José Luis Garcés Rivera (born 9 May 1981) is a

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nian

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who currently plays for Liga Panameña de Futbol side

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Club career

At club level, Garcés plays in the striker position. Nicknamed ''el Pistolero'', he played for clubs in

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, and

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before he returned to Panama because he was not being paid in his club Académica de Coimbra.

Criminal charges

He later signed a loan deal with Arabian club

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but later returned to Panama to play for Árabe Unido, where he got arrested a couple of times and in April 2011 spent time in jail. He was later released in July 2011 and signed with

, making his return to football during the

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match against

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. In July 2012 Garcés was again sentenced to serve time in jail on appeal for the alleged assault in 2011 on a woman who subsequently lost her baby, but in November 2012 he was again released after spending 5 months in prison. In March 2013 he was reportedly targeted by armed men in

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but came out unharmed. In June 2014, Garcés joined Tauro, who released him in June 2015. He subsequently moved to

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International career

Garcés made his international debut for the

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in 2000 in a match against

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and has earned a total of 32 caps, scoring 9 goals. He represented his country in 10

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matches and played at the

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and

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- RSSSF His final international was a July

match against the

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.''

Honors

;Nacional *

Uruguayan Primera División The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , en, First Division Professional League, local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional Association football, ...

(1): 2005–06 ;CSKA Sofia *

Bulgarian A Professional Football Group The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

(1): 2007–08 ;National team * Gold Cup Runner-Up (1):

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Runner-Up (1):

References

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