Ariel Garcé

Ariel Garcé
Personal information
Full name Ariel Hernán Garcé
Date of birth (1979-07-14) 14 July 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Tandil, Argentina
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Centre back, Right back
Youth career
River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004 River Plate 98 (0)
2003 → Morelia (loan) 11 (0)
2004–2005 Colón 23 (1)
2005–2006 Olimpo 15 (0)
2006–2007 Rosario Central 32 (1)
2007–2012 Colón 139 (5)
2012–2013 Argentinos Juniors 31 (0)
2013–2014 Atlético de Rafaela 31 (0)
Total 380 (7)
International career‡
2003–2010 Argentina 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:09, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:00, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Ariel Hernán "Chino" Garcé (born 14 July 1979), is a former Argentine football defender. He played as a central defender or right back in River Plate, Colón de Santa Fe, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, and Atlético de Rafaela.

Career

Club

Garcé started his career with River Plate in 1999. He was part of two championship winning squads before moving on loan to Monarcas Morelia in Mexico in 2003. Garcé returned to River Plate in 2004 and helped the club to win the Clausura 2004 tournament.

Garcé then had his first spell with Colón de Santa Fe, before playing for Olimpo de Bahía Blanca and Rosario Central. While at Olimpo, Garcé was banned for 6 months by the Argentine federation after he tested positive of cocaine.[1]

In 2007, he returned for a second spell with Colón.

In 2014, he played for Atlético de Rafaela finishing his career in that club.[2]

International

Garcé played two friendly matches under Marcelo Bielsa's coaching for the Argentina national football team in 2003. He then played a friendly against Haiti under Diego Maradona. On 19 May 2010, Garcé was surprisingly selected as one of the 23 men to play for Argentina in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa though he did not feature in any match.[3] According to Maradona, he saw a dream of an Argentina squad winning the World Cup, and the only face he could remember was Garcé's.[4]

Career statistics

International

[5]

Argentina national team
Year Apps Goals
2003 2 0
2004 0 0
2005 0 0
2006 0 0
2007 0 0
2008 0 0
2009 0 0
2010 2 0
Total 4 0

Honours

River Plate

References

  1. ^ "Ariel Garcé fue suspendido por ingerir cocaina" (in Spanish). Diario de Cuyo. 16 February 2006. Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Garcé retires from professional football" (in Spanish). Diario El Litoral. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. ^ "¡Acá están, estos son!" (in Spanish). Olé. 19 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  4. ^ "¡World Cup 2010: The best of Argentina manager Diego Maradona". The Guardian. London. 4 July 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Ariel Garcé". National-Football-Teams.com.