Freddy García (footballer)

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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

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, 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.

International career

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

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.

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

Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first.

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.	18 June 2000	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Antigua and Barbuda	8–1	8–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
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.	21 February 2001	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Panama	2–2	2–2	Friendly
13.	25 May 2001	Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba, Honduras	Belize	2–0	3–3	2001 UNCAF Nations Cup
14.	25 May 2001	Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba, Honduras	Belize	3–3	3–3	2001 UNCAF Nations Cup
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.	11 November 2011	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Grenada	2–0	3–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honors

Columbus Crew

Champion Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (1): 2002

References

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

External links

Freddy García – FIFA competition record (archived)
Player profile Archived 20 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine – CSD Municipal
Freddy García at National-Football-Teams.com

Guatemala squads

v t e Guatemala squad – 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1 Estrada 2 Herrera 3 Miranda 4 Gómez 5 Molina 6 Girón 8 R. Ramírez 9 Funes 10 García 11 G. Ramírez 12 Bordon 13 Meda 14 Ju. Rodas 15 Plata 16 Machón 17 J. Pérez 18 Hurtarte 19 Valencia 22 Jo. Rodas 23 E. Acevedo 24 Coronado Coach: Miloc

v t e Guatemala squad – 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1 Estrada 2 Chen 3 Melgar 4 Swisher 5 Cabrera 6 Jiménez 7 Benítez 8 Romero 9 Acevedo 10 García 11 Ramírez 14 Albizuris 15 Plata 18 Pérez 19 Thompson 20 C. Ruiz 21 Pivaral 22 Ortiz 23 Donis Coach: Cortés

v t e Guatemala squad – 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1 Estrada 2 Morales 4 González 6 Monterroso 7 Thompson 8 Rodríguez 9 Acevedo 10 García 13 Martínez 14 Aguirre 15 Plata 16 Machón 18 Romero 19 Valencia 20 C. Ruiz 21 Zacarías 22 Motta Coach: Aguado

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