Alesia Garcia
{{Short description|American soccer player (born 2000)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alesia Garcia
| fullname = Alesia Marie Garcia
| image = Alesia Marie Garcia Fatih Vatanspor 11Şbt2024 2023-24 20. Hafta Maçı (5) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Alesia Garcia of Fatih Vatan Spor (March 2024)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=y|2000|01|13}}
| birth_place = Aurora, Colorado, United States
| height =
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Fatih Vatan Spor
| clubnumber = 40
| youthyears1 = 2004–2018
| youthclubs1 = Colorado Storm
| collegeyears1 = 2018–2020
| college1 = New Mexico Lobos
| collegecaps1 = 56
| collegegoals1 = 20
| collegeyears2 = 2021–2022
| college2 = LSU Lady Tigers
| collegecaps2 = 21
| collegegoals2 = 5
| years1 = 2019
| clubs1 = Colorado Rapids
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2023–2024
| clubs2 = Ferencvárosi TC
| caps2 = 12
| goals2 = 6
| years3 = 2024–
| clubs3 = Fatih Vatan Spor
| caps3 = 11
| goals3 = 2
| nationalyears1 =
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| club-update = May 5, 2024
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Alesia Marie Garcia (born January 13, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Fatih Vatan Spor in the Turkish Women's Super League.
Early years
Garcia started soccer playing at a very early age, impressed by her older brother when she was only 3–4 years old. She was a two-time all-conference player out of Cherokee Trail High School in her hometown. She also played on the youth team of the local club Colorado Storm in the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL), where she was from 2014 to 2018. She was named the conference’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2015.
Between 2018 and 2020, she played for her college soccer team, the New Mexico Lobos, in the NCAA Division I tournament. She scored 20 goals in 56 appearances in three seasons. In the years 2021 and 2022, she was a member of LSU Lady Tigers. She netted five goals in 21 matches played in two seasons.
Club career
File:Alesia Marie Garcia Fatih Vatanspor 11Şbt2024 2023-24 20. Hafta Maçı (4).jpg in the 2023-24 Turkish Super League.]]
In 2019, she was with the Colorado Rapids.
In mid-February 2023, Garcia went to Hungary and started her professional soccer career playing for the Budapest-based Hungarian top-level league Női NB I champion club Ferencvárosi TC in the 2022–23 season. After her team became champions at the end of the season, she took part in two matches of the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds, scoring one goal.
In the beginning of February 2024, she moved to Turkey and signed a deal with Fatih Vatan Spor in Istanbul to play until the end of the second half of the 2023–24 Women's Super League season. She appeared in eleven matches and scored two goals.
Personal life
Alesia Marie Garcia was born in Aurora, Colorado, United States, on January 13, 2000.
After graduating from the Cherokee Trail High School in her hometown in 2018, she started her collegial career at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M., before she transferred in 2021 to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La. She graduated in 2022.
Honors
References
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|publisher=Go Lobos |title=Alesia Garcia – University of New Mexico Lobos athletics |date=16 July 2018 |accessdate=26 May 2024 }}
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Category:Soccer players from Aurora, Colorado
Category:American women's soccer players
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:University of New Mexico alumni
Category:Louisiana State University alumni
Category:LSU Tigers women's soccer players
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Hungary
Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Category:Ferencvárosi TC (women) footballers
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey
Category:American expatriate soccer players
Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:Turkish Women's Football Super League players