Aleix García

Aleix García
García with Spain U18 in 2015
Personal information
Full name Aleix García Serrano[1]
Date of birth (1997-06-28) 28 June 1997
Place of birth Ulldecona, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Girona
(on loan from Manchester City)
Number 23
Youth career
2002–2005 Ulldecona
2005–2015 Villarreal
2015–2016 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Villarreal B 10 (0)
2014–2015 Villarreal C 27 (4)
2015 Villarreal 1 (0)
2015– Manchester City 4 (0)
2017– → Girona (loan) 20 (1)
National team‡
2013 Spain U16 2 (0)
2013–2014 Spain U17 9 (1)
2015 Spain U18 4 (3)
2016 Spain U19 1 (0)
2018– Spain U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:28, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2018

Aleix García Serrano (Catalan: [əˈleʒ ɣəɾˈsi.ə]; Spanish: [aˈleʃ ɣaɾˈθi.a];[lower-alpha 1] born 28 June 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Girona FC on loan from English club Manchester City as a central midfielder.

Club career

Villarreal

Born in Ulldecona, Tarragona, Catalonia, García joined Villarreal CF's youth setup in 2005, aged eight, after starting out at CF Ulldecona.[2] He made his senior debut with the reserves in Segunda División B on 26 April 2014 at only 16 years of age, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 away win against CF Badalona.[3]

García featured for the C team in the 2014–15 season, also appearing for the B side in the same campaign. He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 23 May 2015, replacing Antonio Rukavina in a 4–0 loss at Athletic Bilbao.[4]

Manchester City

On 27 August 2015, García joined Premier League side Manchester City.[5] He was selected by then-City manager Manuel Pellegrini against Chelsea on 21 February 2016 in the fifth round of the FA Cup.[6]

García made his first Premier League appearance on 17 September 2016, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute in a 4–0 home win against Bournemouth.[7] On 21 September, he started in an EFL Cup match against Swansea City, scoring his first goal for the club in the 2–1 away win.[8] He next started a month later on 26 October, in another EFL Cup match, a 1–0 loss to Manchester United.[9]

Girona loan

On 1 August 2017, García was loaned to newly promoted La Liga club Girona FC until the end of the season.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 20 April 2018[11]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Villarreal B 2013–14[12] Segunda División B 30————30
2014–15[12] Segunda División B 70————70
Total 100————100
Villarreal C 2014–15[13] Tercera División 274————274
Villarreal 2014–15[14] La Liga 1000———10
Manchester City 2015–16[15] Premier League 00100000—10
2016–17[16] Premier League 40202100—81
Total 40302100—91
Girona 2017–18[17] La Liga 18110———191
Career total 535402100—596

Notes

  1. ↑ In isolation, García is pronounced [ɡəɾˈsi.ə]/[ɡaɾˈθi.a], and Aleix [əˈleʃ].

References

  1. ↑ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Trabajo con ganas e ilusión para hacerme con un hueco este año en el Villarreal B" [I work with eagerness and hope to fit in to Villarreal B this year]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). 29 July 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "¡Victoria del Villarreal B en Badalona!" [Victory of Villarreal B in Badalona!] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 26 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "El Athletic monta la fiesta" [Athletic party mounts]. Marca (in Spanish). 23 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Jolly, Richard (27 August 2015). "Aleix Garcia joins Manchester City from Villarreal". ESPN FC. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Man City give five young players debuts in FA Cup game at Chelsea". ESPN FC. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Sanghera, Mandeep (17 September 2016). "Manchester City 4–0 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Mooney, David (21 September 2016). "Teenager Aleix Garcia impresses as Man City defeat Swansea in EFL Cup". ESPN FC. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  9. ↑ McKeegan, Alice (27 October 2016). "Guardiola praises two Man City players after EFL Cup defeat to Manchester United". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Aleix García will strengthen the midfield of Girona" (in Catalan). Girona FC. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Aleix García Socceway Profile". Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Aleix García profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  13. ↑ Aleix García at La Preferente. Retrieved 8 June 2017. (in Spanish)
  14. ↑ "Games played by Aleix García in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Aleix García in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Aleix García in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Aleix García in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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