Carlos García Badías (born 29 April 1984) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender, currently an assistant coach for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire.
 García playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Carlos García Badías | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 April 1984 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | Espanyol | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Espanyol B | 30 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Espanyol | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | → Poli Ejido (loan) | 34 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2012 | Almería | 195 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | → Betis (loan) | 33 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 115 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Alanyaspor | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 419 | (11) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Spain U16 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Spain U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Spain U19 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Spain U20 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Spain U21 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Spain U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Ecuador (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Shenzhen (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Udinese (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Chicago Fire (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
He spent most of his professional career with Almería, playing 208 competitive matches for the club and appearing in three La Liga seasons. Additionally, he had a four-year spell with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Premier League.
Club career
editEspanyol and Almería
editBorn in Barcelona, Catalonia, García was a product of local RCD Espanyol's youth ranks. He would only appear for the first team on three occasions, during the 2003–04 season (three defeats),[1][2][3] also serving a loan stint with Polideportivo Ejido in the Segunda División the following campaign.[4]
García stayed in Andalusia in 2005, being sold by Espanyol to second-division UD Almería.[5] He was a starter from the beginning, being instrumental in their first-ever La Liga promotion in the 2006–07 campaign.[6]
Deemed surplus to requirements by manager Hugo Sánchez, García was loaned to neighbours Real Betis for 2009–10's second-tier season.[7] After not being able to help the Verdiblancos return to the top flight he rejoined Almería,[8] being first-choice under new manager Juan Manuel Lillo and both his successors José Luis Oltra and Roberto Olabe, scoring once[9] in 33 games as they were eventually relegated after a four-year stay.[10]
Maccabi Tel Aviv and coaching
editGarcía moved abroad for the first time in his career in June 2012, signing a three-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in the Israeli Premier League.[11] In his first season he was teamed up in the centre of defence with Eitan Tibi, with the pair performing solidly as the club won the national championship after a ten-year drought.[12]
Aged 29, García made his debut in European competition in the 2013–14 campaign, featuring in both the UEFA Champions League qualification matches[13][14] and the UEFA Europa League group stage.[15][16] In the domestic front he was part of the squad that set a new league record for minutes without conceding a goal, surpassing Hapoel Haifa FC's 585 from 1999.[17]
García retired in 2017 at the age of 33, after one season in the Turkish Süper Lig with Alanyaspor.[18] Immediately after, he returned to Maccabi as assistant to his compatriot Jordi Cruyff;[19] the pair worked together again in the Chinese Super League, at Chongqing Dangdai Lifan F.C. and Shenzhen FC.[20][21]
In January 2022, García became manager of Liga Leumit side Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam FC.[22]
In January 2024, García joined Frank Klopas' coaching staff at Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire.[23]
International career
editGarcía was part of the Spain under-16 squad at the 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship in England, winning the tournament alongside top scorer Fernando Torres.[24] Two years later, he contributed seven starts for the under-20s as they finished runners-up to Brazil in the FIFA World Cup.[25][26]
García reunited again with Cruyff for a brief period in 2020, when the latter was appointed at the Ecuador national team.[27]
Honours
editMaccabi Tel Aviv
Spain U16
Spain U23
Spain U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2003[26]
References
edit- ^ Clemente propone y Ronaldo dispone (Clemente proposes and Ronaldo disposes); El País, 6 October 2003 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Valencia arrolla al Espanyol (Valencia crush Espanyol); El País, 20 October 2003 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Madrid se dispara en Montjuïc (Madrid shoot for the sky at Montjuïc); El País, 22 February 2004 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Almería pretende quitarle al Poli Ejido a Carlos García (Almería want to rob Poli Ejido of Carlos García); ABC, 12 July 2005 (in Spanish)
- ^ El central Carlos García nuevo jugador de la U. D Almería (Stopper Carlos García new player of U.D Almería); ABC, 19 July 2005 (in Spanish)
- ^ Carlos García, al club de los '100' de la UD Almería (Carlos García, to UD Almería's '100' club) Archived 12 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine; Ideal, 25 March 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ Carlos García pasa el reconocimiento previo a su cesión al Betis (Carlos García undergoes medical prior to Betis loan); Marca, 25 June 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Almería confirma la vuelta de Carlos García (Almería confirm return of Carlos García); Marca, 1 July 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ L'Almeria aconsegueix el primer triomf com a local de la temporada davant l'Osasuna (3–2) (Almeria get first home win of season against Osasuna (3–2)); Ara, 23 January 2011 (in Catalan)
- ^ Carlos García: "Bajar es fracasar en lo personal y en lo colectivo" (Carlos García: "To be relegated is a personal and collective failure"); Marca, 5 May 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ Carlos García pasa el reconocimiento del Maccabi Tel-Aviv y firma tres años (Carlos García passes medical at Maccabi Tel-Aviv and signs for three years); Almería 360, 13 June 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Maccabi Tel Aviv ends 10-year drought, wins Israeli soccer championship; Haaretz, 22 April 2013
- ^ Slick Stocker gives Basel slender lead; UEFA, 30 July 2013
- ^ Maccabi revival comes too late to halt Basel; UEFA, 6 August 2013
- ^ Maccabi Tel-Aviv battle back to beat Bordeaux; UEFA, 3 October 2013
- ^ Eintracht cruise to Maccabi Tel-Aviv success; UEFA, 24 October 2013
- ^ Juan Pablo: "I came for the championship", Walla!, 29 October 2013 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Oficial: El Alanyaspor ficha a Carlos García (Official: Alanyaspor sign Carlos García); Nuevo Fútbol, 4 July 2016 (in Spanish)
- ^ Carlos appointed as assistant coach; Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, 29 December 2017
- ^ La Superliga china arranca con mucho acento español (Chinese Superleague gets started with heavy Spanish accent); Diario AS, 27 February 2019 (in Spanish)
- ^ Pleno español en el 'play-out' de la Superliga china (Spaniards win it all in Chinese Superleague play-out); Diario AS, 3 November 2020 (in Spanish)
- ^ Carlos Garcia has been appointed coach of Betar Tel Aviv / Bat Yam; Time News, 7 January 2022
- ^ "Head Coach Frank Klopas Names Coaching Staff for 2024 Season". ChicagoFireFC.com. Chicago Fire. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ a b La cantera vuelve a coronarse (Youth system crowned again); Última Hora, 7 May 2001 (in Spanish)
- ^ España en los mundiales sub’20: Emiratos Árabes Unidos 2003 (Spain in under'20 World Cups: United Arab Emirates 2003); Cuadernos de Fútbol, April 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Spain denied at final hurdle; UEFA, 19 December 2003
- ^ Cruyff y la FEF acuerdan reducción salarial (Cruyff and EFF agree on pay cut); El Telégrafo, 30 March 2020 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Mediterranean Games 2005 (Spain)". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
External links
edit- Carlos García at BDFutbol
- Carlos García – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Carlos García at Soccerway