Pablo Gabriel García
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| Pablo Gabriel García | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Pablo Gabriel García Pérez | |
| Date of birth | May 11, 1977 | |
| Place of birth | Pando, Uruguay | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Real Murcia(on loan from Real Madrid | |
| Number | 15 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996–1999 1998-1998 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2005 2005–present 2006–2007 2007–2008 |
Montevideo Wanderers Peñarol Atlético Madrid B AC Milan Venezia Osasuna Real Madrid → Celta Vigo (loan) → Real Murcia (loan) |
35 (1) 9 (0) 38 (3) 15 (0) 14 (0) 78 (6) 22 (0) 14 (0) 8 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1997– | Uruguay | 66 (2) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Pablo Gabriel García Pérez (born 11 May 1977 in Pando, Canelones) is an Uruguayan football midfielder who has played over 60 games for the Uruguay national team[1] His nickname is Canario, referring to his origin in 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.
On August 29, 2006 Pablo García signed a one year loaning contract with Celta Vigo, and after an uneventful personal season where he was injured for most of the year, he returned to Real Madrid in July 2007, loaned immediately again, this time to La Liga's promoted Real Murcia.
At international level, García has been a mainstay on his national team, playing in the 2002 World Cup, although he 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.
He scored a powerful finesse shot from outside the box for Uruguay against Venezuela in the 2007 Copa America quarter finals, and missed a decisive penalty vs. Brazil in the semis, meaning the Charrúas would not play the tournament's final match.
[edit] Honors and awards
- 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship silver-medal
[edit] External links
- International statistics at rsssf
- Career statistics at National Football Teams
- (Spanish) Profile at Tenfield
[edit] References
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