Juan Manuel García (born 8 July 1988) is an

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professional

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who plays as a

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for the

Deportes Santa Cruz Club de Deportes Santa Cruz is a football club based in Santa Cruz, Chile. The club currently plays in the Chilean Primera Division B, the second tier of Chilean football. The club was founded on May 25, 1913 as Unión Comercio. In 1983 the ...

Career

García's first club were

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the Englis ...

, he was promoted into the first-team during the 2010–11 Primera B Nacional when he was an unused substitute away to

Defensa y Justicia Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia, commonly known as Defensa y Justicia, is an Argentine football club from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, established in 1935.

on 19 June 2011. In the following season, 2011–12, García made twenty-four appearances including his pro debut on 25 September 2011 versus

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. However, in the next five seasons, he featured just eighteen times. In June 2016, García was loaned to Gimnasia y Esgrima of the

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. He remained for half of 2016–17, but didn't make an appearance after being an unused sub fourteen times. In January 2017, García was signed permanently by

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side

Deportes Antofagasta Deportes Antofagasta is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta currently playing in the Campeonato Nacional. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán, which has a capacity of 21,178. History The ...

. He made his debut on 19 February in a 5–0 victory over

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. On 7 July 2017, after thirteen games for Antofagasta, García returned to Argentina to join Huracán on loan. He appeared three times during the 2017–18 campaign for the club. August 2018 saw García join

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. He made six appearances. In 2019, García returned to Chile as he agreed terms with Primera B's San Luis. His debut arrived on 23 February versus

Deportes Temuco Deportes Temuco is a Chilean football club based in Temuco, Araucanía Region. It currently plays in the Chilean Primera División B, holding home games at the new '' Estadio Municipal Germán Becker''. The club was founded on February 22, 196 ...

. After terminating his San Luis contract on 29 July 2019, García spent the rest of the year without a club. In March 2020, Chilean

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outfit

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signed García. His first appearance, which was delayed due to the

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, came in a home defeat to

San Antonio Unido Club Social y Deportivo San Antonio Unido, usually referred to as SAU is a football club located in the port city of San Antonio, Chile, situated in the Valparaíso Region. It was founded on July 21, 1961. Its football team currently plays in Seg ...

on 16 September; it also meant he had appeared in the top three divisions of the country's

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Personal life

Garcia's twin brother,

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, is also a professional footballer.

Career statistics

Honours

;Rosario Central *

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 tea ...

: 2012–13

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:García, Manuel 1988 births Living people Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Primera Nacional players Argentine Primera División players Chilean Primera División players Torneo Federal A players Primera B de Chile players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Rosario Central footballers Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers C.D. Antofagasta footballers Club Atlético Huracán footballers Racing de Córdoba footballers San Luis de Quillota footballers Deportes Recoleta footballers