Juan Enrique García
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Enrique García Rivas | ||
Date of birth | April 16, 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Bolívar, Venezuela | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1996 |
Minervén | 160 | (49) |
1996–1997 |
Caracas | 33 | (12) |
1997–1998 |
Zulia | 25 | (15) |
1998–1999 |
U. de Los Andes | 22 | (13) |
1999–2000 |
Caracas | 38 | (24) |
2000–2001 |
ItalChacao | 11 | (2) |
2001–2002 |
Deportivo Táchira | 33 | (34) |
2002 |
Monagas | 18 | (8) |
2003–2005 |
Mineros | (34) | |
2005–2006 |
Deportivo Táchira | 35 | (21) |
2006 |
Mineros | 7 | (9) |
2007 | Deportivo Pasto | 11 | (2) |
2007–2008 |
Mineros | 7 | (0) |
2008–2009 |
Zamora | 25 | (15) |
2009–2010 |
Mineros | 28 | (8) |
2010–2011 |
Estudiantes Mérida | 31 | (8) |
2011 |
Zamora | 8 | (0) |
2012 | Angostura | 33 | (19) |
2012–2013 |
Zulia | ||
2013 |
Deportivo La Guaira | 9 | (0) |
International career | |||
1993–2009 | Venezuela | 49 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2012 |
Juan Enrique García Rivas (born April 16, 1970) is a Venezuelan football striker. He is the all-time leading goalscorer in the Venezuelan Primera División, and has been league top scorer in five different seasons[1] (also a record).
Club career
García played for a number of different clubs in Venezuela. He started his career with
Zulia
where he won another league championship.
In 1999, he returned to Caracas FC where he became the top scorer in Venezuelan football for the first time. In the 2001–02 season he won another league title with
Mineros
.
For the 2005–06 season, he returned to Deportivo Táchira where he became topscorer for the fifth time.
In 2007, he had a brief spell with Deportivo Pasto of Colombia
International career
García played 49 times for the
1999. He also played in World Cup Qualifiers
for the 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Cups.
Honours
Club
- Caracas FC
- Zulia
- Deportivo Táchira
Individual
- Venezuelan Primera División topscorer: 1999–2000 (24 goals), 2001–02 (34 goals), 2002–03 (39 goals), 2003–04 (18 goals), 2005–06 (21 goals)
References
External links
- International career statistics at rsssf
- Juan Enrique García at BDFA (in Spanish)