| Claudio García | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Claudio Omar García | |
| Date of birth | August 24, 1963 | |
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1981-1986 1986-1988 1988-1990 1991-1995 1995-1996 1996-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001 |
Huracán Vélez Sársfield Lyon Racing Club Colón de Santa Fe Huracán All Boys Independiente Rivadavia Chacarita Juniors Real Jaen |
202 (40) 73 (19) 54 (14) 129 (26) 30 (4) 49 (11) 20 (3) 11 (1) 30 (4) 0 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1991-1993 | Argentina | 13 (3) |
| Teams managed | ||
| Defensores Unidos Independiente Rivadavia |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Claudio "Turco" García (born August 24, 1963 in Argentina) is a former Argentina international footballer. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered
García started his professional career in 1981 with Club Atlético Huracán in Buenos Aires. Club Atlético Huracán is a professional football team from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern He stayed with the club until their relegation from the Argentine Primera at the end of the 1985-1986 season. Primera División ( English: First Division) is the top category of Argentine Football, and is organized by the Argentine Football Association
García joined Vélez Sársfield where he played until 1988, he then signed for Lyon in France. Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is an Argentine Sports club best known for its football team based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Olympique Lyonnais (popularly known as OL, or simply Lyon) is a French football club based in Lyon. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
In 1991 García returned to Argentine football to join Racing Club de Avellaneda, he was also given his debut fir the Argentina national team in 1991. Football is the most popular sport in Argentina, it has more registered players than any other sport (54000 in 2002 equivalent to Racing Club, also known simply as Racing, is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a Suburb of Gran Buenos He was part of two Copa América winning campaigns in 1991 and 1993. The Copa América ( Spanish and Portuguese for "America Cup" is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by The Copa América 1991 football tournament was hosted by Chile, from July 8 to July 21, 1991. The 1993 Copa América football tournament was held in Ecuador between June 15 and July 4.
García played over 100 games for Racing Club between 1991 and his departure in 1995. He joined Colón de Santa Fe where he spent one season before returning to Huracán in 1996. Club Atlético Colón is a football team from Santa Fe, Argentina. By the end of his 2nd spell at Huracán he had made 251 appearances, scoring 51 goals.
Towards the end of his playing days he spent time with All Boys and Independiente Rivadavia in the Argentine 2nd Division and Chacarita Juniors. Club Atlético All Boys is a football club based in the Floresta district of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Club Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia are a football club from the Mendoza Province of Argentina. Primera B Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English National B Division) is the second most important category of Argentine Football (soccer Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors are an Argentine professional Football (soccer club from Villa Maipú, San Martín in the Buenos In 2001 he joined Spanish lower league side Real Jaen. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Real Jaén is a football team based in Jaén in the autonomous community of Andalusia.
| Season | Team | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Copa América | |
| 1993 | Copa América |
Since his retirement as a player García has worked as a football manager on a couple of occasions, with Defensores Unidos and Independiente Rivadavia. The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA The Copa América ( Spanish and Portuguese for "America Cup" is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA The Copa América ( Spanish and Portuguese for "America Cup" is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by Club Atlético Defensores Unidos are an Argentina Football club, they come from the Villa Fox district of Zárate in Buenos Aires