Francisco René García Peña (born 4 September 1990) is a Salvadoran

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who plays as a defender.

Club career

García started his career with

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of the

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. He participated in league fixtures for the club from 2010, making one hundred and ten appearances from the 2011–12 season up until 2015–16 - whilst also netting two goals, against FAS in 2013 and Águila in 2014 respectively. Atlético Marte were relegated to

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at the conclusion of 2015–16, though García was released halfway through in January 2016 following disciplinary issues. He subsequently joined Sonsonate, though was unable to feature due to contractual disagreements between the two clubs. In 2019, García headed to the United States with National Premier Soccer League side

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. He appeared nine times in the

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, whilst also appearing in the

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in games against

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and Fresno FC.

International career

García represented El Salvador at U23 and

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level. He won one cap for the former, it arrived in a 2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualifier against Panama. In October 2014, García was called up to

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's first-team squad for friendlies with

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and Ecuador in the United States. He was substituted on in place of Alexander Mendoza during the match with Colombia at Red Bull Arena. He won his second cap a month later versus Panama at the

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Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:García, Francisco 1990 births Living people Footballers from San Salvador Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Salvadoran expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Salvadoran expatriate sportspeople in the United States Salvadoran Primera División players National Premier Soccer League players C.D. Atlético Marte footballers C.D. Sonsonate footballers El Farolito SC players