Milton García Gutiérrez (born 13 August 1986) is a Colombian

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and former player.

Career

Born in

Magangué Magangué is a city and municipality in the Department of Bolivar. The city is located in the Magdalena River; 20 km north of the mouth of the Cauca River The Cauca River () is a river in Colombia that lies between the Occidental and Ce ...

Bolívar Department Bolívar () is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending roughly north–south from the Caribbean coast at Cartagena near ...

, García played for Categoría Primera C teams before moving to coaching. He moved to Cartagena, where he managed the youth sides of

Expreso Rojo Tigres Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá that plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Metropolitano de Techo stadium. History The history of the club began in 2002, when Expreso ...

and

Real Cartagena Real Cartagena is a professional Colombian football team based in Cartagena, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Jaime Morón León stadium. History The origins of Real Cartagena date back to 197 ...

. In May 2018, after working as an assistant manager of the main squad, García was named interim manager in the place of Marco Indaburo. He later returned to his previous role after the appointment of

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, before being named sporting director of the youth setup on 16 September 2019. On 27 September 2019, García was appointed manager of Real Cartagena until the end of the year, replacing José Santa. After missing out promotion, he resigned on 9 January 2020. On 18 March 2021, García reunited with Parra after becoming his assistant at Peruvian side

Unión Comercio Club Deportivo Unión Comercio, simply known as Unión Comercio, is a Peruvian professional football club based in the city of Nueva Cajamarca, San Martín, Peru. The club plays in the Liga 2, the second tier of Peruvian football, after being ...

. He followed Parra to

Iztapa Iztapa (), or Puerto de Iztapa, is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala. It is located on the shores of the Pacific Ocean and surrounded by Michatoya and Maria Linda Rivers, and also by the Canal de Chiquimulilla. Its populat ...

in Guatemala in July 2022, before being named manager of the club on 22 August. García left Iztapa on a mutual agreement on 20 February 2023, and later worked at Quiché before taking over

Achuapa San José de Achuapa (or Achuapa) is a municipality in the León department of Nicaragua Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a pop ...

on 18 December. Dismissed by Achuapa after just eight matches, García returned to Unión Comercio on 29 March 2024, now being appointed manager. He was sacked on 18 May, however.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Milton 1986 births Living people Colombian football managers Real Cartagena managers Unión Comercio managers Colombian expatriate football managers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Peru Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Expatriate football managers in Guatemala Expatriate football managers in Peru