Diego García (footballer, born 29 December 1996)

Diego Gonzalo García Cardozo (born 29 December 1996) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Estudiantes.[1]

For other people named Diego García, see Diego García.

Diego García
Personal information
Full name Diego Gonzalo García Cardozo
Date of birth (1996-12-29) 29 December 1996
Place of birth Salto, Uruguay
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder[2]
Club information
Current team
 Estudiantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Juventud 52 (8)
2017 → Tacuarembó (loan) 14 (4)
2019 Boston River 0 (0)
2019 → Juventud (loan) 15 (2)
2019– Estudiantes 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:05, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Career

García's career began in his homeland with Juventud.[1][3][4] He made the breakthrough into senior football in 2015–16, initially as an unused substitute for a Primera División draw away to Sud América on 21 November 2015.[1] His professional debut arrived in the succeeding February, appearing for seventy-one minutes of a win on the road against Liverpool.[1] A total of twenty-seven appearances came for García in three seasons, prior to his departure on loan midway through 2017 to Tacuarembó.[1][5] Goals against Villa Teresa, Oriental, Cerrito and Central Español occurred in the Segunda División.[1] He went back to Juventud at the end of the year.[1]

Juventud were relegated while García was at Tacuarembó, with the attacking midfielder subsequently netting eight times for Juventud in the second tier as they won promotion back to the Primera División for 2019.[1] Ahead of the aforementioned campaign, in February 2019, García was signed by top-flight club Boston River; though immediately returned to Juventud on loan.[1] Two goals in fifteen games followed in four months.[1] On 15 July 2019, García completed a transfer to Argentine Primera División side Estudiantes.[6][7][8] He made his bow in the Copa Argentina on 20 July versus Mitre.[1]

Personal life

In September 2018, García and Juventud publicly apologised to left-back Roger Bastos after the Brazilian was racially abused; after García allegedly called Bastos "a monkey" and offered him a banana, though he claimed his intentions were not racist.[9][10][11][12]

Career statistics
As of 23 July 2019.[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Juventud 2015–16 Uruguayan Primera División 90——000090
2016 80———0080
2017 100———00100
2018 Segunda División 258———00258
Total 528——0000528
Tacuarembó (loan) 2017 Segunda División 144———00144
Boston River 2019 Uruguayan Primera División 00———0000
Juventud (loan) 2019 152———00152
Estudiantes 2019–20 Argentine Primera División 001000—0010
Career total 8114100000008214

    References
    1. "Uruguay - D. García". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
    2. "Diego García". World Football. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
    3. "Ficha Estadistica de DIEGO GARCIA". BDFA. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
    4. "Juventud: Espera por Diego García; Enzo Pérez en capilla". Tenfield. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
    5. "Tacuarembó: Incorporó a Diego Garcia". El Ascenso. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
    6. "Sorpresa: Estudiantes sumó al uruguayo Diego García". Infocielo. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
    7. "El uruguayo Diego García es el tercer refuerzo de Estudiantes". Marca. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
    8. "Diego García firmó contrato hasta 2023 y es nuevo refuerzo". Estudiantes. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
    9. "Roger Bastos denunció a futbolista de Juventud de Las Piedras por decirle "mono"". Subrayado. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
    10. ""Mono te voy a dar bananas": la denuncia de racismo de un jugador de Cerro Largo". El Observador. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
    11. "Roger Bastos, de Cerro Largo, denunció por racismo a un jugador de Juventud". Ovación. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
    12. "Jugador de Juventud pidió disculpas y dijo que no quiso discriminar a colega de Cerro Largo". Subrayado. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
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