Olga García

Olga García Pérez is a Spanish football forward currently playing for Atlético Madrid in the Spanish First Division[1] and the Spain national team.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
Olga García
Personal information
Full name Olga García Pérez
Date of birth (1992-06-01) 1 June 1992[1]
Place of birth Dosrius, Catalonia, Spain[1]
Height 174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Atlético Madrid
Number 22
Youth career
2001–2002 La Penya Blac i Brava La Roca
2002–2004 FC Mataró
2004–2010 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Barcelona (60)
2013–2015 Levante 59 (16)
2015–2018 Barcelona 70 (23)
2018– Atlético Madrid 19 (10)
National team
2010–2011 Spain U-19 9 (5)
2015– Spain 31 (5)
2014– Catalonia 2 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 March 2019

Career

Club

As a young girl, Olga played for clubs La Penya Blac i Brava La Roca and FC Mataró before arriving at the youth teams of FC Barcelona in 2004 when she was about 12 years old. She was promoted to the club's first team at the 2010–11 season and at her first season she became the club's top scorer with 25 goals, including the winning goal of the 2011 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol final.[2] On her second season (2011–2012), she was the club's second top goalscorer with 22 goals, winning the Primera División. On the 2012–2013 season she was again the club's second top scorer with 13 league goals, playing with the club at the 2013 Champions League and winning the Copa de la Reina and the Primera División.[3]

On June 2013 she signed a two-year contract with Levante UD.[3]

She moved back to FC Barcelona after two seasons at Levante,[4] signing a contract with the club in July 2015.[5]

International

Garcia played for Spain on the under-17 and under-19 team. She was part of team which competed at the 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[4]

She trained and has been involved with the senior national team since the 2012–2013 season.[4] Her match debut happened on 26 November 2015, coming on as a substitute during Spain's UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying 3–0 win against Republic of Ireland in Dublin. At the end of that match, she had a shot deflected off Sophie Perry which resulted on Spain's third goal.[6][7]

International goals
Olga García – goals for  Spain
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.1 March 2017Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Prchal Japan0–21–22017 Algarve Cup
2.3 March 2017Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé Norway3–03–0
3.30 June 2017Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar Belgium6–07–0Friendly
4.28 February 2018GSZ Stadium, Larnaca Austria0–10–22018 Cyprus Cup
5.6 April 2018Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki Finland0–20–22019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Olga García – goals for  Catalonia
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 December 2014Lasesarre, Barakaldo Basque Country0–11–1Friendly
2.22 December 2016A Lomba, Vilagarcia de Arousa Galicia0–30–5Friendly
3.0–4

Honours
Barcelona
Spain

References
  1. "Profile" (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  2. "Barcelona win the Copa de la Reina beating Espanyol at the final" (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. "Olga García signs for Levante" (in Spanish). Futfem. 24 June 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  4. "Levante 2014–15 squad" (in Spanish). Levante UD. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  5. "Seven new faces for the Barça women's team". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  6. "EURO2017: Spain takes group top after beating Ireland (0-3)" (in Spanish). Futfem. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  7. "Republic of Ireland 0–3 Spain Report". UEFA. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
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