Miguel Garcia (Portuguese footballer)
Miguel Ângelo Moita Garcia (born 4 February 1983) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a right back.
![]() Garcia in action for Orduspor in 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Miguel Ângelo Moita Garcia | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 4 February 1983 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Moura, Portugal | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
1992–1997 | Moura | |||||||||||||||
1997–2002 | Sporting CP | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Sporting B | 37 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2003–2007 | Sporting CP | 61 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Reggina | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2009 | Olhanense | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Braga | 22 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Orduspor | 56 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Mallorca | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2014 | NorthEast United | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015 | Sporting Goa | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015 | NorthEast United | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Total | 228 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
2001 | Portugal U18 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Portugal U19 | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Portugal U20 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2004 | Portugal U21 | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2004 | Portugal B | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Club career
Garcia was born in Moura, Alentejo, being a youth product of Sporting CP and making his debut with the first team in 2003–04, in a 2–1 away win against Académica de Coimbra where he played the first half.[1] The following season was remarkable for him: first, against S.L. Benfica, in the Portuguese Cup, he missed the penalty that eliminated his team in the round-of-16 on 26 January 2005;[2] a few months after, on 5 May, in the last minute of extra time, he scored a header in the UEFA Cup semi-finals second leg against AZ Alkmaar, as Sporting lost 2–3 away but qualified through the away goals rule.[3]
Garcia signed a pre-contract agreement with Reggina Calcio, joining the club in summer of 2007 after his link with Sporting expired. He suffered a serious knee injury in October, and did not play a single match for the Italian side; on 17 March of the following year, the club communicated the decision to terminate his contract.[4]
In mid-July 2009, after more than one year out of football, Garcia signed with Jorge Costa's S.C. Olhanense, freshly promoted to the Primeira Liga. However, as João Pereira was signed from S.C. Braga to former side Sporting in late December, he was chosen as his immediate replacement, moving for €50,000 on a one-and-a-half-year contract.[5]
On 2 September 2014, after spells in Turkey[6] and Spain,[7] Garcia joined NorthEast United FC for the inaugural campaign of the Indian Super League.[8][9] On 15 January of the following year he signed with another club in the nation, I-League's Sporting Clube de Goa,[10] returning to his previous team on 20 June.[11]
After suffering a bilateral achilles tendinopathy injury in the opening game of the 2015 season, against Kerala Blasters FC on 6 October, Garcia was sidelined for several months.[12]
International career
Garcia was a member of the Portugal under-21 side at the 2004 UEFA European Championship, which saw them finish in third place.[13] He failed to gain a place in the squad that competed in Olympic football in Athens the same year, however.
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sporting CP | 2003–04[14] | Primeira Liga | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004–05[14] | Primeira Liga | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 24 | 1 | |
2005–06[14] | Primeira Liga | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
2006–07[14] | Primeira Liga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
Total | 61 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 80 | 1 | ||
Reggina | 2007–08[14] | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Olhanense | 2009–10[14] | Primeira Liga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
Braga | 2009–10[14] | Primeira Liga | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2010–11[14] | Primeira Liga | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
Total | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
Orduspor | 2011–12[15] | Süper Lig | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 35 | 2 | |
2012–13[15] | Süper Lig | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||
Total | 56 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 62 | 2 | |||
Mallorca | 2013–14[15] | Segunda División | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
NorthEast United | 2014[15] | Indian Super League | 13 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
Sporting Goa | 2015[15] | I-League | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
NorthEast United | 2015[15] | Indian Super League | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Career total | 191 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 237 | 3 |
- Appearances in UEFA Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
Honours
Sporting
- Taça de Portugal: 2006–07[16]
- UEFA Europa League: Runner-up 2004–05[17]
Braga
- UEFA Europa League: Runner-up 2010–11[17]
References
- "Académica-Sporting, 1–2 (Alvim 52; Lourenço 67, Beto 90)". Record (in Portuguese). 16 August 2003. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
- "Taça: Benfica derrota Sporting ao 14º penálti" [Cup: Benfica defeat Sporting at the 14th penalty] (in Portuguese). Relvado. 26 January 2005. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
- "2004/05: Carvalho inspires CSKA to 'landmark victory'". UEFA. 1 June 2005. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- "Comunicato stampa" [Official announcement] (in Italian). Reggina Calcio. 17 March 2008. Archived from the original on 25 May 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
- "OFICIAL: Miguel Garcia é jogador do Sp. Braga" [OFFICIAL: Miguel Garcia is a Sp. Braga player] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- "Braga'lı Garcia Orduspor'da" [Braga's Garcia to Orduspor] (in Turkish). Haberciniz. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- "El Mallorca ficha al portugués Miguel García [sic]" [Mallorca sign Portuguese Miguel García]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 21 August 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
- "Sindicato consegue clube para Miguel Garcia na Índia" [Union finds club for Miguel Garcia in India] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- "NorthEast United FC Signs Portuguese Miguel Garcia". Football Masala. 3 September 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- "Sporting sign Garcia". Nyoooz. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- Chandra, Shikharr (20 June 2015). "NorthEast United retain Miguel Garcia". Goal. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- Parasar, Swapnaneel (15 October 2015). "Indian Super League: Miguel Garcia, Kondwani Mtonga and Boubacar Sanogo ruled out of ISL". Goal. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- "Portugal earn Athens adventure". UEFA. 8 June 2004. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- "Miguel Garcia". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- "Miguel Garcia". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- "Taça de Portugal: Sporting goleia (6–0) Pinhalnovense" [Portuguese Cup: Sporting rout (6–0) Pinhalnovense]. Público (in Portuguese). 10 February 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- Cruz Martins, André (17 December 2016). ""No intervalo da final da Taça UEFA de 2005 já pensávamos onde íamos comemorar"" ["We were already thinking about where we were going to celebrate during half-time of the 2005 UEFA Cup final"]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 May 2017.
External links
- Miguel Garcia at ForaDeJogo
- Miguel Garcia at the Turkish Football Federation
- National team data (in Portuguese)