Édgar García de Dios

Édgar García de Dios
Personal information
Full name Édgar Arturo García de Dios[1]
Date of birth (1977-09-01)1 September 1977
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death 27 June 2010(2010-06-27) (aged 32)
Place of death Naucalpan, Mexico
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Atlante
1996–1997 LASK 12 (0)
1997–1999 Toluca 5 (0)
1999–2000 Tecos UAG 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Édgar Arturo García de Dios (1 September 1977 – 27 June 2010) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a forward.[1]

Club career

Born in Mexico City, García made his debut with Atlante F.C. in the Mexico First Division in the 1995–96 season. He then moved to play in Toluca, and Verano.[2] After a brief season in LASK in Second Division in Austria, he returned for season 1999–2000 to play with Tecos UAG.[3]

Personal life

He was a son of Arturo and Margarita García. As of 2002, García did not play professional football anymore after he had become an alcoholic, effectively ending his football career prematurely.[4]

Death

García was shot with seven bullets at close range while in a taxi cab in Naucalpan. The motives of the killing are not clear.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Édgar García de Dios at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Yucatan.com: Asesinan al ex atlantista Edgar García de Dios (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Sale a la luz ejecución del ex futbolista Édgar Arturo García de Dios (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Salgado Gudiño, Arturo (12 July 2002). "García de Dios se ahoga en alcohol" [Garcia de Dios drowns in alcohol]. La Crónica de Hoy. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Murió asesinado Edgar García de Dios" [Edgar García de Dios was assassinated]. Mediotiempo (in Spanish). 2 July 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2021.