Alexis García
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexis Enrique García Vega | ||
| Date of birth | 21 July 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Quibdó, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | La Equidad (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1985 | Once Caldas | 233 | (18) |
| 1986–1998 | Atlético Nacional | 443 | (57) |
| Total | 676 | (75) | |
| International career | |||
| 1980–1987 | Colombia Olympic[1] | 8 | (1) |
| 1988–1993 | Colombia | 25 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999 | Once Caldas | ||
| 2002–2003 | Atlético Nacional | ||
| 2003–2004 | Deportivo Pereira | ||
| 2004–2005 | Atlético Bucaramanga | ||
| 2005–2006 | Centauros Villavicencio | ||
| 2006–2012 | La Equidad | ||
| 2013–2014 | Atlético Junior | ||
| 2014 | Fortaleza | ||
| 2016 | Santa Fe | ||
| 2019 | Deportivo Pasto | ||
| 2020- | La Equidad | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alexis Enrique García Vega (born 21 July 1960) is a Colombian retired football midfielder. He is currently the manager of Deportivo Pasto in the Categoría Primera A.
Club career
Along with seven more siblings, he grew up in barrio La Floresta of Medellín where he started his career playing for the Antioquia Football Selection. In 1980, he joined Once Caldas of Manizales and the same year he was called to play for the Colombia Olympic football team for the Moscow Olympic Games. In 1986, he joined Atlético Nacional of Medellín where he remained until his retirement in 1998. Known as "The Great Captain", Alexis Garcia was considered one of the Colombia's best midfielders and a crowd's favorite in a time when the Colombian football was starting to shine at the international level. In 1989 Garcia led Atlético Nacional to become Copa Libertadores champions. In 1988 Garcia debuted with the senior Colombia national football team against Canada, a game that the Colombians won 3-0. Because of misunderstandings with national team coach Francisco Maturana Alexis Garcia missed the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. His last game for the Colombian national team was on August 1993 against Paraguay. Garcia played a total of 25 games for Colombia and scored a total of 2 goals.
International career
García made 24 appearances for the senior Colombia national football team from 1988 to 1993,[2] including participating in the 1993 Copa América.[3]
He also played for Colombia at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.[4]
Controversies
Honours
Player
Atlético Nacional
- Categoría Primera A (2): 1991, 1994
- Copa Libertadores (1): 1989
Manager
La Equidad
- Categoria Primera B (1): 2006
- Copa Colombia (1): 2008
References
- ^ http://www.11v11.com/players/alexis-enrique-garcia-118129/
- ^ "Colombia - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ "Copa América 1993". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ "Alexis García". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
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- Use dmy dates from September 2012
- 1960 births
- Living people
- People from Quibdó
- Colombian footballers
- Colombia international footballers
- Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Colombia
- Once Caldas footballers
- Atlético Nacional footballers
- Categoría Primera A players
- 1989 Copa América players
- 1991 Copa América players
- 1993 Copa América players
- Colombian football managers
- Once Caldas managers
- Atlético Nacional managers
- Atlético Junior managers
- Deportivo Pereira managers
- Association football midfielders