Jesús García Sanjuán
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| Jesús García Sanjuán | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jesús García Sanjuán | |
| Date of birth | August 22, 1971 | |
| Place of birth | Zaragoza, Spain | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1990–1998 1997 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2003 |
Real Zaragoza → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) Villarreal Córdoba Airdrie Kilmarnock |
180 (5) 4 (0) 22 (0) 26 (0) 22 (5) 31 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Jesús García Sanjuán (born August 22, 1971 in Zaragoza) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in the 1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, winning the trophy with Real Zaragoza.
[edit] Playing career
Sanjuán spent the majority of his career at hometown club Real Zaragoza, for whom he made his debut on April 24, 1991 in 1-0 defeat at Real Sporting de Gijón. He played for the club in eight La Liga seasons until departing in Summer 1998.
The peak of his time with Zaragoza was winning the 1995 Cup Winners' Cup, when they beat Arsenal 2-1 with a dramatic last gasp goal in Paris. Sanjuán played 24 minutes of the final as a substitute. The previous season, he had also won the 1994 Copa del Rey with the club, beating Celta Vigo on penalties, to qualify for Europe.
He had a brief loan spell at English First Division club Wolverhampton Wanderers during Autumn 1997, where he made four league appearances. He also featured three times in that season's League Cup campaign, scoring the winning goal at Fulham.
The midfielder went on to have spells back in Spain at Villarreal and Córdoba, respectively, in the next two seasons. He was relegated with the former after losing a relegation play-off to Sevilla, and he instead moved to face the second tier with Córdoba.
He returned to the UK in 2000 with Scottish club Airdrie as one of a series of Spanish players recruited by club manager Steve Archibald. After eight months here, amid spiralling financial problems, the club sold him to Kilmarnock. Here, he played for two further years in the SPL, now mostly in a sweeper position, before retiring in 2003.
