Rubén García Martínez (born 6 December 1981) is a Spanish
footballer
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who plays for
CD Barco as a
central midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
Born in
O Barco de Valdeorras,
Province of Ourense
Ourense (in Spanish, ''Orense'') is a Spanish province, in the southeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Pontevedra to the west, Lugo to the north, León and Zamora, (which both belong to Cas ...
, García finished his youth career with
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 made his senior debut with
the reserves in the
2000–01 season, in
Segunda División B
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. After a loan spell with
Gimnástica de Torrelavega
Real Sociedad Gimnástica de Torrelavega is a Spanish football team based in Torrelavega, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded on 28 September 1907 it is the oldest football club in the region, and currently plays in Tercera Divisi ...
he returned to the former, and on 19 July 2003 he played his first match as a professional, coming on as a first-half
substitute in a 0–1 home loss against
FC Slovan Liberec for
that year's
UEFA Intertoto Cup
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.
In summer 2004, García joined
Zamora CF
Zamora Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Zamora, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1968 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio Ruta de la Plata'', with a c ...
also on loan. Two years later he signed with
SD Eibar
Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in eu, Eibar Kirol Elkartea) is a professional Spanish football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country.
Founded on 30 November 1940, the team currently plays in the Segunda División, the s ...
, in the same situation and still in the third level.
García was released by Racing in 2007 and continued to compete in that tier, representing
CD Puertollano,
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (two stints),
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 ...
,
Real Unión
Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RFEF ...
,
CD Lugo
Club Deportivo Lugo is a Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Anxo Carro''.
History
The new board of directors was o ...
,
UD Logroñés
Unión Deportiva Logroñés, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 2009, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home matches at ''Estadio Las Gaunas ...
,
UD Salamanca
Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León.
Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and black ...
and
SD Noja.
El Noja incorpora a Rubén García, Xavi Moré y el ex del Marino Rober (Noja add Rubén García, Xavi Moré and former Marino player Rober)
El Comercio, 31 July 2013 (in Spanish)
References
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1981 births
Living people
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Galicia (Spain)
Men's association football midfielders
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Rayo Cantabria players
Racing de Santander players
Gimnástica de Torrelavega footballers
Zamora CF footballers
SD Eibar footballers
CD Puertollano footballers
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players
Real Oviedo players
Real Unión footballers
CD Lugo players
UD Logroñés players
UD Salamanca players