Place of birth Moura, Portugal Name Miguel Garcia Career start 2003 1992–1997 Moura Weight 74 kg | Number 15 Height 1.79 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Full name Miguel Angelo Moita Garcia Date of birth (1983-02-04) 4 February 1983 (age 32) Current team Sporting Clube de Goa (#30 / Defender) | ||
Spanish football player miguel garcia suffers heart attack during match
Miguel Ângelo Moita Garcia (born 4 February 1983) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays mainly as a right back.
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- Spanish football player miguel garcia suffers heart attack during match
- Sudden cardiac arrest miguel garcia surefire cpr
- Club career
- International career
- Career statistics
- Honours
- References
Sudden cardiac arrest miguel garcia surefire cpr
Club career
Garcia was born in Moura, Alentejo, being a youth product of Sporting Clube de Portugal and making his debut with the first team in the 2003–04 season, in a 1–2 away loss against Académica de Coimbra. The following campaign was remarkable for him: first, against S.L. Benfica, in the Portuguese Cup, he missed the penalty that eliminated his team in the round-of-16 on 26 January 2005; a few months after, 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 2–3 away but qualified through the away goals rule.
Garcia signed a pre-contract agreement with Reggina Calcio, joining the club in summer of 2007 after his link with Sporting expired. He suffered a serious knee injury in October, and did not play a single match the entire season for the Italian side; on 17 March of the following year, the club communicated the decision to terminate his contract.
In mid-July 2009, after more than one year out of football, Garcia signed with Jorge Costa's S.C. Olhanense, freshly promoted to the Primeira Liga. However, as João Pereira was signed 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.
On 2 September 2014, after spells in Turkey and Spain, Garcia joined NorthEast United FC for the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. On 15 January of the following year he signed with another club in the nation, I-League's Sporting Clube de Goa, returning to his previous team on 20 June.
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.
International career
Garcia was a member of the Portugal under-21 side at the 2004 UEFA European Championship, which saw them finish in third place. He failed to gain a place in the squad that competed in Olympic football in Athens the same year, however.