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Raúl García (footballer, born 1989)

Raúl García
Personal information
Full name Raúl García Carnero
Date of birth (1989-04-30) 30 April 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth A Coruña, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1997–2002 Victoria
2002–2008 Deportivo La Coruña
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Deportivo B 57 (0)
2008–2009Montañeros (loan) 27 (1)
2010–2012 Deportivo La Coruña 5 (0)
2011–2012Melilla (loan) 28 (0)
2012–2013 Almería B 20 (1)
2012–2014 Almería 13 (1)
2014Alavés (loan) 16 (0)
2014–2017 Alavés 96 (7)
2017–2019 Leganés 24 (0)
2019 Girona 10 (0)
2019–2020 Getafe 4 (0)
2020Valladolid (loan) 12 (0)
2020–2023 Valladolid 14 (1)
2022–2023Deportivo La Coruña (loan) 23 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023

Raúl García Carnero (born 30 April 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back.

Club career

Born in A Coruña, García began playing football for local Victoria CF, before signing with neighbouring Deportivo de La Coruña at the age of 12.[1] He spent the vast majority of his first years as a senior with the Galicians's B team, also being loaned to Tercera División club Montañeros CF for the 2008–09 season.

On 4 April 2010, García made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, in a 3–0 away defeat against Atlético Madrid.[2] He played a further four league games with the main squad 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 Segunda División B side UD Melilla in the summer of 2011.[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]

García was called up to the first team on 26 October 2012, due to injuries.[6] On the following day, he made his competitive debut with them by starting in a 1–0 Segunda División home win over SD Huesca.[7] He scored his first goal as a professional in the next matchday, a 2–0 victory at Recreativo de Huelva.[8]

On 28 June 2013, after contributing eight appearances as Almería returned to the top flight after two years out, García was promoted to the first team due to a clause on his contract.[9] However, he appeared rarely during the season and was loaned to Deportivo Alavés in January 2014.[10]

García terminated his contract at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos on 14 July 2014,[11] and joined Alavés permanently just hours later.[12] He scored a career-best five goals in 2015–16, achieving promotion to the main division as champions.[13][14]

On 5 June 2017, García signed a three-year contract with fellow league club CD Leganés.[15] In January 2019, having been sparingly played during the first part of the season,[16] the free agent joined Girona FC – also of the top tier – on a five-month deal.[17]

On 1 July 2019, after suffering relegation, García moved to Getafe CF on a three-year contract,[18] but agreed to a six-month loan at Real Valladolid the following transfer window.[19] On 28 July 2020, he signed a permanent three-year deal with the latter club.[20]

García returned to his first club Deportivo in July 2022, after agreeing to a one-year loan.[21] On 7 July 2023, he terminated his contract with Valladolid.[22]

Honours

Alavés

References

  1. ^ 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 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Atlético Madrid 3–0 Deportivo La Coruña; ESPN FC, 4 April 2010
  3. ^ 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 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ El club coruñés ofrece a Raúl un año más de contrato y marcharse cedido (Coruña club offers Raúl another year in contract and a loan); La Voz de Galicia, 3 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Raúl García, tercer fichaje del Almería B (Raúl García, third Almería B signing); UD Almería, 5 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ 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 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ El Almería se lanza de penalti a la caza del líder (Almería prowl leadership through penalty); Marca, 27 October 2012 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ El Almería acaba con la racha inmaculada del Recre en Huelva (Almería end Recre's winning streak in Huelva); Marca, 4 November 2012 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ 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) Archived 1 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine; UD Almería, 28 June 2013 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Raúl García se marcha cedido al Alavés (Raúl García goes on loan to Alavés); UD Almería, 31 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ 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 (in Spanish)
  12. ^ Raúl García apuesta por el Deportivo Alavés (Raúl García bets on Deportivo Alavés); Deportivo Alavés, 14 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  13. ^ 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 (in Spanish)
  14. ^ a b El Alavés vuelve a Primera (Alavés return to Primera); El País, 29 May 2016 (in Spanish)
  15. ^ El lateral Raúl García, primer refuerzo del Leganés para la 2017/18 (Full-back Raúl García, first Leganés addition for 2017/18); CD Leganés, 5 June 2017 (in Spanish)
  16. ^ "Raúl García: "Nos hace falta sentir más el grupo, el equipo"" [Raúl García: "We need to feel the group, the team more"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  17. ^ "El Girona ficha al lateral izquierdo Raúl García" [Girona sign left-back Raúl García] (in Spanish). Girona FC. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  18. ^ "Raúl García será azulón" [Raúl García will be azulón] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  19. ^ "Raúl García Carnero, cedido al Valladolid" [Raúl García Carnero, loaned to Valladolid] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  20. ^ "Raúl Carnero sigue en el Pucela" [Raúl Carnero remains at Pucela] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  21. ^ "Raúl Carnero, cedido al Dépor" [Raúl Carnero, loaned to Dépor] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  22. ^ "El Real Valladolid y Raúl Carnero separan sus caminos" [Real Valladolid and Raúl Carnero split ways] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.