Álvaro García (footballer, born 1992)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Álvaro García

| image =

| full_name = Álvaro García Rivera

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|10|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Utrera, Spain

| height = 1.68 m

| position = Attacking midfielder, left winger

| currentclub = Rayo Vallecano

| clubnumber = 18

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Utrera

| youthyears2 = 2010–2011 | youthclubs2 = Goyu-Ryu

| years1 = 2011–2013 | clubs1 = Utrera | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2013 | clubs2 = San Fernando | caps2 = 15 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2013–2014 | clubs3 = Granada B | caps3 = 31 | goals3 = 6

| years4 = 2013–2016 | clubs4 = Granada | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2014–2015 | clubs5 = → Racing Santander (loan) | caps5 = 30 | goals5 = 3

| years6 = 2015–2016 | clubs6 = → Cádiz (loan) | caps6 = 34 | goals6 = 7

| years7 = 2016–2018 | clubs7 = Cádiz | caps7 = 74 | goals7 = 15

| years8 = 2018– | clubs8 = Rayo Vallecano | caps8 = 216 | goals8 = 30

| club-update = 5 June 2024

}}

Álvaro García Rivera (born 27 October 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Rayo Vallecano as an attacking midfielder or left winger.

Career

Born in Utrera, Province of Seville, García finished his formation with local CG Goyu-Ryu, signing for CD Utrera in August 2011.[http://www.lavozdeutrera.com/wp/?p=17916 El CD Utrera ultima los fichajes de la nueva temporada (CD Utrera completes signings for the new season)]; La Voz de Utrera, 31 August 2011 {{in lang|es}} He made his senior debuts in the 2011–12 season, with his team in the regional championships.

On 23 January 2013, García moved to San Fernando CD, in Segunda División B.[http://www.sanfernandocd.com/noticias.php?id=2373 Álvaro, refuerzo para la segunda vuelta. (Álvaro, reinforcement for second round)]; San Fernando CD, 23 January 2013 {{in lang|es}} He finished the campaign with 15 appearances (12 starts), scoring one goal.

On 6 July, García joined La Liga side Granada CF for four years.[http://www.granadacf.es/primer-equipo/noticias/151-alvaro-garcia-nuevo-jugador-del-granada-club-de-futbol Alvaro Garcia nuevo jugador del Granada Club de Futbol (Alvaro Garcia new player of Granada Club de Futbol)]; Granada CF, 6 July 2013 {{in lang|es}} He featured with the first team during pre-season, and made his professional – and La Liga – debut on 18 August, playing the last twelve minutes of a 2–1 away win against CA Osasuna.[http://espnfc.com/en/report/373212/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=null Granada hold on for victory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225192212/http://espnfc.com/en/report/373212/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=null |date=25 February 2014 }}; ESPN FC, 18 August 2013

On 28 August 2014, García was loaned to Segunda División club Racing de Santander, in a season-long loan deal.[http://granadacf.es/es/el-club/noticias-club/932-alvaro-garcia-cedido-al-racing-de-santander Álvaro García cedido al Racing de Santander (Álvaro García loaned to Racing de Santander)]; Granada CF, 28 August 2014 {{in lang|es}} Roughly a year later he moved to Cádiz CF, also in a temporary deal.[http://granadacf.es/es/el-club/noticias-club/1509-alvaro-garcia-cedido-al-cadiz-cf Álvaro García cedido al Cádiz CF (Álvaro García loaned to Cádiz CF)]; Granada CF, 5 August 2015 {{in lang|es}}

On 19 July 2016, after scoring a career-best nine goals in the Yellow Submarine's promotion campaign, García signed a permanent four-year deal after rescinding with Granada.[https://web.cadizcf.com/noticia/15717/alvaro-ficha-por-el-cadiz-para-las-cuatro-proximas-temporadas Álvaro ficha por el Cádiz para las cuatro próximas temporadas (Álvaro signs for Cádiz for the following four seasons)]; Cádiz CF, 19 July 2016 {{in lang|es}} On 14 January 2018, he scored a brace in a 2–0 home defeat of Córdoba CF.

On 13 August 2018, Cádiz announced that 50% of García's federative rights were sold to SD Huesca for a fee of €3 million,{{cite web|url=https://www.cadizcf.com/noticia/comunicado-sobre-el-jugador-alvaro-garcia|title=Comunicado sobre el jugador Álvaro García|trans-title=Announcement about the player Álvaro García|publisher=Cádiz CF|language=es|date=13 August 2018|access-date=14 August 2018}} but the player announced hours later he would not play for the latter club.{{cite web|url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/huesca/20180813/451321076782/alvaro-garcia-descarta-fichar-por-el-huesca.html|title=Álvaro García descarta fichar por el Huesca|trans-title=Álvaro García discards playing for Huesca|publisher=Mundo Deportivo|language=es|date=13 August 2018|access-date=15 August 2018}} Ten days later, he joined Rayo Vallecano on a five-year contract.{{cite web|url=http://www.rayovallecano.es/noticia/alvaro-garcia-nuevo-jugador-del-rayo-vallecano|title=Álvaro García nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano|trans-title=Álvaro García new player of Rayo Vallecano|publisher=Rayo Vallecano|language=es|date=23 August 2018|access-date=24 August 2018}}

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Copa del Rey !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
San Fernando \|2012–13 \|Segunda División B \|15	1	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	15	1
rowspan="3"\|Granada B \|2013–14 \|Segunda División B \|30	6	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	30	6
2014–15 \|Segunda División B \|1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	1	0
colspan="2"\|Total !31	6	0	0	0	0	31	6
Granada \|2013–14 \|La Liga \|4	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	4	0
Racing Santander (loan) \|2014–15 \|Segunda División \|30	3	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	30	3
Cádiz (loan) \|2015–16 \|Segunda División B \|34	7	5	0	5{{efn\|Appearances in Segunda División promotion play-offs}}	2	44	9
rowspan="3"\|Cádiz \|2016–17 \|Segunda División \|38	5	1	0	2{{efn\|Appearances in La Liga promotion play-offs\|name=pro}}	0	41	5
2017–18 \|Segunda División \|36	10	4	1	colspan="2"\|—	40	11
colspan="2"\|Total !108	22	10	1	7	2	125	25
rowspan="6"\|Rayo Vallecano \|2018–19 \|La Liga \|35	4	2	1	colspan="2"\|—	37	5
2019–20 \|Segunda División \|35	4	3	0	colspan="2"\|—	38	4
2020–21 \|Segunda División \|39	2	2	0	4{{efn\|name=pro}}	2	45	4
2021–22 \|La Liga \|36	7	3	1	colspan="2"\|—	39	8
2022–23 \|La Liga \|12	3	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	12	3
colspan="2"\|Total !157	20	10	2	4	2	171	24
colspan="3"\|Career total !345	52	20	3	11	4	376	59