Walter García
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Ariel García | ||
| Date of birth | March 14, 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Argentinos Juniors | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Argentinos Juniors | 21 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | San Lorenzo | 61 | (3) |
| 2006–2008 | Rubin Kazan | 3 | (0) |
| 2006 |
→ Catania (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Quilmes (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2008 | Nacional | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | New York Red Bulls | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Juventud Antoniana | ||
| 2011–2012 | Guillermo Brown | 33 | (3) |
| 2012–2015 | Independiente Rivadavia | 82 | (9) |
| 2015–2017 |
Los Andes | 62 | (3) |
| 2017 |
CD Olimpia | 16 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Deportivo Maipú | 22 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | All Boys | 16 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Walter Ariel García (born March 14, 1984) is an Argentine former footballer.
Career
Club
García started his career with
San Lorenzo who accepted an offer of $2 million from FC Rubin Kazan
for his transfer.
In February 2006, García joined
Deportivo Quito of Ecuador. He signed with New York Red Bulls
in August 2009.
He left Red Bulls at the end of 2009 season, having played just 1 game for the team, and had a trial at English side
Leeds United with hopes of securing a contract at the club in the January 2010 transfer window.[3] Leeds manager Simon Grayson
decided that after Garcia played for Leeds in a behind closed doors friendly in which Leeds conceded 4 goals that Garcia was no better than any of the centre backs currently at the club, and his trial was ended.
International
García represented Argentina at the
South American Youth Championship
which was won by the Argentine team.
References
- ^ "Футбол. Рубин пополнился двумя легионерами Подробнее на РБК". sportrbc.ru (in Russian). Sport RBC. 15 February 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Рубин отдал Гарсию в аренду в Италию". sovsport.ru/ (in Russian). Sov Sport. 5 September 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Simon Grayson eyes Argentine for Leeds United
External links
- MLS player profile
- Argentine Primera statistics (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 February 2012)
- Walter García at BDFA (in Spanish)
- clarin.com (in Spanish)
- clarin.com (in Spanish)
- clarin.com (in Spanish)
- Walter García at Soccerway