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Matías García (footballer, born 1996)

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Matías García
Personal information
Full name Matías Nicolás García
Date of birth (1996-07-22) 22 July 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth La Banda, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Floriana
Number 20
Youth career
Sarmiento La Banda
2010–2017 Belgrano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Senglea Athletic 45 (7)
2019– Floriana 98 (4)
International career
2022– Malta 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:06, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Matías Nicolás García (born 22 July 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Maltese Premier League club Floriana. Born in Argentina, he plays for the Malta national team.

Club career

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García is a youth product of Sarmiento La Banda and Belgrano. From Belgrano, he moved to Malta with Senglea Athletic in 2017.[1] He transferred to Floriana in 2019, and helped them win the 2019–20 Maltese Premier League in his debut season with them.[2]

International career

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García was born in Argentina, and naturalized via merit to Malta after spending 5 years in the country. In late May 2022, it was announced that García had been awarded a Maltese passport and was eligible to represent Malta. He was called up to the Malta national football team for UEFA Nations League matches in June 2022.[3] He debuted with Malta in a friendly 1–0 loss to Venezuela on 1 June 2022.[4]

Honours

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Floriana

References

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  1. ^ Liberal, El. "Racing venció a Huracán en Avellaneda en el inicio de la Liga Profesional 2022 - El Liberal". www.elliberal.com.ar.
  2. ^ "García y Floriana FC, campeones en Malta".
  3. ^ "Matias Garcia to play for Malta after passport application goes through". Times of Malta.
  4. ^ "Friendly: Venezuela beat Malta with Rondon first half header - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt.
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