Sergio García de la Fuente

Sergio García de la Fuente (2013 )

Sergio García de la Fuente ( born June 9, 1983 in Barcelona) is called, Sergio García, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker for Espanyol in the Spanish Primera División plays since 2010.

Association

Sergio García was trained in the legendary " Barça - Schule" in 2003-2004 its first four games for the Profielf of Barca. After his move to Barcelona Levante he was finally able to play regularly in the Premier League. With Levante but he remained owing to its good performance for only one season, in 2005 he moved to Real Zaragoza. Although he was there mostly regulars, he was in the 2007/2008 season Zaragoza Segunda División relegation to the not prevent it. Despite his current contract until 2011 showed, among other things, Tottenham Hotspur interest in signing Garcia. Ultimately, however, he moved just before the transfer deadline on 1 September for just over 10 million euros to Real Betis. This change García hoped again to have opportunities to use in the Spanish national team, where he was singled out by new coach Vicente del Bosque. In Betis, he could not fulfill the set expectations in him: in his first season at Betis was the relegation of the club in the Segunda División.

Before the season 2010/11 Sergio García signed a five -year contract with Espanyol, who took him for a transfer fee of € 1.8 million under contract.

National

Was Without ever played for Spain García nominated in the squad of the Spanish national football team for EURO 2008 - as a substitute for the waiving Bojan Krkić. On 31 May 2008 he made ​​his first game for Spain against Peru when he came on in the 82nd minute. He then won with the Selección EM 2008. Doing so, he was able to record a bet and provide the template to score the winner from Daniel Guiza in this game in the minor final group game against Greece.