Joan García
Personal information
Full name Joan García Pons
Date of birth (2001-05-04) 4 May 2001
Place of birth Sallent, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Espanyol
Number 1
Youth career
Manresa
Damm
2016–2020 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Espanyol B 17 (0)
2021– Espanyol 2 (0)
International career
2018–2019 Spain U18 4 (0)
2019 Spain U19 2 (0)
2021– Spain U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2022

Joan García Pons (born 4 May 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for RCD Espanyol.

Club career

Born in Sallent, Barcelona, Catalonia, García joined RCD Espanyol's youth setup in 2016, after representing CF Damm and CE Manresa.[2] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 28 September 2019, starting in a 1–1 Segunda División B away draw against Valencia CF Mestalla.[3]

On 11 February 2020, García renewed with the Pericos until 2025.[4] He made his first-team debut on 1 December 2021, starting in a 3–2 away win over SD Solares-Medio Cudeyo in the season's Copa del Rey.[5][6]

García made his professional – and La Liga – debut on 10 January 2022, starting in a 1–2 home loss against Elche CF.[7]

References

  1. "Joan García". La Liga. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. "Joan García, el futuro de la portería perica" [Joan García, the future of the perico goal] (in Spanish). Diario UF. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. "Joan García debuta en la portería del Espanyol B" [Joan García debuts in the goal of Espanyol B] (in Spanish). La Grada. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  4. "Joan García amplía su contrato" [Joan García extends his contract] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  5. "El Espanyol acaba pidiendo la hora pese al 'hat-trick' de Loren" [Espanyol call time despite the 'hat-trick' of Loren] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  6. "Debut de Joan García con el primer equipo" [Debut of Joan García with the first team] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  7. "Un doblete de Pere Milla da oxígeno al Elche" [A brace from Pere Milla gives air to Elche] (in Spanish). Marca. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
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