Alex Alberto García King (born 8 January 1959) is a Colombian

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current sporting director of Venezuelan club

Deportivo Rayo Zuliano Deportivo Rayo Zuliano is a Venezuelan professional football club based in Maracaibo. Founded in 2005, the club play in the Venezuelan Primera División, hosting their home matches at the Estadio José Pachencho Romero. History Founded in 2005, ...

Career

After playing as a

for

Unión Magdalena Unión Magdalena () commonly known as El Unión, and nicknamed as El Ciclón Bananero (The Banana Cyclone) and also Los Samarios (The Samarios), is a Colombian football club from the city of Santa Marta, capital of the department of Magdalena De ...

and

Independiente Santa Fe Club Independiente Santa Fe, known simply as Santa Fe, is a Colombian professional Association football, football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio El Campín, El Cam ...

, García King became an assistant manager at Venezuelan club

Mineros de Guayana Asociación Civil Club Deportivo Mineros de Guayana, known as Mineros de Guayana or simply Mineros, is a professional football club based in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. History The Colegio Loyola Gumilla's field, located in Puerto Ordaz, was us ...

. Ahead of the 1997 season, he became the manager of their first team, being in charge of the club's second-ever run in the

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. After subsequently working as an assistant at and , García King joined

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in 2001, as a manager of the youth categories. An interim in that year, he only took over the main squad in

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on 22 June 2010. García King left Maracaibo in 2011 after the club's dissolution, and was appointed at the helm of

Zulia Zulia State (, ; Wayuu: ''Mma’ipakat Suuria'') is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo. As of the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,704,404, the largest population among Venezuela's states. It is also one of t ...

on 18 May of that year. He was sacked in February 2013, and was named manager of second division side in June. García King returned to Zulia in 2017, as manager of the youth sides, and became an interim on 14 September 2019. He returned to his previous role after the appointment of

Alexander Rondón Alexander Rondón Heredia (born August 30, 1977) is a Venezuelan Association football, footballer and manager who played as a striker. He played over 44 times for the Venezuela national football team, Venezuela national team since his debut in 19 ...

, but replaced Rondón as manager on 3 January 2020. After leaving Zulia ahead of the 2020 campaign, García King worked as manager of second division sides Titanes and

, leading the latter to a first-ever promotion to the top tier. After the promotion, he changed roles at the latter club.

Personal life

García King is the brother of

Radamel García Radamel Enrique García King (16 April 1957 – 3 January 2019) was a Colombian association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He competed in the Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics, men's tourn ...

, former

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and manager, and is the uncle of international

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Radamel Falcao Radamel Falcao García Zárate (born 10 February 1986) is a Colombian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a striker (association football), striker for Categoría Primera A club Millonarios F.C., Millonarios. Nicknamed "El ...

. His other brother, Herbert King, was an actor.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia King, Alex 1959 births Living people Footballers from Santa Marta Colombian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Unión Magdalena footballers Independiente Santa Fe footballers Colombian football managers Venezuelan Primera División managers Venezuelan Segunda División managers Mineros de Guayana managers UA Maracaibo managers Zulia F.C. managers Deportivo Rayo Zuliano managers Colombian expatriate football managers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Expatriate football managers in Venezuela 20th-century Colombian sportsmen