Juan Enrique García

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Juan García
Personal information
Full nameJuan Enrique García Rivas
Date of birth (1970-04-16) April 16, 1970
Place of birthBolívar, Venezuela
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubZulia
Number9
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1996Minervén160(49)
1996–1997Caracas33(12)
1997–1998Zulia25(15)
1998–1999U. de Los Andes22(13)
1999–2000Caracas38(24)
2000–2001ItalChaco11(2)
2001–2002Deportivo Táchira33(34)
2002Monagas18(6)
2003–2005Mineros?(34)
2005–2006Deportivo Táchira35(21)
2006Mineros7(9)
2007Deportivo Pasto11(2)
2007–2008Mineros7(0)
2008–2009Zamora25(15)
2009–2010Mineros16(7)
2010–2011Estudiantes Mérida7(4)
2011Zamora
2012Angostura7(4)
2012–Zulia
National team
1993–2009Venezuela47(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 March 2012.
† Appearances (Goals).

Juan Enrique García Rivas (born April 16, 1970 in Bolívar) is a Venezuelan football striker. He currently plays for Zulia. He is the all-time leading goalscorer in the Venezuelan Primera División, and has been league top scorer in five different seasons[1] (also a record).

Career

García played for a number of different clubs in Venezuela. He started his career with Minervén in 1988. In 1996, he joined Caracas FC where he was part of the championship winning squad. The following season he joined Zulia where he won another league championship.

In 1999, he returned to Caracas FC where he became the top scorer in Venezuelan football for the first time. In the 2001–02 season he won another league title with Deportivo Táchira and claimed his second topscorer award. He was topscorer again in the following two seasons with Monagas and Mineros.

For the 2005–06 season, he returned to Deportivo Táchira where he became topscorer for the fifth time.

In 2007, he had a brief spell with Deportivo Pasto of Colombia

García played 47 times for the Venezuela national team between 1993 and 2004, scoring 7 goals.[2] He was included in three Copa América squads in 1993, 1995 and 1999. He also played in World Cup Qualifiers for the 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cups.

Honours

Club

Caracas FC
Zulia
Deportivo Táchira

Individual

  • Venezuelan Primera División topscorer: 1999–2000 (24 goals), 2001–02 (34 goals), 2002–03 (39 goals), 2003–04 (18 goals), 2005–06 (21 goals)

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