Matías García (footballer, born 1996)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matías Nicolás García | ||
| Date of birth | 22 July 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | La Banda, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Floriana | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sarmiento La Banda | |||
| 2010–2017 | Belgrano | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Senglea Athletic | 45 | (7) |
| 2019– | Floriana | 98 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Malta | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:06, 5 June 2022 (UTC) | |||
Matías Nicolás García (born 22 July 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Maltese Premier League club Floriana. Born in Argentina, he plays for the Malta national team.
Club career
[edit]García is a youth product of Sarmiento La Banda and Belgrano. From Belgrano, he moved to Malta with Senglea Athletic in 2017.[1] He transferred to Floriana in 2019, and helped them win the 2019–20 Maltese Premier League in his debut season with them.[2]
International career
[edit]García was born in Argentina, and naturalized via merit to Malta after spending 5 years in the country. In late May 2022, it was announced that García had been awarded a Maltese passport and was eligible to represent Malta. He was called up to the Malta national football team for UEFA Nations League matches in June 2022.[3] He debuted with Malta in a friendly 1–0 loss to Venezuela on 1 June 2022.[4]
Honours
[edit]Floriana
References
[edit]- ^ Liberal, El. "Racing venció a Huracán en Avellaneda en el inicio de la Liga Profesional 2022 - El Liberal". www.elliberal.com.ar.
- ^ "García y Floriana FC, campeones en Malta".
- ^ "Matias Garcia to play for Malta after passport application goes through". Times of Malta.
- ^ "Friendly: Venezuela beat Malta with Rondon first half header - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt.
External links
[edit]- Matías García at Soccerway
- Matías García at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1996 births
- Living people
- People from La Banda
- Naturalised citizens of Malta
- Maltese men's footballers
- Malta men's international footballers
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine emigrants to Malta
- Maltese people of Argentine descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Senglea Athletic F.C. players
- Floriana F.C. players
- Maltese Premier League players
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Malta
- Expatriate men's footballers in Malta
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen