Freddy García (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Freddy Alexander García Carrera | ||
Date of birth | 12 January 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Puerto Barrios, Guatemala | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Heredia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–1999 |
USAC | ||
1999–2002 |
Comunicaciones | 60 | (19) |
2002 | Columbus Crew | 5 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Municipal | 60 | (7) |
2003 | Columbus Crew | 22 | (1) |
2004–2009 | Municipal | 128 | (36) |
2009–2010 | Heredia | 40 | (13) |
2010–2011 | Halcones | 18 | (2) |
2011–2012 | Heredia | 19 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
1998–2011 | Guatemala | 73 | (23) |
2000 | Guatemala (futsal) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 February 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2017 |
Freddy Alexander García Carrera (born 12 January 1977) is a
Also a member of the Guatemala national team, he has played in four World Cup qualifying campaigns, and is among Guatemala's all-time top scorers.
Club career
An attacking midfielder renowned for his accurate left foot, García was born in
International career
García is a member of the Guatemala national team, which he has represented during the 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 World Cup qualification campaigns. In 1997, he was part of the youth national team participating at the VI Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos. He made his senior international debut in a November 1998 friendly match against Honduras[3]
He also played futsal internationally, as he was part of his country's Futsal team competing at the 2000 Futsal World Championship which was held in Guatemala.[4]
He made his return to the national squad in 2011 for a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and scored just minutes coming in as a substitute. He then scored two goals against Grenada later that year, tying Mario Camposeco for 4th place in the all-time goal scorers list for Guatemala with 23 goals.
International goals
- Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first.[5]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 26 March 1999 | Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica | El Salvador | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup |
2. | 6 June 1999 | Iran | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1999 Canada Cup | |
3. | 10 November 1999 | Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala |
Honduras | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
4. | 9 January 2000 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States | Armenia | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
5. | 6 February 2000 | Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Chile | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
6. | 19 March 2000 | Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras |
Belize | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
7. | 18 June 2000 | Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Antigua and Barbuda | 7–1 | 8–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
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8. | 8–1 | |||||
9. | 22 July 2000 | Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala | Barbados | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
10. | 8 October 2000 | St. Michael, Barbados |
Barbados | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
11. | 21 February 2001 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | Panama | 1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
12. | 2–2 | |||||
13. | 25 May 2001 | Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba, Honduras | Belize | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup |
14. | 3–3 | |||||
15. | 3 June 2001 | Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras | Panama | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup |
16. | 13 February 2003 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | Costa Rica | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup |
17. | 18 February 2003 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | Nicaragua | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup |
18. | 20 February 2003 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | El Salvador | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup |
19. | 31 March 2004 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador | El Salvador | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
20. | 12 October 2005 | Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Costa Rica | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
21. | 2 September 2011 | Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
22. | 11 November 2011 | Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Grenada | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
23. | 2–0 |
Honors
Columbus Crew
- Champion Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup(1): 2002
References
- ^ Freddy García ya es jugador de Heredia Archived 7 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine – La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
- ^ "F. García". Perform Group. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ Fredy Alexander García – International Appearances – RSSSF
- ^ Futsal World Cup Guatemala team Archived 8 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine – FIFA
- ^ "García, Freddy". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
External links
- Freddy García – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Player profile – CSD Municipal
- Freddy García at National-Football-Teams.com