Gabriel García de la Torre

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Gabri

Full name	Gabriel García de la Torre
Date of birth	February 10, 1979 (1979-02-10) (age 29)
Place of birth	Sallent, Spain
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Ajax
Number	18
Youth clubs
	FC Barcelona B
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-2000 2000-2006 2006-	FC Barcelona B FC Barcelona Ajax	054 (7) 128 (8) 055 (6)
National team²
2003-	Spain	3 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 02, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of August 19, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Gabriel "Gabri" García de la Torre (born February 10, 1979 in Sallent, Barcelona) is a Spanish football player. He currently plays for Ajax, having played for FC Barcelona before that. Gabri usually plays as a midfielder or a right fullback, but can play on other positions as well. He was a member of the Spanish squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He currently has 3 caps with the Spain national football team and was part of the Spanish squad during Euro 2004 in Portugal.

1 Biography
2 Honors and awards
3 Statistics
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Biography

Gabri started his career at FC Barcelona B where he made his first appearances in the 1997-98 season. Soon he became a key player in the team and was promoted to FC Barcelona's first team squad for the 1999-00 season. Four seasons long he was a first team regular for the team, but from 2003 on he played less often. However the appearances became less this was the period where he and FC Barcelona started to win trophies. In both 2005 and 2006 La Liga was won, the Supercopa de España was won in 2005 and in 2006 Barça won the UEFA Champions League.

Gabri's contract at FC Barcelona was not renewed and he joined Ajax on a free transfer on June 6, 2006. There he immediately won the Johan Cruijff-schaal in a 3-1 win over PSV Eindhoven in August. He become one of the key players in the Eredivisie during the 2006-07 season, but on the last matchday the championship was won by PSV Eindhoven. In May 2007 he won the KNVB Cup on penalties against AZ, in a match where he received a red card in the 79th minute. In August 2007 Ajax successfully defended their Johan Cruijff-schaal trophy beating PSV Eindhoven 1-0 with Gabri as the only goalscorer in the match.

[edit] Honors and awards

FIFA World Youth Championship winner: 1999

[edit] Statistics

Season	Club	Competition	Apps	Goals
1997/98	FC Barcelona B	Segunda División A	22	2
1998/99	FC Barcelona B	Segunda División A	32	5
1999/00	FC Barcelona	La Liga	16	2
2000/01	FC Barcelona	La Liga	25	2
2001/02	FC Barcelona	La Liga	29	3
2002/03	FC Barcelona	La Liga	27	0
2003/04	FC Barcelona	La Liga	16	1
2004/05	FC Barcelona	La Liga	4	0
2005/06	FC Barcelona	La Liga	11	0
2006/07	Ajax	Eredivisie	31	5
2007/08	Ajax	Eredivisie	25	1
Total			238	21