Playing position Role Footballer Years Team Height 1.68 m | 1998–1999 USAC Weight 60 kg Name Freddy Garcia Career start 1998 | |
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Full name Freddy Alexander Garcia Carrera Date of birth (1977-01-12) 12 January 1977 (age 38) Children Joseline Garcia, Diego Alexander Garcia, Freddy Fernando Garcia Current teams Heredia Jaguares de Peten (#10 / Midfielder), Guatemala national football team (Midfielder) | ||
Freddy Alexander García Carrera (born 12 January 1977) is a Guatemalan professional footballer currently playing for Deportivo Heredia in the Guatemala's top division. He has played for several local clubs since 1997, and also in Major League Soccer for Columbus Crew, where he won the 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
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Also a member of the Guatemala national team, he has played in four World Cup qualifying campaigns, and is among Guatemala's all-time top scorers.
Club career
An attacking midfielder renowned for his accurate left foot, García was born in Puerto Barrios, and started his professional career with Universidad San Carlos (USAC). In 1999 he joined Comunicaciones, where he won two league titles. In 2002, he joined Columbus Crew in the MLS and played five regular season matches that year. He scored the championship-winning goal for Crew at the 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final against Los Angeles Galaxy. The following season, he appeared in 22 matches. Since 2004, he has returned to Guatemala to play for Municipal, helping that club win seven league championships. In June 2009 he left Municipal to join Heredia, going on to score 14 goals for the club in the 2009–2010 season. The following year, he played for Peñarol La Mesilla, before returning to Heredia for the 2011–12 season.
International career
García is a member of the Guatemalan national team, which he has represented during the 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 World Cup qualification campaigns. In 1997 he was part of the youth national team participating at the VI Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos. He made his senior international debut in a November 1998 friendly match against Honduras
He also played futsal internationally, as he was part of his country's Futsal team competing at the 2000 Futsal World Championship which was held in Guatemala.
He made his return to the national squad in 2011 for a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and scored just minutes coming in as a substitute. He then scored two goals against Grenada later that year, tying Mario Camposeco for 4th place in the all-time goal scorers list for Guatemala with 23 goals.