Olga García Pérez (born 1 June 1992) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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and the Spain women's national team.

Career

Club

As a young girl, Olga played for clubs La Penya Blac i Brava La Roca and FC Mataró before arriving at the youth teams of

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in 2004 when she was about 12 years old. She was promoted to the club's first team at the 2010–11 season and at her first season she became the club's top scorer with 25 goals, including the winning goal of the 2011 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol final. On her second season (2011–2012), she was the club's second top goalscorer with 22 goals, winning the

. On the 2012–2013 season she was again the club's second top scorer with 13 league goals, playing with the club at the 2013 Champions League and winning the Copa de la Reina and the Primera División. In June 2013 she signed a two-year contract with

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. She moved back to FC Barcelona after two seasons at Levante, signing a contract with the club in July 2015.

International

Garcia played for Spain on the under-17 and under-19 team. She was part of team which competed at the

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. She trained and has been involved with the senior national team since the 2012–2013 season. Her match debut happened on 26 November 2015, coming on as a substitute during Spain's

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3–0 win against

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. At the end of that match, she had a shot deflected off Sophie Perry which resulted on Spain's third goal.

International goals

Honours

;Barcelona *

: Winner 2011–12,

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: Winner

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: Winner 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 ;Spain *

Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and ...

: Winner

Cyprus Cup The Cyprus Women's Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football. It has been held annually in Cyprus since 2008. Although the competition takes place in Cyprus, the hosts have yet to take part in th ...

: Winner

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Olga García
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