Carlos García (footballer, born 1984)
 García playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Carlos García Badías | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 April 1984 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | Espanyol | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Espanyol B | 30 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Espanyol | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | → Poli Ejido (loan) | 34 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2012 | Almería | 195 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | → Betis (loan) | 33 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 115 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Alanyaspor | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 419 | (11) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Spain U16 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Spain U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Spain U19 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Spain U20 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Spain U21 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Spain U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Ecuador (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Shenzhen (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Udinese (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Chicago Fire (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Carlos García Badías (born 29 April 1984) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender, currently an assistant coach for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire.
He spent most of his professional career with Almería, playing 208 competitive matches for the club and appearing in three La Liga seasons. Additionally, he had a four-year spell with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Premier League.
Club career
[edit]Espanyol and Almería
[edit]Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, García was a product of local RCD Espanyol's youth ranks. He would only appear for the first team on three occasions, during the 2003–04 season (three defeats),[1][2][3] also serving a loan stint with Polideportivo Ejido in the Segunda División the following campaign.[4]
García stayed in Andalusia in 2005, being sold by Espanyol to second-division UD Almería.[5] He was a starter from the beginning, being instrumental in their first-ever La Liga promotion in the 2006–07 campaign.[6]
Deemed surplus to requirements by manager Hugo Sánchez, García was loaned to neighbours Real Betis for 2009–10's second-tier season.[7] After not being able to help the Verdiblancos return to the top flight he rejoined Almería,[8] being first-choice under new manager Juan Manuel Lillo and both his successors José Luis Oltra and Roberto Olabe, scoring once[9] in 33 games as they were eventually relegated after a four-year stay.[10]
Maccabi Tel Aviv and coaching
[edit]García moved abroad for the first time in his career in June 2012, signing a three-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in the Israeli Premier League.[11] In his first season he was teamed up in the centre of defence with Eitan Tibi, with the pair performing solidly as the club won the national championship after a ten-year drought.[12]
Aged 29, García made his debut in European competition in the 2013–14 campaign, featuring in both the UEFA Champions League qualification matches[13][14] and the UEFA Europa League group stage.[15][16] In the domestic front he was part of the squad that set a new league record for minutes without conceding a goal, surpassing Hapoel Haifa FC's 585 from 1999.[17]
García retired in 2017 at the age of 33, after one season in the Turkish Süper Lig with Alanyaspor.[18] Immediately after, he returned to Maccabi as assistant to his compatriot Jordi Cruyff;[19] the pair worked together again in the Chinese Super League, at Chongqing Dangdai Lifan F.C. and Shenzhen FC.[20][21]
In January 2022, García became manager of Liga Leumit side Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam FC.[22]
In January 2024, García joined Frank Klopas' coaching staff at Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire.[23]
International career
[edit]García was part of the Spain under-16 squad at the 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship in England, winning the tournament alongside top scorer Fernando Torres.[24] Two years later, he contributed seven starts for the under-20s as they finished runners-up to Brazil in the FIFA World Cup.[25][26]
García reunited again with Cruyff for a brief period in 2020, when the latter was appointed at the Ecuador national team.[27]
Honours
[edit]Maccabi Tel Aviv
Spain U16
Spain U23
Spain U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2003[26]
References
[edit]- ^ Clemente propone y Ronaldo dispone (Clemente proposes and Ronaldo disposes); El País, 6 October 2003 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Valencia arrolla al Espanyol (Valencia crush Espanyol); El País, 20 October 2003 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Madrid se dispara en Montjuïc (Madrid shoot for the sky at Montjuïc); El País, 22 February 2004 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Almería pretende quitarle al Poli Ejido a Carlos García (Almería want to rob Poli Ejido of Carlos García); ABC, 12 July 2005 (in Spanish)
- ^ El central Carlos García nuevo jugador de la U. D Almería (Stopper Carlos García new player of U.D Almería); ABC, 19 July 2005 (in Spanish)
- ^ Carlos García, al club de los '100' de la UD Almería (Carlos García, to UD Almería's '100' club) Archived 12 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine; Ideal, 25 March 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ Carlos García pasa el reconocimiento previo a su cesión al Betis (Carlos García undergoes medical prior to Betis loan); Marca, 25 June 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Almería confirma la vuelta de Carlos García (Almería confirm return of Carlos García); Marca, 1 July 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ L'Almeria aconsegueix el primer triomf com a local de la temporada davant l'Osasuna (3–2) (Almeria get first home win of season against Osasuna (3–2)); Ara, 23 January 2011 (in Catalan)
- ^ Carlos García: "Bajar es fracasar en lo personal y en lo colectivo" (Carlos García: "To be relegated is a personal and collective failure"); Marca, 5 May 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ Carlos García pasa el reconocimiento del Maccabi Tel-Aviv y firma tres años (Carlos García passes medical at Maccabi Tel-Aviv and signs for three years); Almería 360, 13 June 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Maccabi Tel Aviv ends 10-year drought, wins Israeli soccer championship; Haaretz, 22 April 2013
- ^ Slick Stocker gives Basel slender lead; UEFA, 30 July 2013
- ^ Maccabi revival comes too late to halt Basel; UEFA, 6 August 2013
- ^ Maccabi Tel-Aviv battle back to beat Bordeaux; UEFA, 3 October 2013
- ^ Eintracht cruise to Maccabi Tel-Aviv success; UEFA, 24 October 2013
- ^ Juan Pablo: "I came for the championship", Walla!, 29 October 2013 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Oficial: El Alanyaspor ficha a Carlos García (Official: Alanyaspor sign Carlos García); Nuevo Fútbol, 4 July 2016 (in Spanish)
- ^ Carlos appointed as assistant coach; Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, 29 December 2017
- ^ La Superliga china arranca con mucho acento español (Chinese Superleague gets started with heavy Spanish accent); Diario AS, 27 February 2019 (in Spanish)
- ^ Pleno español en el 'play-out' de la Superliga china (Spaniards win it all in Chinese Superleague play-out); Diario AS, 3 November 2020 (in Spanish)
- ^ Carlos Garcia has been appointed coach of Betar Tel Aviv / Bat Yam; Time News, 7 January 2022
- ^ "Head Coach Frank Klopas Names Coaching Staff for 2024 Season". ChicagoFireFC.com. Chicago Fire. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ a b La cantera vuelve a coronarse (Youth system crowned again); Última Hora, 7 May 2001 (in Spanish)
- ^ España en los mundiales sub’20: Emiratos Árabes Unidos 2003 (Spain in under'20 World Cups: United Arab Emirates 2003); Cuadernos de Fútbol, April 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Spain denied at final hurdle; UEFA, 19 December 2003
- ^ Cruyff y la FEF acuerdan reducción salarial (Cruyff and EFF agree on pay cut); El Telégrafo, 30 March 2020 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Mediterranean Games 2005 (Spain)". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Carlos García at BDFutbol
- Carlos García – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Carlos García at Soccerway
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Spanish men's footballers
- Footballers from Barcelona
- Men's association football central defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- RCD Espanyol B footballers
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- Polideportivo Ejido footballers
- UD Almería players
- Real Betis players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players
- Süper Lig players
- Alanyaspor footballers
- Spain men's youth international footballers
- Spain men's under-21 international footballers
- Spain men's under-23 international footballers
- Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in football
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain
- Catalonia men's international footballers
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Spanish football managers
- Spanish expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Israel
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in China
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Udinese Calcio non-playing staff
- Chicago Fire FC non-playing staff
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen