Pablo García

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Personal information
Pablo García
Full name	Pablo Gabriel García Pérez
Date of birth	May 11, 1977
Place of birth	Pando, Uruguay
Height	1.84 m / 6 ft 0 in
Nickname	Canario
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Celta de Vigo
Number	16
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2005 2005– 2006–	Montevideo Wanderers Atlético Madrid A.C. Milan Venezia Osasuna Real Madrid → Celta de Vigo (loan)	111 (3) 0 (0) 17 (0) 33 (2) 117 (13) 25 (0) 7 (0)
National team²
2003 -	Uruguay	67 (5)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 June 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 29 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Pablo Gabriel García Pérez (born 11 May 1977 in Pando, Canelones) is an Uruguayan football midfielder. His nickname is Canario, referring to his origin in the the department of Canelones.

He started his career in his home country team, Montevideo Wanderers, before being transferred to Atlético Madrid after two seasons. He only played for Atlético B during this time, before being transferred to A.C. Milan and thence Venezia.

After returning to Spain and playing for CA Osasuna for three seasons, his impressive performances saw him transferred to Real Madrid. He had formed a reputation as a combative - if dirty - midfielder, and received the most yellow cards in La Liga in the 2004/05 season. García is known to be an effective defensive midfielder or holding midfielder, and soon became Real Madrid's first-choice holding midfielder ahead of Danish midfield destroyer Thomas Gravesen. However, he was unable to find his form, at times struggling to keep pace. This, combined with some unfortunate injuries, kept him out of the starting squad. In the 2006/07 season, Garcia did not feature in Madrid's new manager Fabio Capello's plans, inevitably leading to a search for a new club. At international level, Garcia was not able to help his country Uruguay qualify for the 2006 World Cup to be held in Germany, as the Uruguayans, after a 1-0 home victory over Australia in the first-leg playoff, lost on penalty kicks in the away leg after Australia hung on to a 1-0 lead for 120 minutes.

On August 29, 2006 Pablo García signed a one year loaning contract with Celta Vigo.

[edit] Honors and awards

1997 FIFA World Youth Championship silver-medal

Celta de Vigo - Current Squad
1 Esteban \| 3 G. Lucas \| 4 Oubiña \| 5 Lequi \| 6 Miguel Areias \| 7 Núñez \| 8 Ángel \| 9 Baiano \| 10 Bamogo \| 11 G. López \| 12 Placente \| 13 Pinto \| 14 J. Perera \| 15 Contreras \| 16 Pablo García \| 17 Tamaş \| 18 Guayre \| 19 Yago \| 20 Jonathan \| 21 Jorge \| 22 Ridder \| 23 Nené \| 24 Canobbio \| 25 Iriney \| 30 Jonathan Vila \| 34 Dani Abalo \| Manager: Vazquez

	Uruguay squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Carini \| 2 Méndez \| 3 Lembo \| 4 Montero \| 5 García \| 6 Rodríguez \| 7 Guigou \| 8 Varela \| 9 Silva \| 10 O'Neill \| 11 Magallanes \| 12 Munúa \| 13 Abreu \| 14 Sorondo \| 15 Olivera \| 16 Romero \| 17 Regueiro \| 18 Morales \| 19 Bizera \| 20 Recoba \| 21 Forlán \| 22 de los Santos \| 23 Elduayen \| Coach: Púa