Manu García (footballer, born 1998)

Manu García
Personal information
Full name Manuel García Alonso
Date of birth (1998-01-02) 2 January 1998
Place of birth Oviedo, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 NAC Breda
(on loan from Manchester City)
Number 19
Youth career
2005–2010 Astur
2010–2014 Sporting Gijón
2014–2016 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Manchester City 1 (0)
2016–2017 → Alavés (loan) 0 (0)
2017– → NAC Breda (loan) 19 (2)
National team
2013 Spain U16 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 May 2017.

Manuel 'Manu' García Alonso (born 2 January 1998) is a Spanish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for NAC Breda , on loan from English club Manchester City.[1]

Club career

Early career

Born in Oviedo, Asturias, García joined Sporting de Gijón's youth setup in 2010, aged 12, from Astur CF.[2] On 2 May 2013 he agreed to a move to Manchester City,[3] which paid €250,000 for his services in January, shortly after his 16th birthday.[4]

Manchester City

García was initially assigned to the club's under-18 squad.[5][6] In May 2015, shortly after being promoted to the under-21s,[7] he was called up to the main squad by manager Manuel Pellegrini ahead of the year's North America pre-season tour.[8]

On 27 May 2015 García made his senior debut for City, coming on as a late substitute for David Silva in a 1–0 friendly away win against Toronto FC.[9] He also took part of the club's pre-season friendlies against Melbourne City, Roma, Vietnam and Stuttgart.

García made his professional debut on 22 September 2015, coming on as a 74th-minute substitute for Sergio Agüero in a 4–1 Football League Cup away routing of Sunderland.[10] He went on to score the fifth goal in the 5–1 victory against Crystal Palace in the same competition.[11] He made his Premier League debut against Aston Villa on 5 March 2016, replacing Yaya Touré.

On 1 December 2016, García signed a contract extension with Manchester City, keeping him with the club until June 2020.[12]

Alavés (loan)

On 16 August 2016, García was loaned to Deportivo Alavés, newly promoted to La Liga, for one year.[13] He only made his debut on 1 December, as a substitute in a 3–0 win over Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the Copa del Rey.[14]

NAC Breda

On 9 January 2017, García ended his season long loan short with Alavés and will spend the rest of the season with Eerste Divisie side NAC Breda.[15] He made his debut immediately, starting in a 2–0 win over Jong FC Utrecht on 16 January.[16] García scored his first goal for the club on 6 February in a 1–0 win over Dordrecht.[17]

Career statistics

As of match played on 5 May 2017.[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[note 1] League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City 2014–15[19] Premier League 0000000000
2015–16[20] Premier League 1010210041
Deportivo Alavés 2016-17[21] La Liga 0010–0010
NAC Breda 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 19200–00192
Career total 202202100243
Notes
  1. ↑ FA Cup, Copa del Rey

Honors

Manchester City

References

  1. ↑ "Manuel Garcia - Manchester City FC". mancity.com. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  2. ↑ "La fuga de talentos llega a Mareo" [The leak of talents arrive at Mareo] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "El Manchester City se lleva de Mareo al centrocampista cadete Manu García" [Manchester City takes away from Mareo the cadete central midfielder Manu García] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "El Manchester City pagará en enero 250.000 euros por el cadete Manu García" [Manchester City will pay in January 250.000 euros for cadete Manu García] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Manu García, el sueño de un niño de Oviedo que debuta en el Manchester City" [Manu García, the dream of a kid from Oviedo who debuts with Manchester City] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Manu García, de Gijón a Manchester" [Manu García, from Gijón to Manchester] (in Spanish). Manchester City's official website. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "El éxito de Manu García, canterano del Sporting" [The success of Manu García, Sporting's youth player] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Manuel Pellegrini promotes nine youth players for Man City tour". ESPN FC. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Toronto FC 0-1 Manchester City: George Evans wonder strike seals win for tourists". Daily Mail. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Sunderland 1–4 Man City". BBC Sport. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Man City 5 - 1 Crystal Palace". BBC Sport. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Manchester City's Manu Garcia signs two-year contract extension". Sky Sports. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "Manu García, calidad y criterio para el centro del campo" [Manu García, quality and criterion for the centre of midfield] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Gimnàstic de Tarragona 0–3 Deportivo Alavés". ESPN FC. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  15. ↑ "City stalt middenvelder Manu Garcia tot einde seizoen bij NAC". BN DeStem (web). 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  16. ↑ Oatway, Caroline (17 January 2017). "Loan Watch: Denayar Shines Again". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  17. ↑ Pollard, Rob (7 February 2017). "Loan Watch: Manu García bags NAC Winner". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  18. ↑ "Manu García profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  19. ↑ "Manu Garcia | Football Stats | Manchester City | Age 17 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  20. ↑ "Manu Garcia | Football Stats | Manchester City | Age 17 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Manu Garcia in 2016–2017". Soccerbase. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
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