Luis Alberto "Lucho" García Pacheco (born 20 March 1998) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a

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for Spanish club

CF Rayo Majadahonda Club de Fútbol Rayo Majadahonda () is a Spanish football team based in Majadahonda, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1976 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at ''Estadio Cerro del Espino'', with ...

Club career

Born in

Barranquilla Barranquilla () is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean Coast region; as of 2018 it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Col ...

, García moved to Spain at early age and represented

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and Rayo Vallecano as a youth. He made his senior debut with the latter's reserves on 6 September 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute for field player Luis Poblete in a 1–3

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 ...

home loss against

CA Pinto Club Atlético de Pinto is a Spanish football team based in Pinto, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1963 it plays in Tercera División – Group 7, holding home matches at ''Estadio Amelia del Castillo'', which has a capacity of ...

. On 11 July 2018, García joined another

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, Sevilla Atlético in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

. He featured sparingly for the side during his spell, being often a backup to Javi Díaz and Alfonso Pastor. On 8 September 2020, García signed a three-year contract with Deportivo de La Coruña also in the third division. Initially a backup to

Carlos Abad Carlos Javier Abad-Hernández Trujillo (born 28 June 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Atlético Baleares. Club career Born in Puerto de la Cruz, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Abad graduated from ...

, he became the first-choice in February 2021. On 1 July 2021, García moved to

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

side SD Ponferradina. He made his professional debut on 4 September, starting in a 0–2 away loss against CD Tenerife. On 28 July 2022, after being only a backup option to

Amir Abedzadeh Amir Abedzadeh ( fa, امیر عابدزاده; born 26 April 1993), known as Amir, is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Segunda División club Ponferradina and the Iran national team. Club career Youth teams A ...

, García moved to

Primera Federación The Primera Federación, formerly known as Primera División RFEF, is the third tier of the Spanish football league system beginning with the 2021–22 season. It is administered by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. It is below the top tw ...

side

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Lucho 1998 births Living people Footballers from Barranquilla Colombian men's footballers Spanish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Rayo Vallecano B players Sevilla Atlético players Deportivo de La Coruña players SD Ponferradina players CF Rayo Majadahonda players Colombia men's under-20 international footballers Colombia men's youth international footballers 21st-century Colombian people