Aleix García
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aleix García Serrano[1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 June 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Ulldecona, Spain | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Girona | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2005 | Ulldecona | ||
2005–2015 | Villarreal | ||
2015–2016 | Manchester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Villarreal C | 27 | (4) |
2014–2015 | Villarreal B | 10 | (0) |
2015 | Villarreal | 1 | (0) |
2015–2020 | Manchester City | 4 | (0) |
2017–2019 | → Girona (loan) | 51 | (3) |
2019–2020 | → Mouscron (loan) | 23 | (5) |
2020–2021 | Dinamo București | 7 | (0) |
2021 | Eibar | 11 | (0) |
2021– | Girona | 42 | (0) |
International career | |||
2013 | Spain U16 | 2 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Spain U17 | 9 | (1) |
2015 | Spain U18 | 2 | (2) |
2016 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
2018 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 June 2021 |
Aleix García Serrano (Catalan: [əˈleʒ ɣəɾˈsi.ə]; Spanish: [aˈleʃ ɣaɾˈθi.a];[a] born 28 June 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Girona.
Club career
Villarreal
Born in Ulldecona, Tarragona, Catalonia, García joined Villarreal CF's youth setup in 2005, aged eight, after starting out at CF Ulldecona.[2] He made his senior debut with the reserves in Segunda División B on 26 April 2014 at only 16 years of age, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 away win against CF Badalona.[3]
García featured for the C team in the 2014–15 season, also appearing for the B side in the same campaign. He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 23 May 2015, replacing Antonio Rukavina in a 4–0 loss at Athletic Bilbao.[4]
Manchester City
On 27 August 2015, García joined Premier League side Manchester City.[5] He was selected by then-City manager Manuel Pellegrini against Chelsea on 21 February 2016 in the fifth round of the FA Cup.[6]
García made his first Premier League appearance on 17 September 2016, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute in a 4–0 home win against Bournemouth.[7] On 21 September, he started in an EFL Cup match against Swansea City, scoring his first goal for the club in the 2–1 away win.[8] He next started a month later on 26 October, in another EFL Cup match, a 1–0 loss to Manchester United.[9]
Girona loan
On 1 August 2017, García was loaned to newly promoted La Liga club Girona FC until the end of the season.[10] He was loaned again for the 2018–19 season.[11]
Royal Excel Mouscron loan
García was loaned to Belgian side Royal Excel Mouscron for the 2019–20 season.[12]
Dinamo București / Eibar
On 8 October 2020, he signed a contract with Romanian club Dinamo București, until the end of the season.[13] On 18 January 2021, after featuring sparingly, he returned to Spain and its top tier after signing for Eibar on a free transfer.[14]
Girona return
On 23 July 2021, García returned to Girona on a two-year contract, with the club now in Segunda División.[15]
Notes
- ^ In isolation, García is pronounced [ɡəɾˈsi.ə]/[ɡaɾˈθi.a], and Aleix [əˈleʃ].
References
- ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Trabajo con ganas e ilusión para hacerme con un hueco este año en el Villarreal B" [I work with eagerness and hope to fit in to Villarreal B this year]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). 29 July 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "¡Victoria del Villarreal B en Badalona!" [Victory of Villarreal B in Badalona!] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 26 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "El Athletic monta la fiesta" [Athletic party mounts]. Marca (in Spanish). 23 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ Richard Jolly (27 August 2015). "Aleix Garcia joins Manchester City from Villarreal". ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "Man City give five young players debuts in FA Cup game at Chelsea". ESPN. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ Sanghera, Mandeep (17 September 2016). "Manchester City 4–0 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ Mooney, David (21 September 2016). "Teenager Aleix Garcia impresses as Man City defeat Swansea in EFL Cup". ESPN. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ McKeegan, Alice (27 October 2016). "Guardiola praises two Man City players after EFL Cup defeat to Manchester United". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "Aleix García will strengthen the midfield of Girona" (in Catalan). Girona FC. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Manchester City starlet Aleix García heading to Spain for new loan move". City Watch. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "City loans Aleix García... to Mouscron!" (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ "Aleix Garcia Serrano la Dinamo Bucureşti". fcdinamo.ro (in Romanian). 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ Barroso, Ander (2021-01-18). "Aleix García, nuevo jugador del Eibar" [Aleix García, new Eibar player]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ "Segona etapa d'Aleix Garcia al Girona FC" [Second spell of Aleix Garcia at Girona FC] (in Catalan). Girona FC. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
External links
- Aleix García at BDFutbol
- Aleix García at Soccerbase
- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Montsià
- Sportspeople from the Province of Tarragona
- Spanish footballers
- Footballers from Catalonia
- Association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Premier League players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Liga I players
- Villarreal CF B players
- Villarreal CF players
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Girona FC players
- Royal Excel Mouscron players
- FC Dinamo București players
- SD Eibar footballers
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Catalonia international footballers