Pablo García (footballer, born 1999)
Uruguayan footballer
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Pablo Javier García Lafluf (born 15 April 1999) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for San Martín SJ.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pablo Javier García Lafluf | ||
| Date of birth | 15 April 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | San Martín SJ | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Liverpool | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Liverpool | 10 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | River Plate B | ||
| 2019–2023 | Nacional | 40 | (2) |
| 2021 | → River Plate (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Coritiba (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | River Plate | 28 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Plaza Colonia | 51 | (7) |
| 2025– | San Martín SJ | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Uruguay U17 | |||
| 2017 | Uruguay U18 | 3 | (1) |
| 2016–2019 | Uruguay U20 | 20 | (6) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:52, 23 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Career
Club
García began his career in his homeland of Uruguay, Liverpool were his first club.[1][2] He was an unused substitute for a Uruguayan Primera División fixture with Montevideo Wanderers on 6 February 2016, which preceded his professional debut on 13 February during an away loss versus Plaza Colonia.[1] After ten further appearances in all competitions across three campaigns, García departed at the conclusion of 2017 after rejecting a new contract with Liverpool.[1][3] In January 2018, García left to join Argentine football by signing for River Plate of the Argentine Primera División.[3][4] A year later, García returned to Uruguay with 2018 runner-ups Nacional.[5][6]
International
García represented Uruguay at U17 and U20 level.[1][3] He scored for the U17s in a friendly with the United States in June 2017, while he was selected by the U20s for the 2018 Panda Cup.[1][3] García was picked by Fabián Coito for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship in Chile.[7][8]
Career statistics
- As of 11 January 2019.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liverpool | 2015–16 | Uruguayan Primera División | 6 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 10 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| River Plate | 2017–18 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nacional | 2019 | Uruguayan Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
- Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana