Raúl García (footballer, born 1989)
Raúl García Carnero (born 30 April 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Valladolid as a left back.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raúl García Carnero | ||
Date of birth | 30 April 1989 | ||
Place of birth | A Coruña, Spain | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Valladolid | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2002 | Victoria CF | ||
2002–2008 | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2012 | Deportivo B | 57 | (0) |
2008–2009 | → Montañeros (loan) | 27 | (1) |
2010–2012 | Deportivo La Coruña | 5 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Melilla (loan) | 28 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Almería B | 20 | (1) |
2012–2014 | Almería | 13 | (1) |
2014 | → Alavés (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2014–2017 | Alavés | 96 | (7) |
2017–2019 | Leganés | 24 | (0) |
2019 | Girona | 10 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Getafe | 4 | (0) |
2020 | → Valladolid (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2020– | Valladolid | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 July 2020 |
Club career
Born in A Coruña, García began playing football for local Victoria CF, before signing with neighbouring Deportivo de La Coruña at the age of 12.[1] He spent the vast majority of his first years as a senior with the Galicians's B-team, also being loaned to fourth division club Montañeros CF for the 2008–09 season.
On 4 April 2010, García made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, in a 0–3 away defeat against Atlético Madrid.[2] He played a further four league games with the main squad as until the end of the campaign and, in June, signed a new one-year contract.
In the following season, García returned to Deportivo B and was loaned to fellow third level side UD Melilla in the summer of 2011.[3] Subsequently, he was offered a new deal by his parent club, on the condition he accepted another loan;[4] the player refused and signed with UD Almería on 5 July 2012, initially being assigned to the reserves.[5]
On 26 October 2012, García was called up to the first team due to injuries.[6] On the following day, he made his competitive debut with them by starting in a 1–0 home win against SD Huesca;[7] he scored his first goal as a professional in the next matchday, a 2–0 success at Recreativo de Huelva.[8]
On 28 June 2013, after contributing with eight appearances as Almería returned to the top level after two years out, García was promoted to the first team due to a clause on his contract.[9] However, he appeared rarely in the Spanish top flight, and was subsequently loaned to Deportivo Alavés in January 2014.[10]
García terminated his contract at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos on 14 July 2014,[11] and joined Alavés permanently just hours later.[12] He scored a career-best five goals in 2015–16, achieving promotion to the top division as champions.[13][14]
On 5 June 2017, García signed a three-year contract with fellow league club CD Leganés.[15] In January 2019, having been sparingly played during the first part of the season,[16] the free agent joined Girona FC – also of the top tier – on a five-month deal.[17]
On 1 July 2019, after suffering relegation, García moved to Getafe CF on a three-year contract,[18] but agreed to a six-month loan at Real Valladolid the following transfer window.[19] On 28 July 2020, he signed a permanent three-year deal with the latter club.[20]
References
- La última perla de la inagotable cantera del Victoria coruñés (The last gem of Victoria's neverending 'cantera'); La Voz de Galicia, 19 February 2010 (in Spanish)
- Atlético Madrid 3–0 Deportivo La Coruña; ESPN FC, 4 April 2010
- Raúl García: “Pienso que si estuviera allí contaría con algún minuto” (Raúl García: "I think if i was there i would play a minute or two"); Riazor, 11 November 2011 (in Spanish)
- El club coruñés ofrece a Raúl un año más de contrato y marcharse cedido (Coruña club offers Raúl another year in contract and a loan); La Voz de Galicia, 3 July 2012 (in Spanish)
- Raúl García, tercer fichaje del Almería B (Raúl García, third Almería B signing); UD Almería, 5 July 2012 (in Spanish)
- Raúl García es la principal novedad en la convocatoria del Almería ante el partido contra el Huesca (Raúl García is new guy in Almería's selection for match against Huesca); UD Almería, 26 October 2012 (in Spanish)
- El Almería se lanza de penalti a la caza del líder (Almería prowl leadership through penalty); Marca, 27 October 2012 (in Spanish)
- El Almería acaba con la racha inmaculada del Recre en Huelva (Almería end Recre's winning streak in Huelva); Marca, 4 November 2012 (in Spanish)
- Dieciséis jugadores tienen actualmente contrato en vigor con la primera plantilla de la UD Almería (Sixteen players currently on contract with UD Almería's first team) Archived 1 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine; UD Almería, 28 June 2013 (in Spanish)
- Raúl García se marcha cedido al Alavés (Raúl García goes on loan to Alavés) Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine; UD Almería, 31 January 2014 (in Spanish)
- El Almería y Raúl García llegan a un acuerdo para rescindir el contrato (Almería and Raúl García reach agreement to terminate contract) Archived 15 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine; UD Almería, 14 July 2014 (in Spanish)
- Raúl García apuesta por el Deportivo Alavés (Raúl García bets on Deportivo Alavés); Deportivo Alavés, 14 July 2014 (in Spanish)
- El jugador albiazul Raúl García cumple 100 partidos en Segunda División (White-and-blue player Raúl García completes 100 matches in Segunda División); Kirol Express, 24 May 2016 (in Spanish)
- El Alavés vuelve a Primera (Alavés return to Primera); El País, 29 May 2016 (in Spanish)
- El lateral Raúl García, primer refuerzo del Leganés para la 2017/18 (Full back Raúl García, first Leganés addition for 2017/18); CD Leganés, 5 June 2017 (in Spanish)
- "Raúl García: "Nos hace falta sentir más el grupo, el equipo"" [Raúl García: "We need to feel the group, the team more"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- "El Girona ficha al lateral izquierdo Raúl García" [Girona sign left-back Raúl García] (in Spanish). Girona FC. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- "Raúl García será azulón" [Raúl García will be azulón] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- "Raúl García Carnero, cedido al Valladolid" [Raúl García Carnero, loaned to Valladolid] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- "Raúl Carnero sigue en el Pucela" [Raúl Carnero remains at Pucela] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
External links
- Raúl García at BDFutbol
- Raúl García at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Raúl García at Soccerway