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Fernando García (footballer)

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Peruvian footballer (born 1987) For other uses, see Fernando García.

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Fernando García
Personal information
Full name Fernando Rafael García López
Date of birth (1987-07-21) 21 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Pimentel District, Peru
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team Alianza Atlético
Number 29
Youth career
2000–2001 Colegio San Agustín de Chiclayo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Juan Aurich
2004–2006 Universidad San Martín
2007 Alianza Atlético
2007 Sport Boys
2008–2010 Juan Aurich 48 (8)
2010 León de Huánuco 3 (1)
2011 Juan Aurich 0 (0)
2011– Alianza Atlético 6 (1)
International career
2006–2007 Peru U-20 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 October 2011

Fernando Rafael García López (born 21 July 1987) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a striker for Alianza Atlético in the Peruvian First Division.

Club career

García made his professional debut for Juan Aurich in June 2001, aged just 13 (one month before turning 14). This was the world record until Bolivian footballer Mauricio Baldivieso made his debut at age 12. Though according to The Guardian, sources comparing the ages Baldivieso and García are all but verifiable. Fifa lists the, then, 13-year-old Souleymane Mamam as the youngest-ever player in a World Cup qualifying match, supposedly 13 years and 310 days old in May 2001 during a Togo vs Zambia match.

He later played for Universidad San Martín, Alianza Atlético and Sport Boys before returning to Juan Aurich in 2008.

International career

García is former member of the Peru national under-20 football team and presented his team at 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay

References

  1. Howard Swains (22 July 2009). "Who is the youngest-ever professional footballer?". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
  2. "Bolivian boy sets football record". BBC Sport. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Fifafacts" (PDF). Fifa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  4. Profile on Goaldebronce

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