins, 6 draws and only one defeat, which helped him become champion with this club.
“I don’t know the methodology, beyond what I saw in some games, but he is a very prepared boy, and He will surely do well in Mexican soccer.understanding that here it is very different and that he is in a team where things are going to change, They are going to bring him better players and he will have to understand that Mexican soccer is very different from any other soccer.“He is going to have to capture what he did with Coquimbo with a team that can also be the protagonist and that the city also needs Querétaro to be an important team and I hope that with Esteban it can achieve it,” Estay considered.
Who is Esteban González, the new coach of Gallos?
Esteban Gonzalez He began his path in soccer at Deportes Concepción, where he stood out as a right back. Later, he defended the shirts of Cobreloa, Palestino, O’Higgins. In total defended 11 clubs in Chile.
“The helmsman, known for his strategic approach and his ability to develop young talentwill join our team with the mission of strengthening the sports project and leading Gallos Blancos to be a competitive team. His playing philosophy and his experience in Chilean soccer will be fundamental for face the challenges of next season in Liga MX”Querétaro highlighted in a statement when announcing his hiring.
in his career He started as a coach at Deportes Concepción before taking over Coquimbo in 2024.although it was in 2025 where he had the greatest success by being champion and although he could continue in the club, Chilean media reported that Thanks to a clause in his contract he was able to break away to arrive in Mexico.
To Gallos, Esteban González arrives with Miguel Pinto as one of his assistants. Pinto knows well the Liga MX given that He was an Atlas player in 2010 and later with Correcaminos in the Expansion League in 2013.
