Gonzalo García García

Gonzalo

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Personal information
Full name	Gonzalo Manuel García García
Date of birth	(1983-10-13) 13 October 1983
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Heracles
Number	22
Youth career
	La Rinconada
	Defensor
	Compostela
	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Real Madrid C
2003	Alcorcón	1	(0)
2004	Mérida	5	(0)
2004–2005	Palencia	19	(1)
2005–2006	AGOVV	35	(16)
2006–2008	Heerenveen	14	(1)
2008	→ Heracles (loan)	16	(3)
2008–2011	Groningen	49	(7)
2010	→ VVV (loan)	14	(3)
2011–2012	AEK Larnaca	23	(12)
2012–2014	Maccabi Tel Aviv	27	(4)
2013–2014	→ Anorthosis (loan)	19	(9)
2014–	Anorthosis	15	(1)
2015–	→ Heracles (loan)	3	(0)
International career
2001	Spain U17	3	(1)
2002	Spain U19	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2015

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is García.

Gonzalo Manuel García García (born 13 October 1983), known simply as Gonzalo, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Heracles Almelo on loan from Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta FC as an attacking midfielder.

Early years

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Gonzalo moved to Spain at the age of 14, his grandparents hailing from Galicia.

He would eventually represent the Spanish under-17 team, at the same time as Andrés Iniesta, José Antonio Reyes and Fernando Torres.

Club career

Gonzalo joined Real Madrid's youth system, but could never move past its third team as a senior. In his country of adoption he never played in higher than the third division, also representing AD Alcorcón, Mérida UD and CF Palencia.

In 2005 Gonzalo moved to the Netherlands, first with AGOVV Apeldoorn, being one of the leading top scorers in the second level season under manager Stanley Menzo. He immediately switched to the Eredivisie after signing with SC Heerenveen, playing his first match in the competition on 10 February 2007 against Vitesse but appearing rarely over the course of two seasons, finishing 2007–08 on loan to Heracles Almelo and helping the club narrowly avoid relegation.

Subsequently Gonzalo signed with FC Groningen, penning a four-year deal with the Euroborg club. First-choice in his debut campaign – 28 matches, four goals – he appeared rarely in 2009–10, being again loaned in the January transfer window, now to VVV-Venlo.

In June 2011, Gonzalo moved to Cyprus with AEK Larnaca FC. On the 14th, in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, he scored a hat-trick in an 8–0 routing of Floriana FC.

In June 2012, Gonzalo signed with Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv FC.

Honours

• Israeli Premier League: 2012–13

External links

• Gonzalo García profile at BDFutbol
• Stats at Voetbal International (Dutch)
• Gonzalo García at Soccerway