Aleix García
García with Spain U18 in 2015
Personal information
Full name Aleix García Serrano[1]
Date of birth (1997-06-28) 28 June 1997
Place of birth Ulldecona, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Girona
Number 14
Youth career
2002–2005 Ulldecona
2005–2015 Villarreal
2015–2016 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Villarreal C 27 (4)
2014–2015 Villarreal B 10 (0)
2015 Villarreal 1 (0)
2015–2020 Manchester City 4 (0)
2017–2019 → Girona (loan) 51 (3)
2019–2020 → Mouscron (loan) 23 (5)
2020–2021 Dinamo București 7 (0)
2021 Eibar 11 (0)
2021– Girona 80 (3)
International career‡
2013 Spain U16 2 (0)
2013–2014 Spain U17 9 (1)
2015 Spain U18 2 (2)
2016 Spain U19 1 (0)
2018 Spain U21 1 (0)
2023– Spain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2023

Aleix García Serrano (Catalan: [əˈleʒ ɣəɾˈsi.ə]; Spanish: [aˈleʃ ɣaɾˈθi.a];[upper-alpha 1] born 28 June 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Girona and the Spain national team.

Club career

Villarreal

Born in Ulldecona, Tarragona, Catalonia, García joined Villarreal CF's youth setup in 2005, aged eight, after starting out at CF Ulldecona.[2] He made his senior debut with the reserves in Segunda División B on 26 April 2014 at only 16 years of age, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 away win against CF Badalona.[3]

García featured for the C team in the 2014–15 season, also appearing for the B side in the same campaign. He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 23 May 2015, replacing Antonio Rukavina in a 4–0 loss at Athletic Bilbao.[4]

Manchester City

On 27 August 2015, García joined Premier League side Manchester City.[5] He was selected by then-City manager Manuel Pellegrini against Chelsea on 21 February 2016 in the fifth round of the FA Cup.[6]

García made his first Premier League appearance on 17 September 2016, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute in a 4–0 home win against Bournemouth.[7] On 21 September, he started in an EFL Cup match against Swansea City, scoring his first goal for the club in the 2–1 away win.[8] He next started a month later on 26 October, in another EFL Cup match, a 1–0 loss to Manchester United.[9]

Girona (loan)

On 1 August 2017, García was loaned to newly promoted La Liga club Girona FC until the end of the season.[10] He was loaned again for the 2018–19 season.[11]

Royal Excel Mouscron (loan)

García was loaned to Belgian side Royal Excel Mouscron for the 2019–20 season.[12]

Dinamo București & Eibar

On 8 October 2020, he signed a contract with Romanian club Dinamo București, until the end of the season.[13] On 18 January 2021, after featuring sparingly, he returned to Spain and its top tier after signing for Eibar on a free transfer.[14]

Return to Girona

On 23 July 2021, García returned to Girona on a two-year contract, with the club now in Segunda División.[15] He made his return debut for the club on 14 August, the first matchday of the 2021–22 season, starting in a 2–0 victory against Amorebieta.[16] On 2 December 2021, García scored his first goal for the club upon returning, closing the score in a 5–1 away win in the Copa del Rey over fourth tier Calvo Sotelo Puertollano.[17] He made 45 total appearances for the club in his first season, helping the club reach promotion to La Liga in the play-offs.[18]

On 26 February 2023, García opened the score in a historic 3–2 La Liga win over Athletic Bilbao, Girona's first ever win away against Bilbao at San Mamés.[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 January 2024[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Villarreal B 2013–14 Segunda División B 30————30
2014–15 70————74
Total 100————100
Villarreal C 2014–15 Tercera División 274————274
Villarreal 2014–15 La Liga 1000—00—10
Manchester City 2015–16 Premier League 00100000—10
2016–17 40202100—81
Total 40302100—91
Girona (loan) 2017–18 La Liga 20110———211
2018–19 31230———342
Total 51340———553
Mouscron (loan) 2019–20 BPL 23520———255
Dinamo București 2020–21 Liga I 7010———80
Eibar 2020–21 La Liga 11000———110
Girona 2021–22 Segunda División 38031——4[lower-alpha 3]0451
2022–23 La Liga 30120———321
2023–24 19300———193
Total 80351——40894
Career total 2141515121004023517

Notes

  1. ↑ In isolation, García is pronounced [ɡəɾˈsi.ə]/[ɡaɾˈθi.a], and Aleix [əˈleʃ].

References

  1. ↑ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Trabajo con ganas e ilusión para hacerme con un hueco este año en el Villarreal B" [I work with eagerness and hope to fit in to Villarreal B this year]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). 29 July 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "¡Victoria del Villarreal B en Badalona!" [Victory of Villarreal B in Badalona!] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 26 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "El Athletic monta la fiesta" [Athletic party mounts]. Marca (in Spanish). 23 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Richard Jolly (27 August 2015). "Aleix Garcia joins Manchester City from Villarreal". ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Man City give five young players debuts in FA Cup game at Chelsea". ESPN. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Sanghera, Mandeep (17 September 2016). "Manchester City 4–0 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Mooney, David (21 September 2016). "Teenager Aleix Garcia impresses as Man City defeat Swansea in EFL Cup". ESPN. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  9. ↑ McKeegan, Alice (27 October 2016). "Guardiola praises two Man City players after EFL Cup defeat to Manchester United". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Aleix García will strengthen the midfield of Girona" (in Catalan). Girona FC. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Manchester City starlet Aleix García heading to Spain for new loan move". City Watch. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "City loans Aleix García... to Mouscron!" (in Spanish). Marca. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "Aleix Garcia Serrano la Dinamo Bucureşti". fcdinamo.ro (in Romanian). 8 October 2020. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  14. ↑ Barroso, Ander (18 January 2021). "Aleix García, nuevo jugador del Eibar" [Aleix García, new Eibar player]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  15. ↑ "Segona etapa d'Aleix Garcia al Girona FC" [Second spell of Aleix Garcia at Girona FC] (in Catalan). Girona FC. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  16. ↑ "El Girona vence en casa al Amorebieta por 2–0" [Girona beats Amorebieta 2–0 at home]. sport (in Spanish). 14 August 2021. Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  17. ↑ Solà, Nil (2 December 2021). "1–5: El Girona arrolla al Calvo Sotelo en Puertollano" [1–5: Girona overwhelm Calvo Sotelo in Puertollano]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  18. ↑ "Girona gets promoted to First Division!". Girona FC. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  19. ↑ "El Girona hace historia en San Mamés" [Girona make history at San Mamés]. sport (in Spanish). 26 February 2023. Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  20. ↑ Aleix García at Soccerbase
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