Omar García Azofra (born 7 September 1983) is a Spanish professional

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who plays for

SD Logroñés Sociedad Deportiva Logroñés is a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 2009, it plays in . Team colours are white-and-red shirts and black shorts. History ''Sociedad Deportiva Logroñés' ...

as a

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Football career

An unsuccessful

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club (; ), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao (), or simply Athletic, is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Southern Basque Country, Basque Country, Spain. They are known ...

youth graduate, García played in his early years in his country for

Zamudio SD Zamudio Sociedad Deportiva is a Spanish football team based in Zamudio, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1943, it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Gazituaga'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats. Season to seaso ...

CD Alfaro Club Deportivo Alfaro is a Spanish football team based in Alfaro, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1922 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio La Molineta'', with a capacity of 4,000 seats. History In the 2013– ...

and

CD Logroñés Club Deportivo Logroñés, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1940, it last played in '' Regional Preferente de La Rioja''. Due to financial problems, since 2009 the club ha ...

, never in higher than

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

. On 1 September 2008, he signed a one-year contract with League Two side

Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional association football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The team plays in EFL League One, the third tier of English football, after suffering relegation fr ...

. García made his official debut for his new club on 1 November 2008, against

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 188 ...

. His next appearance came three days later in the

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2–0 win against

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, and he also featured in the

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first-round tie against

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spr ...

, on the 8th. García made his second and last league appearance with the Millers on 15 November 2008, against Gillingham. On 10 April of the following year he was told that he could leave the English club, and he returned to Spain with

CF Gandía Club de Fútbol Gandía is a Spanish football team based in Gandia, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1947 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Guillermo Olagüe'', with a capacity of 6,000 seats. Season to season ...

, also in the third level. After 14 league appearances in

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(no goals), García moved down to

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

and joined

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Futbolme profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Omar 1983 births Living people Footballers from Logroño Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda División B players Tercera División players Zamudio SD players CD Logroñés footballers English Football League players Rotherham United F.C. players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England CF Gandía players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen