Raúl García Fernández

Raúl García
Personal information
Full name Raúl García Fernández
Date of birth (1976-07-30) 30 July 1976
Place of birth Hernani, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 Real Unión 100 (2)
1997–1998 Racing Ferrol 23 (0)
1998–2002 Barakaldo 132 (1)
2002–2005 Burgos 100 (2)
2005–2006 Palencia 20 (0)
2006–2007 Burgos 33 (0)
2007–2009 Eibar 69 (0)
2009–2013 Mirandés 91 (4)
Total 568 (9)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Raúl García Fernández (born 30 July 1976) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He could occupy all three defensive positions.

He amassed Segunda División B totals of 461 games and eight goals over the course of 15 seasons, representing in the competition six different clubs, mainly Barakaldo.

Football career

Born in Hernani, Gipuzkoa, García's 19-year senior career was spent mainly in the lower leagues of his country, mostly with Barakaldo CF, Burgos CF (four years apiece) and CD Mirandés (three seasons). He played 75 games in Segunda División over the course of three seasons, with SD Eibar and Mirandés.[1]

During the 2012–13 campaign, whilst with the latter side, 36-year-old García suffered a serious injury to the meniscus on his left knee, being sidelined for two months.[2] He scored his first and only goal in the second level on 20 October 2012, contributing decisively to a 1–1 home draw against Girona FC;[3] he left the club in July of the following year,[4] and retired shortly after.

References

  1. ↑ El defensa Raúl García, procedente del Eibar, primer fichaje del Mirandés (Defender Raúl García, from Eibar, first Mirandés signing); Diario de Burgos, 17 July 2009 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Mirandés, Raúl García pasó por el quirófano (Mirandés, Raúl García visited surgery room); esFutbol, 9 February 2013 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ El Mirandés no sabe ganar en Anduva (Mirandés can't win in Anduva); Marca, 20 October 2012 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Raúl García no continuará en el CD Mirandés (Raúl García will not continue with CD Mirandés); CD Mirandés, 6 July 2013 (Spanish)
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