Raúl García (footballer, born 1989)
Spanish footballer
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Raúl García Carnero (born 30 April 1989) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raúl García Carnero[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 April 1989[1] | ||
| Place of birth | A Coruña, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2001 | Victoria | ||
| 2001–2008 | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2012 | Deportivo B | 58 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | → Montañeros (loan) | 44 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Deportivo La Coruña | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Melilla (loan) | 28 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Almería B | 20 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Almería | 13 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Alavés (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | Alavés | 96 | (7) |
| 2017–2019 | Leganés | 24 | (0) |
| 2019 | Girona | 10 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Getafe | 4 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Valladolid (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Valladolid | 14 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| Total | 367 | (13) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Born in A Coruña, García began playing football with local Victoria CF, signing for neighbouring Deportivo de La Coruña at the age of 12.[2] He spent the vast majority of his first years as a senior with the Galicians's B team, also being loaned to Tercera División club Montañeros CF for the second part of 2007–08 and the entire following season.[3]
On 4 April 2010, García made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, in a 3–0 away defeat against Atlético Madrid.[4] He played a further four league games with the main squad until the end of the campaign.[5]
In the following season, García returned to Deportivo B and was loaned to fellow Segunda División B side UD Melilla in the summer of 2011.[6] Subsequently, he was offered a new deal by his parent club, on the condition he accepted another loan;[7] the player refused and signed with UD Almería on 5 July 2012, initially being assigned to the reserves.[8]
García was called up to the first team on 26 October 2012, due to injuries.[9] He made his competitive debut the day after, starting in a 1–0 Segunda División home win over SD Huesca.[10] He scored his first goal as a professional in the next match, opening a 2–0 victory at Recreativo de Huelva.[11]
On 28 June 2013, after contributing eight appearances as Almería returned to the top flight after two years out, García was promoted to the first team due to a clause on his contract.[12] However, he was loaned to Deportivo Alavés in January 2014.[13]
García terminated his contract at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos on 14 July 2014,[14] and joined Alavés on a permanent basis hours later.[15] He scored a career-best five goals in 2015–16, achieving promotion to the main division as champions.[16][17]
On 5 June 2017, García signed a two-year deal with fellow top-tier club CD Leganés.[18] In January 2019, having been sparingly played during the first part of the season,[19] the free agent joined Girona FC – of the same league – for five months.[20]
On 1 July 2019, after suffering relegation, García moved to Getafe CF on a three-year deal,[21] but agreed to a six-month loan at Real Valladolid in the following transfer window.[22] On 28 July 2020, he signed a permanent three-year contract with the latter.[23] He scored his only goal in the top flight on 19 December, in a 1–1 draw away to Sevilla FC.[24]
García returned to his first club Deportivo in July 2022, agreeing to a one-year loan.[25] On 7 July 2023, he terminated his contract with Valladolid.[26]
Honours
Alavés