Ausberto García

Ausberto García
Personal information
Date of birth (1934-02-09)9 February 1934
Date of death 11 December 2017(2017-12-11) (aged 83)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957-1963 Jorge Wilstermann
1964 Aurora
1965-1968 Jorge Wilstermann
International career
1963–1967 Bolivia 19 (5)
Medal record
Representing  Bolivia
Copa América
Winner 1963 Bolivia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ausberto García (9 February 1934 – 11 December 2017) was a Bolivian footballer.[1] He took part in the 1959 (Argentina),[2] 1963[3] and 1967[4] editions of the Copa America, winning the 1963 tournament on home soil. García died on 11 December 2017, at the age of 83.[5]

International career

Ausberto García played 19 games and scored 5 goals for Bolivia.[6] His first cap and first goal was on 29 September 1957 during a 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Chile.[7]

García was in Bolivia's squad for the 1959 South American Championship, playing 4 games and scoring once (his 2nd personal goal for Bolivia) against Brazil.[8][9]

García was also in Bolivia's squad for the 1963 South American Championship that took place on home soil. During the tournament, he played 5 games and scored 3 times (his 3rd, 4th and 5th personal goals for Bolivia) against Peru, Paraguay and Brazil as Bolivia won its first and only Copa America.[10][11] The goal against Brazil was his last with Bolivia.[12]

His last competition was the 1967 South American Championship where he played 4 games.[13] The game against Chile on 1 February was his last cap with Bolivia.

References

  1. ^ "Ausberto Garcia". Playmakerstats. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Southamerican Championship 1959 (1st Tournament)". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. ^ "South American Championship 1963". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ^ "South American Championship 1967". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Fallece Ausberto García, excampeón del Sudamericano de 1963". La Razon. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Profile of Ausberto García". Besoccer. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Profile of Ausberto García". Besoccer. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Southamerican Championship 1959 (1st Tournament)". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Ausberto Garcia". Playmakerstats. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  10. ^ "South American Championship 1963". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Ausberto Garcia". Playmakerstats. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Profile of Ausberto García". Besoccer. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  13. ^ "South American Championship 1967". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 December 2023.


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