Raphaël Garcia

Garcia began playing soccer at age four, joining the Gloucester Hornets SC two year later.^[1] At age 13, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy, after being selected following attending open trials.^[1] On 7 September 2018, Garcia played in the Cap City Cup with USL Championship side Ottawa Fury in a 1–0 loss to Montreal Impact.^[2]

In 2021, Garcia began attending Carleton University, where he played for the men's soccer team, choosing to depart professional soccer due to the low salary in the Canadian Premier League.^[3][4] In his first season, he helped the team win a U Sports silver medal, and was and an OUA East First Team All-Star and a U Sports First Team All-Canadian and was named Ottawa's top soccer player at the 2021 Ottawa Sports Awards.^[5][6][7] In his second year, he earned Academic All-Canadian, Dean's Honours List, and won the U Sports Top 8 Academic All-Canadian Award.^[5] In his third and final season, he was named team captain and helped the side win the OUA title,^[8] and was also named an OUA East First Team All-Star and a U Sports Second Team All-Canadian.^[9][10] He also earned Carleton's Graduating Male Athlete of the Year award.^[11]

In January 2019, Garcia signed a multi-year contract with Valour FC of the Canadian Premier League.^[12][13] He made his debut on May 11, 2019, starting in a 1-0 victory over HFX Wanderers FC.^[14] During the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season, he made only one appearance due to injury.^[15][1]

In November 2013, Garcia debuted in the Canadian youth program, attending an identification camp for the Canada U15 team.^[16]

As of match played September 5, 2020^[17]