Aleix García Serrano (; ; born 28 June 1997) is a Spanish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
central midfielder
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for
La Liga
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club
Girona
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.
Club career
Villarreal
Born in
Ulldecona
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The nearest towns are: Alca ...
,
Tarragona
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,
Catalonia
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, García joined
Villarreal CF
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's youth setup in 2005, aged eight, after starting out at CF Ulldecona. He made his senior debut with
the reserves in
Segunda División B
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on 26 April 2014 at only 16 years of age, coming on as a late
substitute in a 1–0 away win against
CF Badalona
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.
García featured for
the C team in the
2014–15 season, also appearing for the B side in the same campaign. He made his first team – and
La Liga
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– debut on 23 May 2015, replacing
Antonio Rukavina
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Club career
Rukavina started out at his local club Bežanija, making his senior debuts in the 2002–03 season, as they won prom ...
in a 4–0 loss at
Athletic Bilbao
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.
Manchester City
On 27 August 2015, García joined
Premier League
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side
Manchester City
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. He was selected by then-City manager
Manuel Pellegrini
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against
Chelsea on 21 February 2016 in the fifth round of the
FA Cup
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.
García made his first Premier League appearance on 17 September 2016, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute in a 4–0 home win against
Bournemouth
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. On 21 September, he started in an
EFL Cup
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match against
Swansea City
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, scoring his first goal for the club in the 2–1 away win. He next started a month later on 26 October, in another EFL Cup match, a 1–0 loss to
Manchester United
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.
Girona (loan)
On 1 August 2017, García was loaned to newly promoted
La Liga
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club
Girona FC
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until the end of the season. He was loaned again for the 2018–19 season.
Royal Excel Mouscron (loan)
García was loaned to Belgian side
Royal Excel Mouscron
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for the 2019–20 season.
Dinamo București & Eibar
On 8 October 2020, he signed a contract with
Romania
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n club
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, until the end of the season. On 18 January 2021, after featuring sparingly, he returned to Spain and its top tier after signing for
Eibar on a free transfer.
Return to Girona
On 23 July 2021, García returned to Girona on a two-year contract, with the club now in
Segunda División
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. He made his return debut for the club on 14 August, the first matchday of the
2021–22 season, starting in a 2–0 victory against
Amorebieta
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. On 2 December 2021, García scored his first goal for the club upon returning, closing the score in a 5–1 away win in the
Copa del Rey
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over fourth tier
Calvo Sotelo Puertollano. He made 45 total appearances for the club in his first season, helping the club reach promotion to
La Liga
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in the play-offs.
On 26 February 2023, García opened the score in a historic 3–2 La Liga win over
Athletic Bilbao
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, Girona's first ever win away against Bilbao at
San Mamés.
Career statistics
Notes
References
External links
Profileat the Girona FC website
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Aleix
1997 births
Living people
People from Montsià
Sportspeople from the Province of Tarragona
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Catalonia
Men's association football midfielders
La Liga players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Premier League players
Belgian Pro League players
Liga I players
Villarreal CF B players
Villarreal CF players
Manchester City F.C. players
Girona FC players
Royal Excel Mouscron players
FC Dinamo București players
SD Eibar footballers
Spain men's youth international footballers
Spain men's under-21 international footballers
Spanish expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate footballers in Romania
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Catalonia men's international footballers