Eduardo "Edu" García Martín (; born 24 April 1990) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a winger or an

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for

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club

Sichuan Jiuniu Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 四川九牛足球俱乐部) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The te ...

. He has played in a host of different countries, including

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and his native

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Club career

García was born in

Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...

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, García joined

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at La ...

's youth setup in 2002, aged 12, after spells at CN Helios Fútbol and UD Amistad. He made his debut with the former's reserves during the 2009–10 campaign, in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. In 2012, García rejected a contract extension from the ''Maños'' and signed for

CD Ebro Club Deportivo Ebro is a Spanish football club in Zaragoza, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1942, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at '' Campo Municipal de Fútbol La Almozara'', which has a cap ...

also in the fourth division. The following year, he moved to fellow league team

SD Ejea Sociedad Deportiva Ejea is a Spanish football team based in Ejea de los Caballeros, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1927, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at '' Municipal de Ejea'', with a 2,2 ...

, along with former Ebro manager

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. In July 2014, García and his manager Loreto returned to Ebro. He scored a career-best 16 goals during his first season, which ended in promotion to

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, and added a further eight in his second. On 10 August 2016, García returned to Zaragoza, signing a two-year contract now with the first team. He made his professional debut on 7 September, starting in a 1–2

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home loss against

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. García made his

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debut on 17 September 2016, replacing

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in a 2–0 home win against

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 1, holding home matches at the Municipal de Sant ...

. He scored his first goal in the category on 13 November, netting the last in a home success over

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División, holding home matches at ''Es ...

for the same scoreline.

Indian Super League

Bengaluru FC

On 3 September 2017, García signed a one-year contract with

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club

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. On 19 November 2017, he made his first team debut against Mumbai City FC, scoring the first goal in the 2–0 victory and dedicated the goal to the club's assistant manager Carles Cuadrat. On 9 February 2018, he scored in his final match for the club in a 2–0 win over

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China League One

Zhejiang Energy Greentown FC

On 23 February 2018, he joined Chinese club Zhejiang Energy Greentown for an undisclosed fee. On 24 March 2018, he made his debut for the club in a 2–1 loss over Zhejiang Yiteng. He scored his first goal for the club, on 1 April 2018 against

Shanghai Shenxin Shanghai Shenxin Football Club () was a professional football club that participated in China's football league system between 2003 and 2019 under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Jinshan District, Shangha ...

. He made his final appearance for the club on 19 September 2018 against

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. He went on to make 15 appearances for the club scoring 3 goals in the process.

Return to the ISL

ATK

On 23 December 2018, García returned to the

with ATK during the January transfer window. On 25 January 2019, he scored a free-kick on his debut in a 1–1 draw against

Kerala Blasters Kerala Blasters Football Club (), commonly referred to as The Blasters, is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of football in India. The club was established i ...

. He scored three goals in eight appearances for ATK in his first short season. In his second season with the club, he came on as a substitute and scored a brace against

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. On 14 March 2020, he scored a goal in the

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against

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to win his first career league title. He finished the

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with 6 goals in 16 appearances for the club.

ATK Mohun Bagan

On 6 August 2020, Garcia signed a two-year contract with newly merged

ATK Mohun Bagan ATK Mohun Bagan FC () is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club competes in Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club, which was formed as a merger between the football section of m ...

. On 20 November 2020, he made his debut for the club against

in a 1–0 win. He was injured for most of the season and his contract was mutually terminated by the club.

Return to China League One

Sichuan Jiuniu

Hernán joined

on 21 April 2022.

Career statistics

Clubs

Honours

ATK *

: 2019–20

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Edu 1990 births Living people Footballers from Zaragoza Spanish footballers Association football wingers China League One players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Zaragoza B players CD Ebro players SD Ejea players Real Zaragoza players Bengaluru FC players Zhejiang Professional F.C. players Sichuan Jiuniu F.C. players Spanish expatriate footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate footballers in India Spanish expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate footballers in China ATK (football club) players Indian Super League players ATK Mohun Bagan FC players Hyderabad FC players