Édgar García de Dios

Édgar Arturo García de Dios (1 September 1977 – 27 June 2010) was a Mexican football player who had previously played professionally for Atlante and Tecos.

Édgar García
Personal information
Full name Édgar Arturo García de Dios
Date of birth (1977-09-01)September 1, 1977
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death June 27, 2010(2010-06-27) (aged 32)
Place of death Naucalpan, Mexico
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Atlante
1997–1999 Toluca 5 (0)
1999 LASK Linz
1999–2000 Tecos UAG 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Mexico City, Edgar Arturo Garcia made his debut with Atlante F.C. in the Mexico First Division in the 1995–1996 season as a forward. He then moved to play in Toluca, and Verano.[1] After a brief season in LASK Linz in Second Division in Austria, he returned for season 1999–2000 to play with Tecos.[2]

Personal life

He was a son of Arturo and Margarita Garcia. As of 2002, Garcia didn't play professional football anymore after money and football fame made him an alcoholic, effectively ending his football career prematurely.[3]

Death

He was shot with seven bullets at close range while in a taxi cab in Naucalpan.[4] He died instantly. The motives of the killing are not clear.

References
  1. Yucatan.com: Asesinan al ex atlantista Edgar García de Dios (in Spanish)
  2. Sale a la luz ejecución del ex futbolista Édgar Arturo García de Dios (in Spanish)
  3. García de Dios se ahoga en alcohol - Cronica (in Spanish)
  4. Murió asesinado Edgar García de Dios - Mediotiempo (in Spanish)
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