Sergio García (football player)

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Sergio García
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Sergio Garcia (2018)
Personnel
Surname Sergio García de la Fuente
birthday June 9, 1983
place of birth Barcelona ,  Spain
size 176 cm
position striker
Juniors
Years station
2000-2002 FC Barcelona
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2001-2002 FC Barcelona C 22 (11)
2002-2004 FC Barcelona B 59 (34)
2003-2004 FC Barcelona 4 0(0)
2004-2005 Levante UD 31 0(7)
2005-2008 Real Zaragoza 90 (14)
2008-2010 Betis Seville 62 (21)
2010-2015 Espanyol Barcelona 138 (57)
2015-2017 al-Rayyan SC 49 (27)
2017– Espanyol Barcelona 53 0(4)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2003 Spain U-20 11 0(7)
2004-2005 Spain U-21 8 0(4)
2008 Spain 2 0(0)
2003– Catalonia 14 0(9)
1 Only league games are given.
As of February 9, 2019

2 As of March 27, 2018

Sergio García de la Fuente (born June 9, 1983 in Barcelona ) is a Spanish football player who has played for Espanyol Barcelona as a striker in the Spanish Primera División since 2017 .

Career

society

Sergio García was trained in the legendary " Barça School " and made his first four games for Barca professional game from 2003 to 2004 . After moving from Barcelona to Levante , he was finally able to play more regularly in the first division . At Levante, however, he only stayed one season due to his good performance, he moved to Real Saragossa in 2005 . Although he was mostly a regular there, he could not prevent Saragossa's relegation to the Segunda División in the 2007/08 season .

Despite his contract, which ran until 2011, Tottenham Hotspur , among others, showed interest in signing Garcia. In the end, however, he moved to Betis Sevilla shortly before the transfer closed on September 1 for just over ten million euros . With this move García hoped to have a chance to play in the Spanish national team again, where he was sorted out by the new coach Vicente del Bosque . At Betis, he could not meet the expectations placed in him: in his first season at Betis, the club was relegated to the Segunda División .

Before the 2010/11 season, Sergio García signed a five-year deal with Espanyol Barcelona , who signed him for a transfer fee of 1.8 million euros.

National team

Without ever having played for Spain García was nominated in the squad of the Spanish national soccer team for the EM 2008 - as a replacement for the absent Bojan Krkić . On May 31, 2008, he made his first game for Spain against Peru when he came on in the 82nd minute. He then won the 2008 European Championship with the Selección . He was able to record a use in the insignificant last group game against Greece and in this game provide the template for Daniel Güiza's winning goal .

successes

Spain

al-Rayyan SC

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ goal.com: Sergio García Proud Of Barça Interest (English), June 13, 2008
  2. ↑ goal.com: Sergio García Joins Betis (English), September 2, 2008
  3. ↑ goal.com: OFFICIAL: Espanyol Sign Sergio Garcia From Real Betis
personal data
SURNAME García, Sergio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES García de la Fuente, Sergio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona , Spain