Álvaro García (footballer, born 1992)

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

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name 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
Place of birth Utrera, Spain
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club 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 3 (0)
2014–2015 → Racing Santander (loan) 30 (3)
2015–2016 → Cádiz (loan) 39 (9)
2016–2018 Cádiz 76 (15)
2018– Rayo Vallecano 51 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:51, 2 Décember 2019 (UTC)

Football 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]

On 23 August 2018, he joined Rayo Vallecano on a five-year contract.[10]

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 2014-02-25 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.
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