Mario García Sáiz (born 21 March 1999) is a Spanish

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 le ...

who plays as a

left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for

UM Escobedo Unión Montañesa Escobedo is a Spanish football team based in Escobedo, Camargo, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1964 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 3, holding home matches at ''Estadio Eusebio Arce''. Hist ...

Club career

García was born in

Santander Santander may refer to: Places * Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain * Santander Department, a department of Colombia * Santander State, former state of Colombia * Santander de Quilichao, a m ...

, Cantabria, and represented

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system ...

and

Girona FC Girona Futbol Club, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, it plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 Segunda División play-offs. Girona holds its home matches at ...

as a youth. He made his senior debut with

Girona FC B Girona Futbol Club "B" is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Girona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. The reserve team of Girona FC was founded in 2011, and plays in Tercera División RFEF, Tercera Divisió ...

(which was at the time the C-team) on 27 May 2018, playing the last 15 minutes of a 1–0

Segona Catalana The Segona Catalana is the seventh tier of the Spanish football league system and the second highest league in the autonomous community of Catalonia. The league was formed in 2011 to replace Territorial Preferent as second level of Catalonia and ...

home win against UE Marca de L'Ham. On 23 July 2018, after finishing his formation, García signed for

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 ...

side

CD Tropezón Club Deportivo Tropezón is a football team based in Tanos, Torrelavega in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1983, it plays in the Segunda División RFEF – Group 2. Its stadium is '' Santa Ana'' with a capacity of 1,500 seats. ...

. On 7 August 2020, after two seasons as a regular starter, he moved to

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 ''Esta ...

and was assigned to the reserves also in the fourth division. García made his professional debut on 19 September 2020, coming on as a late substitute for

Bojan Letić Bojan Letić (born 21 December 1992) is a Bosnian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left-back for Sabah FC (Azerbaijan), Sabah. Club career Early career Letić started off his ...

in a 1–1 home draw against

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: ''Real Stadium Club Ovetense'' and ''Real Club De ...

in the

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. On 19 July of the following year, after being sparingly used for the B's, he returned to Tropezón, with the side now in the Segunda División RFEF.

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* * * 1999 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Santander, Spain Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Girona FC B players CD Mirandés B players CD Mirandés footballers CD Tropezón players {{Spain-footy-defender-stub