Ariel Garcé

Ariel Garcé

Personal information
Full name	Ariel Hernán Garcé
Date of birth	14 July 1979 (1979-07-14)
Place of birth	Tandil, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Centre back / Right back
Club information
Current club	Colón
Number	46
Youth career
	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2004	River Plate	98	(0)
2003	→ Monarcas Morelia (loan)	11	(0)
2004–2005	Colón	23	(1)
2005–2006	Olimpo	15	(0)
2006–2007	Rosario Central	32	(1)
2007–	Colón	107	(3)
National team‡
2003–2010	Argentina	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:09, 6 August 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:00, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Ariel Hernán Garcé (born 14 July 1979) nicknamed Chino (Chinese), is an Argentine football defender who currently plays for Colón de Santa Fe in the Argentine Primera División. He usually plays as a central defender or as a right full-back.

Career

Club

Garcé started his career with River Plate in 1999. He was part of two championship winning squads before moving on loan to Monarcas Morelia in Mexico in 2003. Garcé returned to River Plate in 2004 and helped the club to win the Clausura 2004 tournament.

Garcé then had his first spell with Colón de Santa Fe, before playing for Olimpo de Bahía Blanca and Rosario Central. While at Olimpo, Garcé was banned for 6 months by the Argentine federation after he tested positive of cocaine.

In 2007 he returned for a second spell with Colón.

National team

Garcé played two friendly matches under Marcelo Bielsa's coaching for the Argentina national football team in 2003. He then played a friendly against Haiti under Diego Maradona. On the May 19, 2010 Garcé was surprisingly selected as one of the 23 men to play for Argentina in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa though he did not feature in any matches.

National team statistics

Argentina national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2003	2	0
2004	0	0
2005	0	0
2006	0	0
2007	0	0
2008	0	0
2009	0	0
2010	2	0
Total	4	0

Honours

River Plate

• Argentine Primera División (3): Clausura 2000, Clausura 2002, Clausura 2004

External links

• Statistics at Irish Times
• Ariel Garcé at National-Football-Teams.com
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics