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Sergio García de la Fuente (born 9 June 1983) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Qatari club Al Rayyan SC. Mainly a forward, he can also appear as a winger, preferably on the right. After starting out at Barcelona he went on to represent mainly Zaragoza and Espanyol, serving as captain of the latter. Over the course of 12 seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 298 games and 71 goals. García appeared for Spain at Euro 2008, winning the tournament. ==Club career== Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, García rose through the ranks of FC Barcelona, finding however opportunities almost non-existent in the senior squad. He made four first-team appearances during the 2003–04 season, his debut coming on 3 September 2003 in a 1–1 home draw against Sevilla FC. Moving to Levante UD in 2004 mere months after extending his ''Barça'' link,〔(Sergio García signs new deal ); UEFA.com, 1 March 2004〕 García proved himself a La Liga player, a trait he continued to display at Real Zaragoza, whether as a starter or the first option from the bench. In 2007–08 he played all 38 matches, while the Aragonese were eventually relegated from the top level. At the beginning of the 2008–09 campaign, García was linked with a number of Premier League clubs including Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Stoke City, along with fellow team-mate Diego Milito. Rumours that he would leave Zaragoza had been further fuelled after the club's relegation, as he was thrown out of a side pre-season training session by manager Marcelino García Toral and was then left out of their opening day defeat against Levante.〔(Marcelino echa del entrenamiento a Sergio García (Marcelino throws Sergio García out of training session) ); Periodista Digital, 4 August 2008 〕 On 1 September 2008, in the dying seconds of the transfer window, after continuous rumours, García signed for Real Betis,〔(Betis build with Sergio García ); UEFA.com, 2 September 2008〕〔(Sergio García: "Poco a poco se puede estar más arriba" (García: "Little by little we can move up in the ranks") ); Marca, 3 September 2008 〕 for a fee close to €10 million. He scored his first goal for his new club on 27 September in the team's home game against Real Madrid (1–2 loss), following up on his own saved penalty.〔(Real Betis 1–2 Real Madrid ); ESPN Soccernet, 27 September 2008〕 On 16 November he netted a brace in at 3–1 home win over Racing de Santander〔(Real Betis 3–1 Racing Santander ); ESPN Soccernet, 16 November 2008〕 and, on 18 January of the following, added another in the 3–1 success at Real Valladolid, in which he also assisted the other goal.〔(Valladolid 1–3 Real Betis ); ESPN Soccernet, 18 January 2009〕 On 7 February 2009 García helped Betis achieve a landmark victory at neighbouring Sevilla, scoring in a 2–1 win.〔(Sevilla FC 1–2 Real Betis ); ESPN Soccernet, 7 February 2009〕 In form, he was struck with a knee injury after celebrating his opener against CD Numancia, a 3–3 home draw on 4 April,〔(Real Betis 3–3 Numancia ); ESPN Soccernet, 4 April 2009〕 eventually missing a month of competition – with Betis struggling during this time – and eventually dropping down a level at the end. García scored 12 goals in the 2009–10 season, but the Andalusians failed to promote. In August 2010 he signed a five-year contract with RCD Espanyol, moving to the Catalan side as a replacement to veteran Raúl Tamudo, who left the club after nearly 20 years of service. In May 2015, after netting a career-best 14 league goals during the campaign, García turned down an offer to join Qatar's Al Sadd SC, who had recently signed Barcelona's Xavi. On 29 June, however, he joined Al Rayyan SC in the same country. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sergio García (footballer, born 1983)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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