Ariel Hernán "Chino" Garcé (born 14 July 1979), is a former

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defender. He played as a central defender or right back in River Plate,

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Olimpo de Bahía Blanca Club Olimpo, usually referred to as Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province. The club was founded October 15th, 1910. Its primary activity is soccer. The club is recognized i ...

, and

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Career

Club

Garcé started his career with River Plate in 1999. He was part of two championship winning squads before moving on loan to Monarcas Morelia in Mexico in 2003. Garcé returned to River Plate in 2004 and helped the club to win the Clausura 2004 tournament. Garcé then had his first spell with

, before playing for

and

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. While at Olimpo, Garcé was banned for 6 months by the Argentine federation after he tested positive of

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. In 2007, he returned for a second spell with Colón. In 2014, he played for

finishing his career in that club.

International

Garcé played two friendly matches under

Marcelo Bielsa Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera (, nicknamed ''El Loco Bielsa'' , meaning "The Crazy Bielsa"; born 21 July 1955) is an Argentine professional football manager who was most recently the head coach of Premier League club Leeds United. He is a forme ...

's coaching for the

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in 2003. He then played a friendly against

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under

Diego Maradona Diego Armando Maradona (; 30 October 196025 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FI ...

. On 19 May 2010, Garcé was surprisingly selected as one of the 23 men to play for Argentina in the

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in South Africa though he did not feature in any match. According to Maradona, he saw a dream of an Argentina squad winning the World Cup, and the only face he could remember was Garcé's.

Career statistics

International

Honours

River Plate *

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(3): Clausura 2000, Clausura 2002, Clausura 2004

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garce, Ariel 1979 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Club Atlético River Plate footballers Atlético Morelia players Club Atlético Colón footballers Club Olimpo footballers Rosario Central footballers Atlético de Rafaela footballers Argentinos Juniors footballers Argentine Primera División players Liga MX players Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Argentina men's international footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico 2010 FIFA World Cup players Doping cases in association football