Fran García (footballer, born 1999)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco José García Torres | ||
Date of birth | 14 August 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Bolaños de Calatrava, Spain | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Rayo Vallecano | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2013 | Bolaños | ||
2013–2018 | Real Madrid | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2020 | Real Madrid B | 57 | (1) |
2018–2021 | Real Madrid | 0 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 37 | (1) |
2021– | Rayo Vallecano | 34 | (1) |
National team | |||
2014–2015 | Spain U16 | 8 | (1) |
2016 | Spain U17 | 8 | (2) |
2017 | Spain U18 | 2 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Spain U19 | 4 | (0) |
2016 | Spain U20 | 6 | (0) |
2020 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2022 |
Francisco "Fran" José García Torres (born 14 August 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Rayo Vallecano as a left back.
Club career
Born in Bolaños de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla–La Mancha, García joined Real Madrid's La Fábrica in 2009, from hometown side Bolaños CF.[1] On 1 February 2018, while still a junior, he renewed his contract until 2022.[2]
Promoted to the reserves ahead of the 2018–19 season, García made his senior debut on 9 September by playing the last 25 minutes of a 0–0 Segunda División B away draw against AD Unión Adarve.[3] He made his first team debut on 6 December, coming on as a second-half substitute for Dani Carvajal in a 6–1 home routing of UD Melilla, for the season's Copa del Rey.[4][5]
García scored his first senior goal on 15 December 2019, netting his team's second in a 3–0 home win against Getafe CF B.[6] The following 1 September, he was loaned to Segunda División side Rayo Vallecano for the 2020–21 campaign.[7]
García made his professional debut on 13 September 2020, starting in a 1–0 away win against RCD Mallorca.[8] He immediately became a starter for Andoni Iraola's side, but suffered a knee injury in November;[9] initially expected to miss the remainder of the campaign, he returned to play after 20 days.[10]
On 13 July 2021, after helping in Rayo's promotion to La Liga, García joined the club permanently on a four-year contract.[11] He made his debut in the category on 15 August, starting in a 3–0 away loss to Sevilla FC.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 1 July 2022[12]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Real Madrid B | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 30 | 0 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | 27 | 1 | — | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||||
Total | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 1 | ||
Real Madrid | 2018–19 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 2020–21 | Segunda División | 37 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4[a] | 0 | 43 | 2 | |
Rayo Vallecano | 2021–22 | La Liga | 34 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 1 | ||
Career total | 128 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 142 | 4 |
References
- ^ "Fran García traspasa fronteras: el lateral del Castilla del que hablan en Italia" [Fran García cross borders: the full back of Castilla that they talk about in Italy] (in Spanish). El Español. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Fran García renueva con el Real Madrid hasta 2022" [Fran García renews with Real Madrid until 2022] (in Spanish). El Español. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "0–0: Castilla manage a hard-worked draw against Unión Adarve". Real Madrid. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Fran Garcia and Alvaro Fidalgo handed senior debuts by Solari". Marca. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "Fran García and Fidalgo make their Real Madrid debuts". Real Madrid. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "3–0: Castilla run riot at the Di Stéfano". Real Madrid. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Fran García nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Fran García new player of Rayo Vallecano] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "La intensidad del Rayo superó la calidad del Mallorca" [Rayo's intensity overcame Mallorca's quality] (in Spanish). Marca. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "La peor noticia: ¡Fran García se pierde toda la temporada!" [The worst news: Fran García out for the whole season!] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "El 'milagro' de Fran García" [The 'miracle' of Fran García] (in Spanish). Marca. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "Fran García jugador del Rayo las próximas cuatro temporadas" [Fran García player of Rayo the following four seasons] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Fran García at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
External links
- Real Madrid profile
- Fran García at BDFutbol
- Fran García at Soccerway
- CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
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- Articles with short description
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- People from Ciudad Real
- Sportspeople from the Province of Ciudad Real
- Spanish footballers
- Footballers from Castilla–La Mancha
- Association football defenders
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Real Madrid Castilla footballers
- Real Madrid CF players
- Rayo Vallecano players