Álvaro García (footballer, born 1992)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Rivera.

Álvaro García
Personal information
Full name Álvaro García Rivera
Date of birth (1992-10-27) 27 October 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Utrera, Spain
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, left winger
Team information
Current team
 Rayo Vallecano
Number 18
Youth career
Utrera
2010–2011 Goyu Ryu
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Utrera
2013 San Fernando 15 (1)
2013–2014 Granada B 31 (6)
2013–2016 Granada 4 (0)
2014–2015 → Racing Santander (loan) 30 (3)
2015–2016 → Cádiz (loan) 34 (7)
2016–2018 Cádiz 74 (15)
2018– Rayo Vallecano 201 (28)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2023

Álvaro García Rivera (born 27 October 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Rayo Vallecano as an attacking midfielder or left winger.

Career

Born in Utrera, Province of Seville, García finished his formation with local CG Goyu-Ryu, signing for CD Utrera in August 2011.[1] He made his senior debuts in the 2011–12 season, with his team in the regional championships.

On 23 January 2013, García moved to San Fernando CD, in Segunda División B.[2] He finished the campaign with 15 appearances (12 starts), scoring one goal.

On 6 July, García joined La Liga side Granada CF for four years.[3] He featured with the first team during pre-season, and made his professional – and La Liga – debut on 18 August, playing the last twelve minutes of a 2–1 away win against CA Osasuna.[4]

On 28 August 2014, García was loaned to Segunda División club Racing de Santander, in a season-long loan deal.[5] Roughly a year later he moved to Cádiz CF, also in a temporary deal.[6]

On 19 July 2016, after scoring a career-best nine goals in the Yellow Submarine's promotion campaign, García signed a permanent four-year deal after rescinding with Granada.[7] On 14 January 2018, he scored a brace in a 2–0 home defeat of Córdoba CF.

On 13 August 2018, Cádiz announced that 50% of García's federative rights were sold to SD Huesca for a fee of €3 million,[8] but the player announced hours later he would not play for the latter club.[9] Ten days later, he joined Rayo Vallecano on a five-year contract.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 November 2022[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Copa del Rey Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
San Fernando 2012–13 Segunda División B 15 1 — — 15 1
Granada B 2013–14 Segunda División B 30 6 — — 30 6
2014–15 Segunda División B 1 0 — — 1 0
Total 31 6 0 0 0 0 31 6
Granada 2013–14 La Liga 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
Racing Santander (loan) 2014–15 Segunda División 30 3 0 0 — 30 3
Cádiz (loan) 2015–16 Segunda División B 34 7 5 0 5[a] 2 44 9
Cádiz 2016–17 Segunda División 38 5 1 0 2[b] 0 41 5
2017–18 Segunda División 36 10 4 1 — 40 11
Total 108 22 10 1 7 2 125 25
Rayo Vallecano 2018–19 La Liga 35 4 2 1 — 37 5
2019–20 Segunda División 35 4 3 0 — 38 4
2020–21 Segunda División 39 2 2 0 4[b] 2 45 4
2021–22 La Liga 36 7 3 1 — 39 8
2022–23 La Liga 12 3 0 0 — 12 3
Total 157 20 10 2 4 2 171 24
Career total 345 52 20 3 11 4 376 59
  1. ^ Appearances in Segunda División promotion play-offs
  2. ^ a b Appearances in La Liga promotion play-offs

References

  1. ^ El CD Utrera ultima los fichajes de la nueva temporada (CD Utrera completes signings for the new season); La Voz de Utrera, 31 August 2011 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Álvaro, refuerzo para la segunda vuelta. (Álvaro, reinforcement for second round); San Fernando CD, 23 January 2013 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Alvaro Garcia nuevo jugador del Granada Club de Futbol (Alvaro Garcia new player of Granada Club de Futbol); Granada CF, 6 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Granada hold on for victory Archived 25 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine; ESPN FC, 18 August 2013
  5. ^ Álvaro García cedido al Racing de Santander (Álvaro García loaned to Racing de Santander); Granada CF, 28 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Álvaro García cedido al Cádiz CF (Álvaro García loaned to Cádiz CF); Granada CF, 5 August 2015 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Álvaro ficha por el Cádiz para las cuatro próximas temporadas (Álvaro signs for Cádiz for the following four seasons); Cádiz CF, 19 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ "Comunicado sobre el jugador Álvaro García" [Announcement about the player Álvaro García] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Álvaro García descarta fichar por el Huesca" [Álvaro García discards playing for Huesca] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Álvaro García nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Álvaro García new player of Rayo Vallecano] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  11. ^ Álvaro García at Soccerway

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