Bryan Garcia (Brazilian footballer)

Bryan Silva Garcia (born 28 March 1992), sometimes known as just Bryan, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back for Itabirito.

Bryan Garcia
Personal information
Full name Bryan Silva Garcia
Date of birth (1992-03-28) 28 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Itabirito
Number 15
Youth career
2010–2012 América Mineiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 América Mineiro 45 (3)
2013Benfica B (loan) 6 (0)
2013–2014Portuguesa (loan) 4 (0)
2014Ponte Preta (loan) 28 (1)
2016–2019 Cruzeiro 24 (0)
2018Vitória (loan) 7 (0)
2019 CRB 17 (0)
2020–2021 Alashkert 20 (1)
2021 Atyrau 25 (5)
2022 Astana 18 (0)
2023 Aksu 21 (2)
2024– Itabirito 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2023

Club career edit

Born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Bryan Garcia finished his formation with América Mineiro. On 29 January 2012 he made his professional debut, starting in a 3–1 away victory over Democrata GV.[1] Bryan Garcia scored his first career goal on 1 March, the first of a 2–1 home win over Villa Nova.[2]

On 31 January 2013, Bryan Garcia was loaned to S.L. Benfica until June with a buyout clause, being assigned to the B-team in Segunda Liga.[3] He made his debut for Benfica B on 10 February 2013, in a 0–1 away loss against C.D. Tondela.[4] He finished the season with six appearances (five as a starter), but returned to América Mineiro after the Encarnados deciding to not buy him outright.[5]

On 16 September, Bryan Garcia was loaned to Portuguesa, until May 2014.[6] He made his Série A debut three days later, starting and providing an assist in a 3–0 home win over Náutico.[7]

On 30 April 2014, Bryan Garcia joined Ponte Preta on loan until the end of the year.[8]

On 28 February 2020, FC Alashkert announced the signing of Bryan Garcia.[9]

On 14 January 2022, Astana announced the signing of Bryan Garcia on a contract until the end of 2022.[10] On 11 December 2022, Astana announced the departure of Bryan Garcia.[11]

References edit

  1. ^ América-MG estreia com vitória no Mineiro-2012 (América-MG debuts with victory in Mineiro-2012) Archived June 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine; Diário Lance!, 29 January 2012 (in Portuguese)
  2. ^ Ficha Técnica: América-MG 2 x 1 Villa Nova-MG (Match report: América-MG 2–1 Villa Nova-MG); Veja, 1 March 2012 (in Portuguese)
  3. ^ OFICIAL: Bryan Garcia no Benfica (OFFICIAL: Bryan Garcia at Benfica); ZeroZero, 31 January 2013 (in Portuguese)
  4. ^ Tondela: Benfica B, 1-0: Festival ofensivo só resulta num golo (Tondela: Benfica B, 1–0: Offensive party only results in one goal); Jornal Record, 10 February 2013 (in Portuguese)
  5. ^ Bryan Garcia não fica no Benfica B (Bryan Garcia does not stay in Benfica B) Archived June 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine; Benfica B, 23 June 2013 (in Portuguese)
  6. ^ Portuguesa acerta empréstimo do lateral Bryan, que estava no Coelho (Portuguesa completes loan of full-back Bryan, who was at Coelho); Terra Esportes, 16 September 2013 (in Portuguese)
  7. ^ Caseira, Portuguesa vence o Náutico e sai do Z-4 após 15 rodadas (Homemade, Portuguesa defeats Náutico and leaves Z-4 after 15 rounds); Globo Esporte, 19 September 2013 (in Portuguese)
  8. ^ Ponte Preta anuncia chegada do lateral-esquerdo Bryan (Ponte Preta announces arrival of left-back Bryan) Archived May 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine; O Estado de S. Paulo, 30 April 2014 (in Portuguese)
  9. ^ "Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Բրիան Սիլվա Գարսիա". fcalashkert.am (in Armenian). FC Alashkert. 28 February 2020. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Брайан – добро пожаловать в «Астану»!". fcastana.kz/ (in Russian). FC Astana. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Спасибо, Брайан!". fcastana.kz/ (in Russian). FC Astana. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

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