Sinforiano García (22 August 1924 – 29 May 1992) was a Paraguayan professional
football (soccer) goalkeeper, who played for two top level Paraguayan clubs and for Brazilian club
Flamengo.
Career
Born in
Puerto Pinasco
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*El Puerto de Santa María, Andalusia, Spain
*Puerto, a seaport town in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines
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,
Paraguay on 22 August 1924,
Sinforiano García started his career in 1944, playing for
Atlético Corrales
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*Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
*Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...
,
moving in 1945 to
Cerro Porteño, leaving this club in 1948.
He joined Brazilian club
Flamengo in 1949, after scouts observed him during the
1949 South American Championship
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,
and played his first game for the club on May 29, 1949,
when his club defeated
Arsenal
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of England 3–1 at
Estádio São Januário,
Rio de Janeiro.
Sinforiano García played 276 games and suffered 364 goals defending the Brazilian club,
and was crucial for the club's 1953, 1954 and 1955
Campeonato Carioca
The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Port., Rio de Janeiro State Championship), was started in 1906 and is the annual football championship in the state of Rio de Janeiro, B ...
titles.
International career
García played 20 games for the
Paraguay national team between 1945 and 1949.
Death
García died on 29 May 1992, at the age of 67.
References
1924 births
1992 deaths
Paraguayan men's footballers
Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers
Paraguay men's international footballers
Cerro Porteño players
CR Flamengo footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
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