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Miguel Garcia (Portuguese footballer)

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Miguel Garcia
Garcia in action for Orduspor in 2012
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ângelo Moita Garcia[1]
Date of birth (1983-02-04) 4 February 1983 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth Moura, Portugal[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1992–1997 Moura
1997–2002 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Sporting CP B 37 (0)
2003–2007 Sporting CP 61 (0)
2007–2008 Reggina 0 (0)
2009 Olhanense 11 (0)
2010–2011 Braga 23 (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 229 (2)
International career
2001 Portugal U17 7 (0)
2001–2002 Portugal U19 12 (0)
2003 Portugal U20 7 (0)
2004–2005 Portugal U21 12 (0)
2006 Portugal B 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Third place 2004 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miguel Ângelo Moita Garcia (born 4 February 1983) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back.

Club career

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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.[2] The following season was remarkable for him: first, against S.L. Benfica in the Taça de Portugal, he missed the penalty that eliminated his team in the round of 16 on 26 January 2005.[3] 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 3–2 away but qualified through the away goals rule.[4]

Garcia signed a pre-contract agreement with Reggina Calcio, joining in summer 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.[5]

In July 2009, after more than two years out of football, Garcia joined Jorge Costa's S.C. Olhanense, recently promoted to the Primeira Liga.[6] However, as João Pereira arrived 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.[7]

On 1 September 2014, after spells in Turkey[8] and Spain,[9] Garcia joined NorthEast United FC for the inaugural campaign of the Indian Super League.[10][11] On 15 January of the following year he signed with another club in the nation, I-League's Sporting Clube de Goa,[12] returning to his previous team on 20 June.[13]

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.[14]

International career

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Garcia was a member of the Portugal under-21 side at the 2004 UEFA European Championship, which saw them finish in third place.[15] He failed to gain a place in the squad that competed in Olympic football in Athens the same year, however.[16]

Post-retirement

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After retiring, Garcia majored in real estate and started his own company.[17]

Career statistics

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Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting CP 2003–04[18] Primeira Liga 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004–05[18] Primeira Liga 15 0 2 0 7[a] 1 24 1
2005–06[18] Primeira Liga 16 0 4 0 3[b] 0 23 0
2006–07[18] Primeira Liga 5 0 1 0 2[c] 0 8 0
Total 61 0 7 0 12 1 80 1
Reggina 2007–08[18] Serie A 0 0 0 0 0 0
Olhanense 2009–10[18] Primeira Liga 11 0 1 0 12 0
Braga 2009–10[18] Primeira Liga 5 0 2 0 0 0 7 0
2010–11[18] Primeira Liga 18 0 3 0 15[d] 0 36 0
Total 23 0 5 0 15 0 43 0
Orduspor 2011–12[19] Süper Lig 30 2 5 0 35 2
2012–13[19] Süper Lig 26 0 1 0 27 0
Total 56 2 6 0 62 2
Mallorca 2013–14[19] Segunda División 10 0 0 0 10 0
NorthEast United 2014[19] Indian Super League 13 0 13 0
Sporting Goa 2015[19] I-League 17 0 0 0 17 0
NorthEast United 2015[19] Indian Super League 1 0 1 0
Career total 192 2 19 0 27 1 238 3
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

Honours

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Sporting CP

Braga

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Miguel Garcia" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Académica-Sporting, 1–2 (Alvim 52; Lourenço 67, Beto 90)". Record (in Portuguese). 16 August 2003. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Taça: Benfica derrota Sporting ao 14º penálti" [Cup: Benfica defeat Sporting at the 14th penalty] (in Portuguese). Relvado. 26 January 2005. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. ^ "2004/05: Carvalho inspires CSKA to 'landmark victory'". UEFA. 1 June 2005. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Comunicato stampa" [Official announcement] (in Italian). Reggina Calcio. 17 March 2008. Archived from the original on 25 May 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
  6. ^ "Miguel Garcia assina por duas épocas com o Olhanense" [Miguel Garcia signs for two seasons with Olhanense]. Público (in Portuguese). 21 July 2009. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  7. ^ "OFICIAL: Miguel Garcia é jogador do Sp. Braga" [OFFICIAL: Miguel Garcia is a Sp. Braga player] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 29 December 2009. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Braga'lı Garcia Orduspor'da" [Braga's Garcia to Orduspor] (in Turkish). Haberciniz. 14 June 2011. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  9. ^ "El Mallorca ficha al portugués Miguel García" [Mallorca sign Portuguese Miguel Garcia]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 21 August 2013. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Sindicato consegue clube para Miguel Garcia na Índia" [Union finds club for Miguel Garcia in India] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  11. ^ "NorthEast United FC signs Portuguese Miguel Garcia". Football Masala. 3 September 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  12. ^ Mergulhao, Marcus (15 January 2015). "Sporting sign Garcia". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  13. ^ Chandra, Shikharr (20 June 2015). "NorthEast United retain Miguel Garcia". Goal. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  14. ^ Parasar, Swapnaneel (15 October 2015). "Indian Super League: Miguel Garcia, Kondwani Mtonga and Boubacar Sanogo ruled out of ISL". Goal. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Portugal earn Athens adventure". UEFA. 8 June 2004. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  16. ^ "Fernando Meira, Boa Morte e Ronaldo convocados para os Jogos Olímpicos" [Fernando Meira, Boa Morte and Ronaldo selected for the Olympic Games]. Público (in Portuguese). 21 July 2004. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  17. ^ Pereira, Sérgio (4 October 2018). "Miguel Garcia, a nova vida do herói de Alkmaar" [Miguel Garcia, the new life of the hero of Alkmaar] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h Miguel Garcia at ForaDeJogo (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
  19. ^ a b c d e f "Miguel Garcia". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  20. ^ "Taça de Portugal: Sporting goleia (6–0) Pinhalnovense" [Portuguese Cup: Sporting rout (6–0) Pinhalnovense]. Público (in Portuguese). 10 February 2007. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  21. ^ a b 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). Archived from the original on 19 December 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
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