Luis García Postigo (born 1 June 1969) is a Mexican former professional

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who played as a

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. Today he is a football commentator for

TV Azteca Televisión Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V., commonly known as TV Azteca, is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa. It primarily competes with Televisa as well as so ...

(nicknamed "Doctor Garcia") and narrates alongside Argentine Mexican commentator Christian Martinoli.

Club career

García came out of the Pumas' youth groups as a great prospect. He debuted when he was 17 years old in 1987 with the Pumas team. He also played with

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

, and

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad ( ; ''Royal Society'') in English, and Erreala or Reala in Basque language, Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Donostia / San Sebastián, ...

of Spain's

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. Returning from Europe he continued his career in

Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...

, Atlante,

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, and

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. He scored a total of 156 goals in the

Mexican Primera División Liga MX, also known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the highest level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and also as Primera Divi ...

, and led it in scoring three times. He retired from

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in 2001. He last played with

. He became top-scorer in the 1990–91, 1991–92, and the 1997 winter tournaments.

Atlético Madrid

Luis Garcia arrived at Atletico Madrid in 1992, scoring 17 goals in his debut season with the Spanish Club. After struggling in his second season, he was loaned out to Real Sociedad.

International career

For the

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, he compiled 77

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, scoring 28 goals and played in the

1994 World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States w ...

, scoring both Mexico goals in their first round victory versus the

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. He was the tournament top scorer with 3 goals in the 1995 King Fahd Cup (later renamed the Confederations Cup). He was selected to be part for the Mexico team for the

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 1 ...

, however he did not see action in the tournament. He was selected as one of 3 overage players on the Mexico Olympic team at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Retirement

After retiring, he picked up a commentator spot with

. He left the job when he was offered the position of

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of Monarcas Morelia. After leaving Morelia, He currently has returned to TV Azteca to his old job of a commentator in TV Azteca Sport Programs. In 2011, García appear in film production '' Guerrero 12'', a feature-length documentary examining soccer fandom passion. The film is directed by Miguel A. Reina, who was also responsible for the Sundance film ''Un aliado en el tiempo''. Garcia is also a Spanish

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for the North American version of

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alongside TV Azteca commentator Christian Martinoli.

Personal life

García has been accused of domestic violence by his former wife,

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(married 2001–2004).

Honours

UNAM *

: 1990–91 *

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Atlético Madrid *

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runner-up:

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

Mexico *

FIFA Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six continental championships ( AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBO ...

third place:

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

Copa América The CONMEBOL Copa América (; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial association football, football tournament contested among list of men's national ass ...

runner-up:

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

CONCACAF Gold Cup The CONCACAF Gold Cup () is an association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top continental tournament for men's senior national teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament is held every two ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Individual *

Golden Ball: 1990–91, 1991–92 *

Golden Boot: 1990–91, 1991–92, Invierno 1997 *

Top Scorer: 1992–93, 1993–94 *

Top Scorer:

Top scorer:

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Top Scorer:

* Salón de la Fama del Fútbol Internacional:

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Career statistics

International goals

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Luis 1969 births Living people Mexican people of Spanish descent Footballers from Mexico City Men's association football forwards Men's association football wingers Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's international footballers CONCACAF Gold Cup–winning players 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 1993 Copa América players 1994 FIFA World Cup players 1995 King Fahd Cup players 1995 Copa América players 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players 1998 FIFA World Cup players Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Mexico Club Universidad Nacional footballers Atlético Madrid footballers Real Sociedad footballers Club América footballers Atlante F.C. footballers C.D. Guadalajara footballers Atlético Morelia players Club Puebla players La Liga players Mexican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Spain CONCACAF Champions Cup–winning players 20th-century Mexican sportsmen