Carlos García
García playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2015
Personal information
Full name Carlos García Badías
Date of birth (1984-04-29) 29 April 1984
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1999–2003 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Espanyol B 30 (1)
2003–2005 Espanyol 3 (0)
2004–2005 → Poli Ejido (loan) 34 (1)
2005–2012 Almería 195 (1)
2009–2010 → Betis (loan) 33 (1)
2012–2016 Maccabi Tel Aviv 115 (7)
2016–2017 Alanyaspor 9 (0)
Total 419 (11)
International career
2000–2001 Spain U16 13 (0)
2001 Spain U17 3 (0)
2002–2003 Spain U19 4 (0)
2002–2003 Spain U20 9 (0)
2004–2006 Spain U21 5 (0)
2005 Spain U23 4 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2018 Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant)
2018–2019 Chongqing Dangdai Lifan (assistant)
2020 Ecuador (assistant)
2020–2021 Shenzhen (assistant)
2022 Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos García Badías (born 29 April 1984) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender, currently a manager.

He spent most of his professional career with Almería, playing 208 competitive matches for the club and appearing in three La Liga seasons. Additionally, he had a four-year spell with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Premier League.

Club career

Espanyol and Almería

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, García was a product of local RCD Espanyol's youth ranks. He would only appear for the first team on three occasions, during the 2003–04 season (three defeats),[1][2][3] also serving a loan stint with Polideportivo Ejido in the Segunda División the following campaign.[4]

García stayed in Andalusia in 2005, being sold by Espanyol to second-division UD Almería.[5] He was a starter from the beginning, being instrumental in their first-ever La Liga promotion in the 2006–07 campaign.[6]

Deemed surplus to requirements by manager Hugo Sánchez, García was loaned to neighbours Real Betis for 2009–10's second-tier season.[7] After not being able to help the Verdiblancos return to the top flight he rejoined Almería,[8] being first-choice under new manager Juan Manuel Lillo and both his successors José Luis Oltra and Roberto Olabe, scoring once[9] in 33 games as they were eventually relegated after a four-year stay.[10]

Maccabi Tel Aviv and coaching

García moved abroad for the first time in his career in June 2012, signing a three-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in the Israeli Premier League.[11] In his first season he was teamed up in the centre of defence with Eitan Tibi, with the pair performing solidly as the club won the national championship after a ten-year drought.[12]

Aged 29, García made his debut in European competition in the 2013–14 campaign, featuring in both the UEFA Champions League qualification matches[13][14] and the UEFA Europa League group stage.[15][16] In the domestic front he was part of the squad that set a new league record for minutes without conceding a goal, surpassing Hapoel Haifa FC's 585 from 1999.[17]

García retired in 2017 at the age of 33, after one season in the Turkish Süper Lig with Alanyaspor.[18] Immediately after, he returned to Maccabi as assistant to his compatriot Jordi Cruyff;[19] the pair worked together again in the Chinese Super League, at Chongqing Dangdai Lifan F.C. and Shenzhen FC.[20][21]

In January 2022, García became manager of Liga Leumit side Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam FC.[22]

International career

García was part of the Spain under-16 squad at the 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship in England, winning the tournament alongside top scorer Fernando Torres.[23] Two years later, he contributed seven starts for the under-20s as they finished runners-up to Brazil in the FIFA World Cup.[24][25]

García reunited again with Cruyff for a brief period in 2020, when the latter was appointed at the Ecuador national team.[26]

Honours

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Spain U16

Spain U23

Spain U20

References

  1. ↑ Clemente propone y Ronaldo dispone (Clemente proposes and Ronaldo disposes); El País, 6 October 2003 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ El Valencia arrolla al Espanyol (Valencia crush Espanyol); El País, 20 October 2003 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ El Madrid se dispara en Montjuïc (Madrid shoot for the sky at Montjuïc); El País, 22 February 2004 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ El Almería pretende quitarle al Poli Ejido a Carlos García (Almería want to rob Poli Ejido of Carlos García); ABC, 12 July 2005 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ El central Carlos García nuevo jugador de la U. D Almería (Stopper Carlos García new player of U.D Almería); ABC, 19 July 2005 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Carlos García, al club de los '100' de la UD Almería (Carlos García, to UD Almería's '100' club) Archived 12 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine; Ideal, 25 March 2008 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Carlos García pasa el reconocimiento previo a su cesión al Betis (Carlos García undergoes medical prior to Betis loan); Marca, 25 June 2009 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ El Almería confirma la vuelta de Carlos García (Almería confirm return of Carlos García); Marca, 1 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ L'Almeria aconsegueix el primer triomf com a local de la temporada davant l'Osasuna (3–2) (Almeria get first home win of season against Osasuna (3–2)); Ara, 23 January 2011 (in Catalan)
  10. ↑ Carlos García: "Bajar es fracasar en lo personal y en lo colectivo" (Carlos García: "To be relegated is a personal and collective failure"); Marca, 5 May 2011 (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ Carlos García pasa el reconocimiento del Maccabi Tel-Aviv y firma tres años (Carlos García passes medical at Maccabi Tel-Aviv and signs for three years); Almería 360, 13 June 2012 (in Spanish)
  12. ↑ Maccabi Tel Aviv ends 10-year drought, wins Israeli soccer championship; Haaretz, 22 April 2013
  13. ↑ Slick Stocker gives Basel slender lead; UEFA, 30 July 2013
  14. ↑ Maccabi revival comes too late to halt Basel; UEFA, 6 August 2013
  15. ↑ Maccabi Tel-Aviv battle back to beat Bordeaux; UEFA, 3 October 2013
  16. ↑ Eintracht cruise to Maccabi Tel-Aviv success; UEFA, 24 October 2013
  17. ↑ Juan Pablo: "I came for the championship", Walla!, 29 October 2013 (in Hebrew)
  18. ↑ Oficial: El Alanyaspor ficha a Carlos García (Official: Alanyaspor sign Carlos García); Nuevo Fútbol, 4 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  19. ↑ Carlos appointed as assistant coach; Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, 29 December 2017
  20. ↑ La Superliga china arranca con mucho acento español (Chinese Superleague gets started with heavy Spanish accent); Diario AS, 27 February 2019 (in Spanish)
  21. ↑ Pleno español en el 'play-out' de la Superliga china (Spaniards win it all in Chinese Superleague play-out); Diario AS, 3 November 2020 (in Spanish)
  22. ↑ Carlos Garcia has been appointed coach of Betar Tel Aviv / Bat Yam; Time News, 7 January 2022
  23. 1 2 La cantera vuelve a coronarse (Youth system crowned again); Última Hora, 7 May 2001 (in Spanish)
  24. ↑ España en los mundiales sub’20: Emiratos Árabes Unidos 2003 (Spain in under'20 World Cups: United Arab Emirates 2003); Cuadernos de Fútbol, April 2015 (in Spanish)
  25. 1 2 Spain denied at final hurdle; UEFA, 19 December 2003
  26. ↑ Cruyff y la FEF acuerdan reducción salarial (Cruyff and EFF agree on pay cut); El Telégrafo, 30 March 2020 (in Spanish)
  27. ↑ "Mediterranean Games 2005 (Spain)". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
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