Jesús García Tena

Jesús García Tena (born 7 June 1990)[1] is a Spanish footballer, who plays for Stenhousemuir, as a defender.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Tena.
Jesús García
Personal information
Full name Jesús García Tena
Date of birth (1990-06-07) 7 June 1990
Place of birth Terrassa, Spain
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Stenhousemuir
Youth career
Juventus
Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Sabadell 1 (0)
2009–2010 Terrassa 13 (0)
2011–2012 Cuneo 7 (0)
2012–2013 Livingston 29 (3)
2013–2017 Hamilton Academical 67 (6)
2017–2018 Edinburgh City 21 (2)
2018– Stenhousemuir 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:29, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Career

Born in Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, García spent his early career in Spain and Italy with Juventus, Espanyol, Sabadell, Terrassa and Cuneo.[3][4][5] He signed for Scottish club Livingston in August 2012.[6] On 2 May 2013, it was announced that he was leaving the club after the 2012–13 season.[7]

He signed a short-term contract with Hamilton Academical in September 2013,[8] stating that he was "really happy" with the move.[9] In December 2013 the contract was extended until the end of the 2013–14 season.[10] In July 2014 his contract was again extended,[11] before being extended again in January 2015, until May 2016.[12] It was again extended for a further year in May 2016.[13] He suffered a knee injury in the first game of the 2016–17 season, in a League Cup game; it was announced he would miss most of the season.[14] He was released by Hamilton in April 2017.[15][16]

On 21 September 2017, García Tena signed for Edinburgh City on a contract until January 2018, having spent time on trial at the club.[17] After one season with the side, he left the club in May 2018.[18]

Career statistics
As of 28 November 2018[2][4][5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sabadell 2009–10 Segunda División B 10––––––10
Terrassa 2009–10 Segunda División B 130––––––130
Cuneo 2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 70––––––70
Livingston 2012–13 Scottish First Division 293101000313
Hamilton Academical 2013–14 Scottish Championship 18100004[lower-alpha 1]0221
2014–15 Scottish Premiership 261100000271
2015–16 234101000254
2016–17 0000100010
Total 676202040756
Edinburgh City 2017–18 Scottish League Two 210100000220
Stenhousemuir 2018–19 Scottish League One 100004010150
Career total 14894070501649
  1. Appearances in the Premiership play-offs

Personal life

His younger brother Pol García Tena is also a footballer, and plays with Italian club Juventus.[19]

References
  1. "Jesus Garcia Tena". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  2. Jesús García Tena at Soccerbase
  3. "Livingston star handed extended deal". westlothiancourier.co.uk. West Lothian Courier. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  4. "Profile". BDFutbol.
  5. Jesús García Tena at Soccerway
  6. "Jesus Signs For Livingston". livingstonfc.co.uk. Livingston F.C. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  7. "Livingston captain Liam Fox tops list of players to exit Almondvale". West Lothian Courier. 2 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  8. "Garcia Tena Signs". Hamilton Academical F.C. 9 September 2013. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  9. Andrew McGilvray (13 September 2013). "Jesus Garcia Tena is happy to sign short-term deal at Hamilton". Hamilton Advertiser. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  10. "Hamilton extend defender's spell". SPFL. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  11. "Hamilton: Jason Scotland and Jesus Garcia Tena extend deals". BBC Sport. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  12. "Hamilton Academical's Jesus Garcia Tena extends contract". BBC Sport. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  13. "Hamilton Accies: Jesus Garcia Tena signs new contract". BBC Sport. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  14. "Hamilton's Jesus Garcia Tena to miss most of the season". The Scotsman. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  15. "Two Players Released". Hamilton Academical FC. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  16. "Hamilton release defenders Jesus Garcia Tena and Dan Seaborne". Bbc.co.uk. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  17. "Jesus Garcia Tena: Edinburgh City sign former Hamilton Accies defender". BBC Sport. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  18. "Player news". Edinburgh City FC. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  19. Andrew Smith (10 February 2013). "Jesus Garcia Tena on Juventus books as youngster". Scotsman.
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