Ayoze García

Ayoze
Ayoze in action for the Cosmos in 2015
Personal information
Full name Ayoze García Pérez
Date of birth (1985-11-22) 22 November 1985
Place of birth Puerto de la Cruz, Spain
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
 Indy Eleven
Number 7
Youth career
CD Esquilón
Puerto Cruz
Tenerife
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Tenerife B 50 (8)
2003–2010 Tenerife 162 (19)
2004–2005 → Las Palmas (loan) 27 (3)
2010–2012 Sporting Gijón 28 (1)
2013–2017 New York Cosmos 120 (8)
2018– Indy Eleven 28 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 October 2018

Ayoze García Pérez (born 22 November 1985), known simply as Ayoze, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Indy Eleven mostly as a left back.

Football career

Spain

Born in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Ayoze made his professional debut with CD Tenerife in Segunda División, then had a loan spell at neighbours UD Las Palmas, in 2004–05's Segunda División B.

Upon his return, he became an essential midfield element in the subsequent seasons: from 2006 to 2008 he only missed eight league games combined and scored 14 times, helping the Canary Islands club achieve promotion to La Liga in 2009. In the subsequent campaign he was used regularly (25 matches, three goals) albeit not an undisputed starter, as the team was immediately relegated back; his debut in the Spanish top flight took place on 19 September 2009, as he came on as a 62nd-minute substitute in a 0–4 away loss against RCD Mallorca.[1]

In mid-May 2010, after negotiations to renew his link did not produce any results, Ayoze left Tenerife and signed for three years with Sporting de Gijón, which in turn retained its top division status.[2] He terminated his contract with the Asturians on 31 August 2012 after two seasons of insignificant playing time, the second one ending in relegation.[3]

United States

Aged 27, Ayoze moved abroad for the first time, joining the second division New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League.[4] In his first year with the team he was an important player, helping it to wins in the NASL Fall Championship and the Soccer Bowl;[5] he tallied one assist, and was part of a defence that ranked first after allowing the fewest goals in the league (12).

On 13 November 2013, Ayoze was signed to a contract extension. During the 2014 Spring season he scored two goals and recorded one assist, once again helping his team finish as the one with the fewest goals conceded and setting a modern-day NASL shutout streak record of 372 minutes.[6]

Ayoze provided the assist on Mads Stokkelien's goal that gave the Cosmos a 1–0 lead during an eventual 1–2 defeat against the San Antonio Scorpions on 8 November 2014, in The Championship's semi-finals.[7]

On 6 February 2018, Ayoze signed with USL side Indy Eleven for the 2018 season.[8]

Honours

New York Cosmos

References

  1. ↑ "El Mallorca golea al Tenerife y firma su mejor arranque liguero" [Mallorca rout Tenerife and sign their best league start] (in Spanish). El País. 19 September 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Ayoze anuncia su marcha al Sporting (Ayoze announces departure to Sporting); Marca, 19 May 2010 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Ayoze, desligado del Sporting (Ayoze, ties with Sporting cut); Sporting Gijón, 31 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ New York Cosmos sign Spanish midfielder Ayoze; New York Cosmos, 8 February 2013
  5. ↑ Lohr, Luke (10 November 2013). "New York Cosmos claim 2013 NASL Soccer Bowl behind goal from Marcos Senna". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  6. ↑ New York Cosmos shutout streak ends Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine.; One World Sports, 26 April 2014
  7. ↑ San Antonio Scorpions 2–1 NY Cosmos; New York Cosmos, 8 November 2014
  8. ↑ http://www.indyeleven.com/news_article/show/883964?referrer_id=3577980
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