Diego García (footballer, born 29 December 1996)
Diego Gonzalo García Cardozo (born 29 December 1996) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Emelec, on loan from Estudiantes LP.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Gonzalo García Cardozo | ||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Salto, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Emelec (on loan from Estudiantes) | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sol De América | |||
| 2010–2012 | Ceibal (Salto) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Salto Nuevo FC | ||
| 2014–2015 | Liverpool Montevideo | ||
| 2015 | Juventud | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Juventud | 52 | (8) |
| 2017 | → Tacuarembó (loan) | 14 | (4) |
| 2019 | Boston River | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Juventud (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2019– | Estudiantes | 26 | (2) |
| 2021 | → Talleres (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Patronato (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2022– | → Emelec (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:29, 11 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
Career edit
García's career began in his homeland with Juventud.[1][3][4] He made the breakthrough into senior football in 2015–16, initially as an unused substitute for a Primera División draw away to Sud América on 21 November 2015.[1] His professional debut arrived in the succeeding February, appearing for seventy-one minutes of a win on the road against Liverpool.[1] A total of twenty-seven appearances came for García in three seasons, prior to his departure on loan midway through 2017 to Tacuarembó.[1][5] Goals against Villa Teresa, Oriental, Cerrito and Central Español occurred in the Segunda División.[1] He went back to Juventud at the end of the year.[1]
Juventud were relegated while García was at Tacuarembó, with the attacking midfielder subsequently netting eight times for Juventud in the second tier as they won promotion back to the Primera División for 2019.[1] Ahead of the aforementioned campaign, in February 2019, García was signed by top-flight club Boston River; though immediately returned to Juventud on loan.[1] Two goals in fifteen games followed in four months.[1] On 15 July 2019, García completed a transfer to Argentine Primera División side Estudiantes.[6][7][8] He made his bow in the Copa Argentina on 20 July versus Mitre.[1]
Personal life edit
In September 2018, García and Juventud publicly apologised to left-back Roger Bastos after the Brazilian was racially abused; after García allegedly called Bastos "a monkey" and offered him a banana, though he claimed his intentions were not racist.[9][10][11][12]
Career statistics edit
- As of 23 July 2019.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Juventud | 2015–16 | Uruguayan Primera División | 9 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| 2017 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| 2018 | Segunda División | 25 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 8 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 8 | ||||
| Tacuarembó (loan) | 2017 | Segunda División | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | |||
| Boston River | 2019 | Uruguayan Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Juventud (loan) | 2019 | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||||
| Estudiantes | 2019–20 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 81 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 14 | ||
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Uruguay - D. García". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Diego García". World Football. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Ficha Estadistica de DIEGO GARCIA". BDFA. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Juventud: Espera por Diego García; Enzo Pérez en capilla". Tenfield. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Tacuarembó: Incorporó a Diego Garcia". El Ascenso. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Sorpresa: Estudiantes sumó al uruguayo Diego García". Infocielo. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "El uruguayo Diego García es el tercer refuerzo de Estudiantes". Marca. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Diego García firmó contrato hasta 2023 y es nuevo refuerzo". Estudiantes. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Roger Bastos denunció a futbolista de Juventud de Las Piedras por decirle "mono"". Subrayado. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ ""Mono te voy a dar bananas": la denuncia de racismo de un jugador de Cerro Largo". El Observador. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Roger Bastos, de Cerro Largo, denunció por racismo a un jugador de Juventud". Ovación. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Jugador de Juventud pidió disculpas y dijo que no quiso discriminar a colega de Cerro Largo". Subrayado. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
External links edit
- Diego García at Soccerway