Juan Enrique García

Football player infobox
playername = Juan García


fullname = Juan Enrique García Rivas
height = height|m=1.80
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|4|16
cityofbirth = Bolívar
countryofbirth = Venezuela
currentclub = Zamora Fútbol Club
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1988-1996
1996-1997
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002
2002-2003
2003-2005
2006
2007
2007-2008
2008-present
clubs = Minervén
Caracas FC
Zulia
Universidad de Los Andes
Caracas FC
ItalChaco
Deportivo Táchira
Monagas
Mineros
Deportivo Táchira
Mineros
Deportivo Pasto
Mineros
Zamora FC
caps(goals) = 0? 0(?)
0? 0(?)
0? 0(?)
0? 0(?)
38 (24)
0? 0(?)
33 (34)
0? 0(?)
0? 0(?)
0? 0(?)
0? 0(?)
11 0(2)
07 0(0)
0? 0(?)
nationalyears = 1993-2004
nationalteam = Venezuela
nationalcaps(goals) = 47 0(7)
pcupdate = 25 September 2008

Juan Enrique García Rivas (born April 16 1970 in Bolívar) is an Venezuelan football striker currently playing for Zamora Fútbol Club. He is the all time leading goalscorer in the Primera División Venezolana and has been league top scorer in five different seasons [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesv/veneztops.html Venezuela topscorers] ] , (also a record).

García played for a number of differnt clubs in Venezuela, he started his career with Minervén in 1988. In 1996 he joined Caracas FC where he was part of the championship winning squad. The following season he joined Zulia where he won another league championship.

In 1999 he returned to Caracas FC where he became the top scorer in Venezuelan football for the first time. In the 2001-02 season he won another league title with Deportivo Táchira and claimed his second topscorer award. He was topscorer again in the following two seasons with Monagas and Mineros.

In 2005-06 he returned to Deportivo Táchira where he became topscorer for the fifth time.

In 2007 he had a brief spell with Deportivo Pasto of Colombia

García played 47 times for the Venezuela national team between 1993 and 2004, scoring 7 goals [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/venez-recintlp.html rsssf: Venezuela record international footballers] ] . He was included in three Copa América squads in 1993, 1995 and 1999. He also played in World Cup Qualifiers for the 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cups.

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Individual awards

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/rivas-intlg.html International career statistics] at rsssf
*es icon [http://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugador2.asp?codigo=28282 BDFA profile]