Gonzalo García (footballer, born 1983)
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Gonzalo with Heerenveen in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gonzalo Manuel García García | ||
| Date of birth | 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) |
| 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) |
| 2014–2016 | Anorthosis | 15 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | → Heracles (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.