Walter Ariel García (born March 14, 1984) is an

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former

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Career

Club

García started his career with

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...

in 2001, but in 2002 the club was relegated to the Argentine 2nd division. After staying with the club for a further season he returned to the Primera with Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro one of the top five clubs (''cinco grandes'') in Argentine football. García was a key player for San Lorenzo anchoring the clubs back line, appearing in 61 league matches. He also participated in the 2004 Copa Sudamericana in which he started all 4 matches and the 2005 Copa Libertadores for San Lorenzo appearing in 4 matches and scoring one goal. His play did not go unnoticed as he began to receive interest from various European clubs.

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were interested in acquiring García on loan, however this offer was rejected by San Lorenzo who accepted an offer of $2 million from

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for his transfer. In February 2006, García joined

on a four-year contract, before joining

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on a one-year loan deal in September of the same year. Returning to Argentina to play for

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the southeast end of the Greater Buenos Aires, being some away from the urban centre area of Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and is the seat of the eponymous '' ...

in 2007. After being relegated with his team García stayed with Quilmes to play in the 2007-08

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (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 38 team ...

season. Following his stay with Quilmes, García joined Nacional in Uruguay. After not featuring for the club he received interest from various clubs including Club América of Mexico and Deportivo Quito of Ecuador. He signed with

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in August 2009. He left Red Bulls at the end of 2009 season, having played just 1 game for the team, and had a trial at English side Leeds United with hopes of securing a contract at the club in the January 2010 transfer window.Simon Grayson eyes Argentine for Leeds United
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decided that after Garcia played for Leeds in a behind closed doors friendly in which Leeds conceded 4 goals that Garcia was no better than any of the centre backs currently at the club, and his trial was ended.

International

García represented Argentina at the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship. He was also capped for the Argentina Under-20 side in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship and the 2003 South American Youth Championship which was won by the Argentine team.

References

External links

MLS player profile
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Walter 1984 births Living people Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's under-20 international footballers Argentine sportspeople of Spanish descent Argentinos Juniors footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers FC Rubin Kazan players Catania FC players Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Club Nacional de Football players New York Red Bulls players Guillermo Brown de Puerto Madryn footballers C.D. Olimpia players Serie A players Argentine Primera División players Russian Premier League players Major League Soccer players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Men's association football defenders Pan American Games gold medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 21st-century Argentine sportsmen