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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Enrique García Rivas | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-04-16) April 16, 1970 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Bolívar, Venezuela | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1996 | Minervén | 160 | (49) |
| 1996–1997 | Caracas | 33 | (12) |
| 1997–1998 | Zulia | 25 | (15) |
| 1998–1999 | U. de Los Andes | 22 | (13) |
| 1999–2000 | Caracas | 38 | (24) |
| 2000–2001 | ItalChacao | 11 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | Deportivo Táchira | 33 | (34) |
| 2002 | Monagas | 18 | (8) |
| 2003–2005 | Mineros | (34) | |
| 2005–2006 | Deportivo Táchira | 35 | (21) |
| 2006 | Mineros | 7 | (9) |
| 2007 | Deportivo Pasto | 11 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Mineros | 7 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Zamora | 25 | (15) |
| 2009–2010 | Mineros | 28 | (8) |
| 2010–2011 | Estudiantes Mérida | 31 | (8) |
| 2011 | Zamora | 8 | (0) |
| 2012 | Angostura | 33 | (19) |
| 2012–2013 | Zulia | ||
| 2013 | Deportivo La Guaira | 9 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1993–2009 | Venezuela | 49 | (7) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2012 | |||
Juan Enrique García Rivas (born April 16, 1970) is a Venezuelan football striker. He is the all-time leading goalscorer in the Venezuelan Primera División, and has been league top scorer in five different seasons (also a record).
Club career
García played for a number of different clubs in Venezuela. He started his career with Minervén in 1988. In 1996, he joined Caracas FC where he was part of the championship winning squad. The following season, he joined Zulia where he won another league championship.
In 1999, he returned to Caracas FC where he became the top scorer in Venezuelan football for the first time. In the 2001–02 season he won another league title with Deportivo Táchira and claimed his second topscorer award. He was topscorer again in the following two seasons with Monagas and Mineros.
For the 2005–06 season, he returned to Deportivo Táchira where he became topscorer for the fifth time.
In 2007, he had a brief spell with Deportivo Pasto of Colombia
International career
García played 49 times for the Venezuela national team between 1993 and 2009, scoring 7 goals. He was included in three Copa América squads in 1993, 1995 and 1999. He also played in World Cup Qualifiers for the 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Cups.
Honours
Club
Individual
- Venezuelan Primera División topscorer: 1999–2000 (24 goals), 2001–02 (34 goals), 2002–03 (39 goals), 2003–04 (18 goals), 2005–06 (21 goals)
References
- Venezuela topscorers
- rsssf: Venezuela record international footballers Archived 2009-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- International career statistics at rsssf
- Juan Enrique García at BDFA (in Spanish)
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bolívar (state)
- Venezuelan men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Venezuela men's international footballers
- 1991 Copa América players
- 1993 Copa América players
- 1995 Copa América players
- 1999 Copa América players
- Venezuelan Primera División players
- Categoría Primera A players
- Minervén S.C. players
- Caracas FC players
- Zulia F.C. players
- Deportivo Italia players
- Deportivo Táchira F.C. players
- Monagas S.C. players
- A.C.C.D. Mineros de Guayana players
- Deportivo Pasto footballers
- Zamora F.C. players
- Estudiantes de Mérida F.C. players
- Deportivo La Guaira players
- Venezuelan expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Colombia