Gonzalo García (footballer, born 1983)

Gonzalo García
Gonzalo with Heerenveen in 2007
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Manuel García García
Date of birth (1983-10-13) 13 October 1983
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Hajduk Split (manager)
Youth career
1989–1994 La Rinconada
1994–1998 Defensor
1998–2001 Compostela
2001–2002 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)
2008Heracles (loan) 16 (3)
2008–2011 Groningen 49 (7)
2010VVV (loan) 14 (3)
2011–2012 AEK Larnaca 23 (12)
2012–2014 Maccabi Tel Aviv 27 (4)
2013–2014Anorthosis (loan) 19 (9)
2014–2016 Anorthosis 15 (1)
2015–2016Heracles (loan) 8 (0)
2016–2017 Compostela 22 (7)
Total 267 (64)
International career
2001 Spain U17 3 (1)
2002 Spain U19 1 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2018 Esbjerg (assistant)
2018–2019 Twente (assistant)
2019–2020 Twente
2021–2023 Istra 1961
2024 Arouca
2025 Istra 1961
2025– Hajduk Split
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gonzalo Manuel García García (born 13 October 1983), sometimes known simply as Gonzalo García or Gonzalo, is a professional football manager of Croatian club Hajduk Split and former player.

Born in Uruguay, Gonzalo moved to Spain at the age of 13 and joined Real Madrid as a teenager, but never made it past the third team or played any higher than Segunda División B in Spain, spending most of his career in the Dutch Eredivisie as well as in Cyprus and Israel.

As a manager, García led teams in the top divisions of football in the Netherlands, Croatia and Portugal.