Fernando Rafael García López (born 21 July 1987) is a Peruvian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a striker for

Alianza Atlético Club Alianza Atlético de Sullana, shorted to Alianza Atlético, is a Peru, Peruvian professional association football, football club, located in the city of Sullana. The club was founded in 1920 and promoted to the Primera División Peruana, Peruv ...

in the Peruvian First Division.

Club career

García made his professional debut for Juan Aurich in June 2001, aged just 13 (one month before turning 14). This was the world record until Bolivian footballer Mauricio Baldivieso made his debut at age 12. Though according to The Guardian, sources comparing the ages Baldivieso and García are all but verifiable. Fifa lists the, then, 13-year-old Souleymane Mamam as the youngest-ever player in a World Cup qualifying match, supposedly 13 years and 310 days old in May 2001 during a Togo vs Zambia match. He later played for Universidad San Martín,

and

Sport Boys The Sport Boys Association, commonly referred to as the Sport Boys or simply the Boys, is a Peruvian association football club based in the port city of Callao, founded on 28 July 1927. The club currently participate in the Peruvian Primera Divi ...

before returning to Juan Aurich in 2008.

International career

García is former member of the Peru national under-20 football team and presented his team at 2007 South American Youth Championship in

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at bdfa.com 1987 births Living people People from the Department of Lambayeque Men's association football forwards Peruvian men's footballers 21st-century Peruvian sportsmen Juan Aurich footballers Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres players Alianza Atlético footballers Sport Boys footballers León de Huánuco footballers {{Peru-footy-forward-stub