Aleix García

Aleix García Serrano (Catalan: [əˈleʒ ɣəɾˈsi.ə]; Spanish: [aˈleʃ ɣaɾˈθi.a];[lower-alpha 1] born 28 June 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club SD Eibar.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Serrano.
Aleix García
García with Spain U18 in 2015
Personal information
Full name Aleix García Serrano[1]
Date of birth (1997-06-28) 28 June 1997
Place of birth Ulldecona, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Eibar
Number 19
Youth career
2002–2005 Ulldecona
2005–2015 Villarreal
2015–2016 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Villarreal C 27 (4)
2014–2015 Villarreal B 10 (0)
2015 Villarreal 1 (0)
2015–2020 Manchester City 4 (0)
2017–2019 → Girona (loan) 51 (3)
2019–2020 → Mouscron (loan) 23 (5)
2020–2021 Dinamo București 7 (0)
2021– Eibar 0 (0)
National team
2013 Spain U16 2 (0)
2013–2014 Spain U17 9 (1)
2015 Spain U18 2 (2)
2016 Spain U19 1 (0)
2018 Spain U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2020

Club career

Villarreal

Born in Ulldecona, Tarragona, Catalonia, García joined Villarreal CF's youth setup in 2005, aged eight, after starting out at CF Ulldecona.[2] He made his senior debut with the reserves in Segunda División B on 26 April 2014 at only 16 years of age, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 away win against CF Badalona.[3]

García featured for the C team in the 2014–15 season, also appearing for the B side in the same campaign. He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 23 May 2015, replacing Antonio Rukavina in a 4–0 loss at Athletic Bilbao.[4]

Manchester City

On 27 August 2015, García joined Premier League side Manchester City.[5] He was selected by then-City manager Manuel Pellegrini against Chelsea on 21 February 2016 in the fifth round of the FA Cup.[6]

García made his first Premier League appearance on 17 September 2016, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute in a 4–0 home win against Bournemouth.[7] On 21 September, he started in an EFL Cup match against Swansea City, scoring his first goal for the club in the 2–1 away win.[8] He next started a month later on 26 October, in another EFL Cup match, a 1–0 loss to Manchester United.[9]

Girona loan

On 1 August 2017, García was loaned to newly promoted La Liga club Girona FC until the end of the season.[10] He was loaned again for the 2018–19 season.[11]

Royal Excel Mouscron

García was loaned to Belgian side Royal Excel Mouscron for the 2019–20 season.[12]

Dinamo București

On 8 October 2020, he signed a contract with Romanian club Dinamo București, until the end of the season.[13]

Eibar

On 18 January 2021, García signed with La Liga club Eibar on a free transfer.[14]

Notes
  1. In isolation, García is pronounced [ɡəɾˈsi.ə]/[ɡaɾˈθi.a], and Aleix [əˈleʃ].

References
  1. "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. "Trabajo con ganas e ilusión para hacerme con un hueco este año en el Villarreal B" [I work with eagerness and hope to fit in to Villarreal B this year]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). 29 July 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  3. "¡Victoria del Villarreal B en Badalona!" [Victory of Villarreal B in Badalona!] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 26 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. "El Athletic monta la fiesta" [Athletic party mounts]. Marca (in Spanish). 23 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  5. Jolly, Richard (27 August 2015). "Aleix Garcia joins Manchester City from Villarreal". ESPN FC. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  6. "Man City give five young players debuts in FA Cup game at Chelsea". ESPN FC. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  7. Sanghera, Mandeep (17 September 2016). "Manchester City 4–0 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  8. Mooney, David (21 September 2016). "Teenager Aleix Garcia impresses as Man City defeat Swansea in EFL Cup". ESPN FC. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  9. McKeegan, Alice (27 October 2016). "Guardiola praises two Man City players after EFL Cup defeat to Manchester United". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  10. "Aleix García will strengthen the midfield of Girona" (in Catalan). Girona FC. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  11. "Manchester City starlet Aleix García heading to Spain for new loan move". City Watch. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  12. "City loans Aleix García ... to Mouscron!" (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  13. "Aleix Garcia Serrano la Dinamo Bucureşti". fcdinamo.ro (in Romanian). 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  14. Barroso, Ander (2021-01-18). "Aleix García, nuevo jugador del Eibar" [Aleix García, new Eibar player]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
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