Ariel Garcé
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ariel Hernán Garcé | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Tandil, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back, Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| River Plate | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2004 | River Plate | 98 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Morelia (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Colón | 23 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Olimpo | 15 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Rosario Central | 32 | (1) |
| 2007–2012 | Colón | 139 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | Argentinos Juniors | 31 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Atlético de Rafaela | 31 | (0) |
| Total | 380 | (7) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003–2010 | Argentina | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:09, 6 August 2011 (UTC). | |||
Ariel Hernán "Chino" Garcé (born 14 July 1979), is a former Argentine football defender. He played as a central defender or right back in River Plate, Colón de Santa Fe, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca and Atlético de Rafaela.
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.[1]
In 2007 he returned for a second spell with Colón.
In 2014 he played for Atlético de Rafaela finishing his career in that club.[2]
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 19 May 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 match.[3]
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
References
- ↑ "Ariel Garcé fue suspendido por ingerir cocaina" (in Spanish). Diario de Cuyo. 16 February 2006. Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
- ↑ "Garcé retires from professional football" (in Spanish). Diario El Litoral. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-1. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "¡Acá están, estos son!" (in Spanish). Olé. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
- ↑ Ariel Garcé at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Statistics at Irish Times
- Ariel Garcé at National-Football-Teams.com
- (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
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