Raúl García Carnero
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raúl García Carnero | ||
| Date of birth | 30 April 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | A Coruña, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Alavés | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2002 | Victoria CF | ||
| 2002–2008 | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2012 | Deportivo B | 57 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Montañeros (loan) | 27 | (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– | Alavés | 79 | (7) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 August 2016. | |||
Raúl García Carnero (born 30 April 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Deportivo Alavés as a left back.
Club career
Born in A Coruña, García began playing football for local Victoria Club de Fútbol, before signing with neighbouring giants Deportivo de La Coruña at the age of 12.[1] He played the vast majority of his first years as a senior with the Galicians's B-team, also being loaned to fourth division club Montañeros CF for the 2008–09 season.
On 4 April 2010, García made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, in a 0–3 away defeat against Atlético Madrid.[2] He played a further four league games with the main squad as until the end of the campaign and, in June, signed a new one-year contract.
In the following season, García returned to Deportivo B and was loaned to fellow third level side UD Melilla in the 2011 summer.[3] Subsequently, he was offered a new deal by his parent club, on the condition he accepted another loan;[4] the player refused and signed with UD Almería on 5 July 2012, initially being assigned to the reserves.[5]
On 26 October 2012, García was called up to the first team due to injuries.[6] In the following day, he made his competitive debut with them by starting in a 1–0 home win against SD Huesca;[7] he scored his first goal as a professional in the next matchday, a 2–0 success at Recreativo de Huelva.[8]
On 28 June 2013, after contributing with eight appearances as Almería returned to the top level after two years out, García was promoted to the first team due to a clause on his contract.[9] However, he appeared rarely in the Spanish top flight, and was subsequently loaned to Deportivo Alavés in January 2014.[10]
On 14 July 2014, García terminated his contract with the rojiblancos[11] and joined Alavés permanently just hours later.[12] He scored a career-best five goals in 2015–16, achieving promotion to the top division as champions.[13][14]
Honours
- Alavés
References
- ↑ La última perla de la inagotable cantera del Victoria coruñés (The last gem of Victoria's neverending 'cantera'); La Voz de Galicia, 19 February 2010 (Spanish)
- ↑ Atlético Madrid 3–0 Deportivo La Coruña; ESPN FC, 4 April 2010
- ↑ Raúl García: “Pienso que si estuviera allí contaría con algún minuto” (Raúl García: "I think if i was there i would play a minute or two"); Riazor, 11 November 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ El club coruñés ofrece a Raúl un año más de contrato y marcharse cedido (Coruña offers Raúl another year in contract and a loan); La Voz de Galicia, 3 July 2012 (Spanish)
- ↑ Raúl García, tercer fichaje del Almería B (Raúl García, third Almería B signing); UD Almería, 5 July 2012 (Spanish)
- ↑ Raúl García es la principal novedad en la convocatoria del Almería ante el partido contra el Huesca (Raúl García is new guy in Almería's selection for match against Huesca); UD Almería, 26 October 2012 (Spanish)
- ↑ El Almería se lanza de penalti a la caza del líder (Almería prowls leadership through penalty); Marca, 27 October 2012 (Spanish)
- ↑ El Almería acaba con la racha inmaculada del Recre en Huelva (Almería ends Recre's winning streak in Huelva); Marca, 4 November 2012 (Spanish)
- ↑ Dieciséis jugadores tienen actualmente contrato en vigor con la primera plantilla de la UD Almería (Sixteen players currently on contract with UD Almería's first team); UD Almería, 28 June 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ Raúl García se marcha cedido al Alavés (Raúl García goes on loan to Alavés); UD Almería, 31 January 2014 (Spanish)
- ↑ El Almería y Raúl García llegan a un acuerdo para rescindir el contrato (Almería and Raúl García reach agreement to terminate contract); UD Almería, 14 July 2014 (Spanish)
- ↑ Raúl García apuesta por el Deportivo Alavés (Raúl García bets on Deportivo Alavés); Deportivo Alavés, 14 July 2014 (Spanish)
- ↑ El jugador albiazul Raúl García cumple 100 partidos en Segunda División (White-and-blue player Raúl García completes 100 matches in Segunda División); Kirol Express, 24 May 2016 (Spanish)
- ↑ El Alavés vuelve a Primera (Alavés returns to Primera); El País, 29 May 2016 (Spanish)
External links
- Official Deportivo profile (Spanish)
- Raúl García profile at BDFutbol
- Raúl García profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
- Raúl García profile at Soccerway