Freddy García (footballer)

Freddy García
Personal information
Full name Freddy Alexander García Carrera
Date of birth (1977-01-12) 12 January 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Heredia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 USAC
1999–2002 Comunicaciones 60 (19)
2002 Columbus Crew 5 (0)
2003–2004 Municipal 60 (7)
2003 Columbus Crew 22 (1)
2004–2009 Municipal 128 (36)
2009–2010 Heredia 40 (13)
2010–2011 Halcones 18 (2)
2011–2012 Heredia 19 (5)
International career‡
1998–2011 Guatemala 73 (23)
2000 Guatemala (futsal)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 February 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2017
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Carrera.

Freddy Alexander García Carrera (born 12 January 1977) is a Guatemalan professional footballer who last played for Heredia in the Guatemalan third division. He has played for several local clubs since 1997, and also in Major League Soccer for Columbus Crew, where he won the 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

Also a member of the Guatemala national team, he has played in four World Cup qualifying campaigns, and is among Guatemala's all-time top scorers.

Club career

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An attacking midfielder renowned for his accurate left foot, García was born in Puerto Barrios, and started his professional career with Universidad San Carlos (USAC). In 1999, he joined Comunicaciones, where he won two league titles. In 2002, he joined Columbus Crew in the MLS and played five regular season matches that year. He scored the championship-winning goal for Crew at the 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final against Los Angeles Galaxy. The following season, he appeared in 22 matches. Since 2004, he has returned to Guatemala to play for Municipal, helping that club win seven league championships. In June 2009 he left Municipal to join Heredia,[1] going on to score 14 goals for the club in the 2009–2010 season. The following year, he played for Peñarol La Mesilla, before returning to Heredia for the 2011–12 season.[2]

International career

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García is a member of the Guatemala national team, which he has represented during the 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 World Cup qualification campaigns. In 1997, he was part of the youth national team participating at the VI Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos. He made his senior international debut in a November 1998 friendly match against Honduras[3]

He also played futsal internationally, as he was part of his country's Futsal team competing at the 2000 Futsal World Championship which was held in Guatemala.[4]

He made his return to the national squad in 2011 for a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and scored just minutes coming in as a substitute. He then scored two goals against Grenada later that year, tying Mario Camposeco for 4th place in the all-time goal scorers list for Guatemala with 23 goals.

International goals

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Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first.[5]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 26 March 1999 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica  El Salvador 1–0 1–0 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup
2. 6 June 1999 Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada  Iran 2–1 2–2 1999 Canada Cup
3. 10 November 1999 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala  Honduras 1–0 1–1 Friendly
4. 9 January 2000 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States  Armenia 1–1 1–1 Friendly
5. 6 February 2000 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala  Chile 2–0 2–1 Friendly
6. 19 March 2000 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras  Belize 1–0 2–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
7. 18 June 2000 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala  Antigua and Barbuda 7–1 8–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
8. 8–1
9. 22 July 2000 Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala  Barbados 2–0 2–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
10. 8 October 2000 Barbados National Stadium, St. Michael, Barbados  Barbados 1–0 3–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
11. 21 February 2001 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Panama 1–1 2–2 Friendly
12. 2–2
13. 25 May 2001 Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba, Honduras  Belize 2–0 3–3 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup
14. 3–3
15. 3 June 2001 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras  Panama 3–1 3–1 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup
16. 13 February 2003 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Costa Rica 1–0 1–1 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup
17. 18 February 2003 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Nicaragua 4–0 5–0 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup
18. 20 February 2003 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  El Salvador 1–0 2–0 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup
19. 31 March 2004 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador  El Salvador 1–0 3–0 Friendly
20. 12 October 2005 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala  Costa Rica 2–0 3–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
21. 2 September 2011 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4–0 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
22. 11 November 2011 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala  Grenada 1–0 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
23. 2–0

Honors

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Columbus Crew

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References

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  1. ^ Freddy García ya es jugador de Heredia Archived 7 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine – La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "F. García". Perform Group. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ^ Fredy Alexander García – International Appearances – RSSSF
  4. ^ Futsal World Cup Guatemala team Archived 8 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine – FIFA
  5. ^ "García, Freddy". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
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