Carlos García García
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos García García | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Durango, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back / Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1989–1990 | Durango | ||
| 1990–1991 | Sestao | 20 | (3) |
| 1991–1992 | Bilbao Athletic | 26 | (4) |
| 1992–2003 | Athletic Bilbao | 226 | (21) |
| 1995 | → Osasuna (loan) | 21 | (3) |
| Total | 293 | (31) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Carlos García García (born 13 August 1970) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender or a defensive midfielder.
He played most of his career with Athletic Bilbao, appearing in 264 official matches during 11 years and scoring 25 goals.
Football career
Born in Durango, Biscay, García joined Athletic Bilbao in 1992, from Basque neighbours Sestao Sport Club in Segunda División. He made his La Liga debut on 6 September in a 2–1 home win against Cádiz CF, and finished his first season with 28 official games and three goals, helping the team to the eighth position in the league.
In the following years García was regularly put to use by the Lions, as either a central defender or a defensive midfielder. In the 1997–98 campaign he started in 33 of his 34 appearances as the side finished in second place behind FC Barcelona, adding goals against Sporting de Gijón (2–1 away triumph)[1] and RCD Mallorca (3–1 home) in the process;[2] from January 1995 until June, he returned to the second level after being loaned to CA Osasuna.[3]
García retired in 2003 at the age of nearly 33 due to injury,[4] after only taking part in two contests (one in the Copa del Rey) in his last year. He appeared in eight UEFA Champions League matches with his main club during his career, all in1998–99.
References
- ↑ "El Athletic gana sin brillo" [Athletic wins without brilliance] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 27 October 1997. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ↑ "El Athletic rinde cuentas" [Athletic settles the score] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 17 March 1998. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ↑ "Carlos García, a Osasuna" [Carlos García, to Osasuna] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 13 January 1995. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ↑ "Carlos García hará su recuperación en Lezama" [Carlos García will recover in Lezama] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 9 July 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2014.