Raúl Antonio García

Raúl Antonio García
Personal information
Full name	Raúl Antonio García Herrera
Date of birth	(1962-09-13) September 13, 1962
Place of birth	San Miguel, El Salvador
Playing position	goalkeeper (retired)
Youth career
1981–1986	UES
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1987–1999	Águila
National team^‡
?–1997	El Salvador
Teams managed
2006–2007	Estudiantes F.C.
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 2008. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2008

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is Herrera.

Raúl Antonio García Herrera (born September 13, 1962 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran professional footballer.

Club career

Garcia played the majority of his career at Salvadoran Premier League giants Águila.

Nicknamed Superman, Garcia made his debut for El Salvador in the 1980s and has earned over 30 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 17 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[1] and played at the 1993 and 1995^[2] as well as at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[3]

His final international game was a November 1997 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the United States.

He was named El Salvador's goalkeeper coach ahead of the UNCAF U-16 tournament in 2009^[4] and the UNCAF U-20 championships at the end of 2010.^[5]

El Salvador squad – 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 R. García 2 Mayén Meza 3 Cárcamo Batres 4 Osorio 5 Dowson Prado 6 Cubías 7 Rodríguez 8 Castro Borja 9 Menjívar 10 R. Díaz Arce 11 Cerritos 12 Cienfuegos 13 Meléndez 14 Hernández 15 G. Rivera 16 Alfaro 17 Renderos 18 Ó. Díaz 19 Burgos 20 Iraheta Coach: Pastoriza