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Freddy García (footballer)

Freddy García (footballer)

Guatemalan footballer

Freddy Alexander García Carrera (born 12 January 1977) is a Guatemalan professional footballer who last played for Heredia in the Guatemalan third division. He has played for several local clubs since 1997, and also in Major League Soccer for Columbus Crew, where he won the 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Carrera.

Also a member of the Guatemala national team, he has played in four World Cup qualifying campaigns, and is among Guatemala's all-time top scorers.

Club career

An attacking midfielder renowned for his accurate left foot, García was born in Puerto Barrios, and started his professional career with Universidad San Carlos (USAC). In 1999, he joined Comunicaciones, where he won two league titles. In 2002, he joined Columbus Crew in the MLS and played five regular season matches that year. He scored the championship-winning goal for Crew at the 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final against Los Angeles Galaxy. The following season, he appeared in 22 matches. Since 2004, he has returned to Guatemala to play for Municipal, helping that club win seven league championships. In June 2009 he left Municipal to join Heredia,[1] going on to score 14 goals for the club in the 2009–2010 season. The following year, he played for Peñarol La Mesilla, before returning to Heredia for the 2011–12 season.[2]

International career

García is a member of the Guatemala national team, which he has represented during the 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 World Cup qualification campaigns. In 1997, he was part of the youth national team participating at the VI Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos. He made his senior international debut in a November 1998 friendly match against Honduras[3]

He also played futsal internationally, as he was part of his country's Futsal team competing at the 2000 Futsal World Championship which was held in Guatemala.[4]

He made his return to the national squad in 2011 for a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and scored just minutes coming in as a substitute. He then scored two goals against Grenada later that year, tying Mario Camposeco for 4th place in the all-time goal scorers list for Guatemala with 23 goals.

International goals

Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first.[5]
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Honors

Columbus Crew

References

  1. [1]
    Freddy García ya es jugador de Heredia Archived 7 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine – La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
  2. [2]
    "F. García". Perform Group. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. [3]
    Fredy Alexander García – International Appearances – RSSSF
  4. [4]
    Futsal World Cup Guatemala team Archived 8 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine – FIFA
  5. [5]
    "García, Freddy". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
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