Xavier García (footballer)

Moisés Xavier García Orellana (born 26 June 1990 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo in the Salvadoran Premier League.

Club career

García's professional career began on 3 July 2007, when he signed a contract with now defunct Salvadoran national league club, San Salvador F.C.. He was one of six players from the El Salvador U17 national team, that would sign for San Salvador that season. The others were Ricardo Orellana, Diego Chavarría, William Maldonado, Óscar Arroyo and Fabricio Alfaro. He made his professional debut on 7 November 2007 in a league match against C.D. Vista Hermosa. After a spell at Nejapa, he joined Luis Ángel Firpo in 2009.

International career

García made his debut for El Salvador in a May 2008 friendly match against Guatemala and had, as of December 2010, earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. In December 2010 national team manager José Luis Rugamas named García in his 2011 UNCAF Nations Cup squad.^[1]

El Salvador's goal tally first.

International appearances and goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Goals	Minutes played	Extras
1	30 May 2008	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.	Guatemala	0–0	Friendly	0	?	?'
2	12 October 2010	Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez, Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1–2	Friendly	0	39	51'
3	14 January 2011	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Nicaragua	2–0	2011 Copa Centroamericana	0	90	75'
4	16 January 2011	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Belize	5–2	2011 Copa Centroamericana	0	90
5	18 January 2011	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Panama	0–2	2011 Copa Centroamericana	0	90	16'
6	23 January 2011	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Panama	0–0 (4–5 pen.)	2011 Copa Centroamericana	0	90	90'
7	9 February 2011	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Haiti	1–0	Friendly	0	90
8	24 March 2011	Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba	Cuba	1–0	Friendly	0	90
9	29 March 2011	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Jamaica	2–3	Friendly	0	90
10	29 May 2011	Robertson Stadium, Houston, United States	Honduras	2–2	Friendly	0	90
11	5 June 2011	Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas	Mexico	0–5	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup	0	90
12	9 June 2011	Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina	Costa Rica	1–1	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup	0	90
13	12 June 2011	Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois	Cuba	6–1	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup	0	90	82'
14	19 June 2011	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.	Panama	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 pen.)	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup	0	90
15	7 August 2011	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.	Venezuela	2–1	Friendly	0	90
16	11 September 2011	Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town, Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands	1–4	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	1	90	90+3'

External links

• Xavier García at National-Football-Teams.com
• Xavier García at ESPN FC

References

El Salvador squads El Salvador squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Montes 2 García 3 González (c) 4 Purdy 5 Turcios 6 Martin 7 R. Sánchez 8 Romero 9 Corrales 10 Quintanilla 11 Zelaya 12 Alvarez 13 Umanzor 14 D. Alas 15 E. Sánchez 16 J. Alas 17 Blanco 18 Portillo 19 Hernández 20 Flores 21 Baires 22 Gómez 23 Anaya Coach: Israel El Salvador squad – 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Portillo 2 García 3 Turcios (c) 4 Purdy 5 Granadino 6 Menjivar 7 Cerén 8 Romero 9 Burgos 10 Santamaría 11 Zelaya 12 A. Flores 13 Larín 14 Corea 15 Bonilla 16 Posadas 17 Blanco 18 Villalobos 19 Mayen 20 J. Flores 21 Renderos 22 Carrillo 23 Henríquez Coach: Castillo