Diego García (footballer, born 1997)

Diego José García Moreno[a] (born 29 July 1997), known as Diego García, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Diego García
Personal information
Full name Diego José García Moreno
Date of birth (1997-07-29) 29 July 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Seville, Spain
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Betis B 13 (0)
2017–2018 Sevilla C 41 (7)
2018–2020 Sevilla B 55 (1)
2020– Córdoba B 20 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 July 2021

Club career edit

Born in Seville, Andalusia, García finished his formation with Real Betis. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 26 April 2015, starting in a 6–0 home routing over Lucena CF in the Segunda División B championship.[1]

On 31 January 2017, after failing to make an appearance during the first half of the campaign, García terminated his contract with Betis,[2] and signed for city rivals Sevilla FC's C-team the following day.[3] On 14 May, he scored his first senior goal by netting his team's second in a 2–3 Tercera División away loss against CA Antoniano.[4]

García made his professional debut with the reserves on 13 May 2018, starting in a 1–0 home win against Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the Segunda División championship.[5]

Notes edit

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Moreno.

References edit

  1. ^ "Betis B-Lucena (6–0): Goleada para asegurar la permanencia" [Betis B-Lucena (6–0): Routing to assure permanence] (in Spanish). Estadio Deportivo. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Diego García deja de pertenecer a la disciplina del Betis B" [Diego García leaves Betis B] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Frenético último día de mercado en Tercera" [Hectic last day of transfer market in Tercera] (in Spanish). Estadio Deportivo. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Crónica | Atlético Antoniano 3–2 Sevilla FC C" [Report | Atlético Antoniano 3–2 Sevilla FC C] (in Spanish). El Sevillista. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  5. ^ "La nueva generación sevillista deja muy tocado al Nástic" [The new generation sevillista leave Nàstic very touched] (in Spanish). Marca. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

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