Raúl García (footballer, born 1989)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Carnero.

Raúl García
Personal information
Full name Raúl García Carnero
Date of birth (1989-04-30) 30 April 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth A Coruña, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1997–2002 Victoria
2002–2008 Deportivo La Coruña
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Deportivo B 57 (0)
2008–2009 → Montañeros (loan) 27 (1)
2010–2012 Deportivo La Coruña 5 (0)
2011–2012 → Melilla (loan) 28 (0)
2012–2013 Almería B 20 (1)
2012–2014 Almería 13 (1)
2014 → Alavés (loan) 16 (0)
2014–2017 Alavés 96 (7)
2017–2019 Leganés 24 (0)
2019 Girona 10 (0)
2019–2020 Getafe 4 (0)
2020 → Valladolid (loan) 12 (0)
2020–2023 Valladolid 14 (1)
2022–2023 → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) 23 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023

Raúl García Carnero (born 30 April 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back.

Club career

Born in A Coruña, García began playing football for local Victoria CF, before signing with neighbouring Deportivo de La Coruña at the age of 12.[1] He spent the vast majority of his first years as a senior with the Galicians's B team, also being loaned to Tercera División club Montañeros CF for the 2008–09 season.

On 4 April 2010, García made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, in a 3–0 away defeat against Atlético Madrid.[2] He played a further four league games with the main squad until the end of the campaign and, in June, signed a new one-year contract.

In the following season, García returned to Deportivo B and was loaned to fellow Segunda División B side UD Melilla in the summer of 2011.[3] Subsequently, he was offered a new deal by his parent club, on the condition he accepted another loan;[4] the player refused and signed with UD Almería on 5 July 2012, initially being assigned to the reserves.[5]

García was called up to the first team on 26 October 2012, due to injuries.[6] On the following day, he made his competitive debut with them by starting in a 1–0 Segunda División home win over SD Huesca.[7] He scored his first goal as a professional in the next matchday, a 2–0 victory at Recreativo de Huelva.[8]

On 28 June 2013, after contributing eight appearances as Almería returned to the top flight after two years out, García was promoted to the first team due to a clause on his contract.[9] However, he appeared rarely during the season and was loaned to Deportivo Alavés in January 2014.[10]

García terminated his contract at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos on 14 July 2014,[11] and joined Alavés permanently just hours later.[12] He scored a career-best five goals in 2015–16, achieving promotion to the main division as champions.[13][14]

On 5 June 2017, García signed a three-year contract with fellow league club CD Leganés.[15] In January 2019, having been sparingly played during the first part of the season,[16] the free agent joined Girona FC – also of the top tier – on a five-month deal.[17]

On 1 July 2019, after suffering relegation, García moved to Getafe CF on a three-year contract,[18] but agreed to a six-month loan at Real Valladolid the following transfer window.[19] On 28 July 2020, he signed a permanent three-year deal with the latter club.[20]

García returned to his first club Deportivo in July 2022, after agreeing to a one-year loan.[21] On 7 July 2023, he terminated his contract with Valladolid.[22]

Honours

Alavés

References

  1. ^ La última perla de la inagotable cantera del Victoria coruñés (The last gem of Victoria's neverending 'cantera'); La Voz de Galicia, 19 February 2010 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Atlético Madrid 3–0 Deportivo La Coruña; ESPN FC, 4 April 2010
  3. ^ Raúl García: “Pienso que si estuviera allí contaría con algún minuto” (Raúl García: "I think if i was there i would play a minute or two"); Riazor, 11 November 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ El club coruñés ofrece a Raúl un año más de contrato y marcharse cedido (Coruña club offers Raúl another year in contract and a loan); La Voz de Galicia, 3 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Raúl García, tercer fichaje del Almería B (Raúl García, third Almería B signing); UD Almería, 5 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Raúl García es la principal novedad en la convocatoria del Almería ante el partido contra el Huesca (Raúl García is new guy in Almería's selection for match against Huesca); UD Almería, 26 October 2012 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ El Almería se lanza de penalti a la caza del líder (Almería prowl leadership through penalty); Marca, 27 October 2012 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ El Almería acaba con la racha inmaculada del Recre en Huelva (Almería end Recre's winning streak in Huelva); Marca, 4 November 2012 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Dieciséis jugadores tienen actualmente contrato en vigor con la primera plantilla de la UD Almería (Sixteen players currently on contract with UD Almería's first team) Archived 1 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine; UD Almería, 28 June 2013 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Raúl García se marcha cedido al Alavés (Raúl García goes on loan to Alavés); UD Almería, 31 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ El Almería y Raúl García llegan a un acuerdo para rescindir el contrato (Almería and Raúl García reach agreement to terminate contract); UD Almería, 14 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  12. ^ Raúl García apuesta por el Deportivo Alavés (Raúl García bets on Deportivo Alavés); Deportivo Alavés, 14 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  13. ^ El jugador albiazul Raúl García cumple 100 partidos en Segunda División (White-and-blue player Raúl García completes 100 matches in Segunda División); Kirol Express, 24 May 2016 (in Spanish)
  14. ^ a b El Alavés vuelve a Primera (Alavés return to Primera); El País, 29 May 2016 (in Spanish)
  15. ^ El lateral Raúl García, primer refuerzo del Leganés para la 2017/18 (Full-back Raúl García, first Leganés addition for 2017/18); CD Leganés, 5 June 2017 (in Spanish)
  16. ^ "Raúl García: "Nos hace falta sentir más el grupo, el equipo"" [Raúl García: "We need to feel the group, the team more"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  17. ^ "El Girona ficha al lateral izquierdo Raúl García" [Girona sign left-back Raúl García] (in Spanish). Girona FC. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  18. ^ "Raúl García será azulón" [Raúl García will be azulón] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  19. ^ "Raúl García Carnero, cedido al Valladolid" [Raúl García Carnero, loaned to Valladolid] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  20. ^ "Raúl Carnero sigue en el Pucela" [Raúl Carnero remains at Pucela] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  21. ^ "Raúl Carnero, cedido al Dépor" [Raúl Carnero, loaned to Dépor] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  22. ^ "El Real Valladolid y Raúl Carnero separan sus caminos" [Real Valladolid and Raúl Carnero split ways] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.