Epifanio García
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Epifanio Ariel García Duarte | ||
| Date of birth | 2 July 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | San Miguel, Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | River Plate | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cerro Porteño | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | Cerro Porteño | 8 | (0) |
| 2015–2019 | Guaraní | 48 | (12) |
| 2016 | → Fulgencio Yegros (loan) | 36 | (8) |
| 2017–2018 | → Belgrano (loan) | 15 | (4) |
| 2020– | River Plate | 10 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2009 | Paraguay U17 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:19, 20 December 2020 (UTC) | |||
Epifanio Ariel García Duarte (born 2 July 1992) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for River Plate.[1]
Club
García started his senior footballing career in Paraguay with Cerro Porteño, with whom he made his professional debut with in June 2011 against Nacional in the Paraguayan Primera División.[1] Two further appearances followed in 2012 and 2013 for García, before he played five times during 2014.[1] He left in 2015 following eight appearances, none of which were starts. García signed for fellow Paraguayan top-flight club Guaraní in June 2015.[1] Before featuring for Guaraní, García had a loan spell with Paraguayan División Intermedia side Fulgencio Yegros where he scored eight goals in thirty-six games.[2][3]
He eventually made his Guaraní debut on 16 October 2016, over a year after joining, in a league match with River Plate, he scored his first career goal in the process during a 1–2 win.[1][4] In total, he went onto score three goals, including one versus former club Cerro Porteño, in eight games throughout 2016.[1] He scored three goals in seven 2017 Copa Libertadores matches for Guaraní.[1] On 23 July 2017, García joined Argentine Primera División side Belgrano on loan.[2][5][6]
International
García played four times for the Paraguay U17s in 2009.[7]