Alexis Enrique García Vega (born 21 July 1960) is a Colombian retired football midfielder. He is currently the manager of La Equidad in the Categoría Primera A.
 García in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexis Enrique García Vega | ||
| Date of birth | 21 July 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Quibdó, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | La Equidad (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1985 | Once Caldas | 233 | (18) |
| 1986–1998 | Atlético Nacional | 443 | (57) |
| Total | 676 | (75) | |
| International career | |||
| 1980–1987 | Colombia Olympic[1] | 8 | (1) |
| 1988–1993 | Colombia | 25 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999 | Once Caldas | ||
| 2002–2003 | Atlético Nacional | ||
| 2003–2004 | Deportivo Pereira | ||
| 2004–2005 | Atlético Bucaramanga | ||
| 2005–2006 | Centauros Villavicencio | ||
| 2006–2012 | La Equidad | ||
| 2013–2014 | Atlético Junior | ||
| 2014 | Fortaleza | ||
| 2016 | Santa Fe | ||
| 2019 | Deportivo Pasto | ||
| 2020– | La Equidad | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editAlong with seven more siblings, he grew up in barrio La Floresta of Medellín where he started his career playing for the Antioquia Football Selection. In 1980, he joined Once Caldas of Manizales and the same year he was called to play for the Colombia Olympic football team for the Moscow Olympic Games. In 1987, he joined Atlético Nacional of Medellín where he remained until his retirement in 1998. Known as "The Great Captain", Alexis Garcia was considered one of the Colombia's best midfielders and a crowd's favorite in a time when the Colombian football was starting to shine at the international level. In 1989 Garcia led Atlético Nacional to become Copa Libertadores champions. In 1988 Garcia debuted with the senior Colombia national football team against Canada, a game that the Colombians won 3–0. Because of misunderstandings with national team coach Francisco Maturana Alexis Garcia missed the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. His last game for the Colombia national team was in August 1993 against Paraguay. Garcia played a total of 25 games for Colombia and scored a total of 2 goals.
International career
editGarcía made 24 appearances for the senior Colombia national football team from 1988 to 1993,[2] including participating in the 1993 Copa América.[3]
He also played for Colombia at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.[4]
Honours
editPlayer
editAtlético Nacional
- Categoría Primera A (2): 1991, 1994
- Copa Libertadores (1): 1989
Manager
editLa Equidad
- Categoria Primera B (1): 2006
- Copa Colombia (1): 2008
References
edit- ^ "Alexis Garcia".
- ^ "Colombia - Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ "Copa América 1993". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ "Alexis García". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2009.