Pablo García (footballer, born 1999)

Pablo Javier García Lafluf (born 15 April 1999) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nacional.[1]

For other people named Pablo García, see Pablo García (disambiguation).

Pablo García
Personal information
Full name Pablo Javier García Lafluf
Date of birth (1999-04-15) 15 April 1999
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nacional
Youth career
Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Liverpool 10 (0)
2018–2019 River Plate B
2019– Nacional 40 (2)
2021 → River Plate (loan) 13 (1)
2022 → Coritiba (loan) 4 (0)
International career
Uruguay U17
2017 Uruguay U18 3 (1)
2016–2019 Uruguay U20 20 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:08, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Career

Club

García began his career in his homeland of Uruguay, Liverpool were his first club.[1][2] He was an unused substitute for a Uruguayan Primera División fixture with Montevideo Wanderers on 6 February 2016, which preceded his professional debut on 13 February during an away loss versus Plaza Colonia.[1] After ten further appearances in all competitions across three campaigns, García departed at the conclusion of 2017 after rejecting a new contract with Liverpool.[1][3] In January 2018, García left to join Argentine football by signing for River Plate of the Argentine Primera División.[3][4] A year later, García returned to Uruguay with 2018 runner-ups Nacional.[5][6]

International

García represented Uruguay at U17 and U20 level.[1][3] He scored for the U17s in a friendly with the United States in June 2017, while he was selected by the U20s for the 2018 Panda Cup.[1][3] García was picked by Fabián Coito for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship in Chile.[7][8]

Career statistics
As of 11 January 2019.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 2015–16 Uruguayan Primera División 60——0060
2016 40——0040
2017 00—1[lower-alpha 1]00010
Total 100—1000110
River Plate 2017–18 Argentine Primera División 0000000000
2018–19 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Nacional 2019 Uruguayan Primera División 00—000000
Career total 100001000110
  1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

References
  1. "Uruguay - P. García". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  2. "Ficha Estadistica de PABLO GARCIA". BDFA. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. "Quién es Pablo García Lafluf, el refuerzo de River del que nadie habla". Goal. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  4. "Quién es el refuerzo secreto de Marcelo Gallardo que participó en la pretemporada de River". Infobae. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  5. "Pablo García es la tercera incorporación". Ovación. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  6. "Llegó el tercer refuerzo de Nacional: Pablo García". El Observador. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  7. "11 - Pablo García". AUF. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  8. "Uruguay sub 20: Fabián Coito confirmó el plantel para el Sudamericano de Chile 2019". Fútbol. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
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