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Dani García Personal information Full name Daniel García Lara Date of birth 22 December 1974 Place of birth Cerdanyola, Spain Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Playing position Striker Youth career 1985–1987 Masflorit Cerdanyola 1987–1990 CF Damm 1990–1993 Real MadridJouruncleb Fc Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1992–1995 Real Madrid B 71 (20) 1994–1998 Real Madrid 10 (0) 1995–1997 → Zaragoza (loan) 71 (8) 1998–1999 Mallorca 36 (12) 1999–2003 Barcelona 50 (12) 2004 Zaragoza 15 (3) 2004–2005 Espanyol 26 (5) 2005–2006 Olympiacos 19 (2) 2007 Denizlispor 2007–2008 Rayo Majadahonda National team 1991 Spain U16 4 (2) 1991 Spain U17 5 (2) 1993 Spain U18 7 (2) 1994–1996 Spain U21 14 (6) 1996–1997 Spain U23 7 (0) 1998–2000 Spain 5 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is Lara.Daniel 'Dani' García Lara (born 22 December 1974) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a striker.
During his professional career, he played for five different teams in his country, also having short spells in Greece and Turkey. Having represented both Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, he amassed La Liga totals of 208 games and 40 goals, over the course of 12 seasons.
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Club career
Born in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Dani was a graduate of Real Madrid's youth system. He received his first-team debut on 5 February 1994, in a 2–0 home win over Deportivo de La Coruña. He played another match in 1994–95, while still registered with the B side.
He spent two years on loan at Real Zaragoza, featuring prominently but without scoring success, after which he returned to the Santiago Bernabéu. After a season with only eight appearances, Dani was sold to fellow La Liga outfit RCD Mallorca, being the Balearic Islands outfit's best scorer in 1998–99, as it achieved a first-ever UEFA Champions League qualification. He also helped the team reach the 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final, where he scored to tie the game at 1–1, in an eventual 1–2 loss to S.S. Lazio.
Subsequently, Dani attracted the attention of another country giant, FC Barcelona. In the 1999–2000 season, he still managed to net 11 league goals (third-best in the squad) without being an undisputed starter but, subsequent loss of form and injuries limited him to nine league games between 2001–03.[1][2][3]
After spending the first months of 2003–04 unregistered and training on his own, Dani returned to Zaragoza in January 2004,[4] helping the Aragon team escape the relegation zone and win the 2004 Spanish Cup, scoring against former employer Real Madrid in an extra time success, in Barcelona.[5] In this second stint, he shared team with David Villa.
After one season with RCD Espanyol, Dani played, with virtually no impact, for Greece's Olympiacos FC.[6](where he teamed up with former Barça teammate Rivaldo) and Turkey side Denizlispor. In July 2007 he returned to Spain and Madrid to settle with his family, and played amateur football for a few months with CF Rayo Majadahonda (Tercera División).[7] He retired from professional football after a handful of games, then returned to Real Madrid with its Indoor soccer team.[8]
International career
Dani made his Spain national football team debut against Italy on a 18 November 1998 friendly match in Salerno (2–2), playing five matches and scoring one goal.
Previously, he helped the U17s win the UEFA European Championship (then under-16), and also appeared for the quarterfinalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics, in Atlanta, Georgia.
International goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 5 May 1999 La Cartuja, Seville, Spain 
Croatia3–1 3–1 Friendly Honours
Club
- Real Madrid
- UEFA Champions League: 1997–98
- Spanish League: 1994–95
- Spanish Supercup: 1993, 1997
- Mallorca
- Spanish Supercup: 1998
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 1998–99
- Real Zaragoza
- Coppa del Rey: 2003–04
Country
- Spain U16
- Spain U17
- FIFA U-17 World Cup: Runner-up 1991
References
- ^ Dani's World Cup hopes dashed
- ^ Barça suffer Dani blow
- ^ Dani adds to Barça injury woe
- ^ Dani allowed to go by Barça
- ^ Beckham misses out on Cup; BBC Sport, 17 March 2004
- ^ Olimpiacos complete Dani deal
- ^ Dani pasa de la Champions al Majadahonda (Dani, from Champions League to Majadahonda) (Spanish)
- ^ El poco 'fair play' de Dani García favorece al Madrid (Dani García's little fair play favours Real Madrid) (Spanish)
External links
- BDFutbol profile
- National team data (Spanish)
- Transfermarkt profile
- Real Mallorca bio (Spanish)
- Daniel García Lara – FIFA competition record
Spain squad – 1996 Summer Olympics 
Categories:- 1974 births
- Living people
- People from Vallès Occidental
- Spanish footballers
- Catalan footballers
- Association football forwards
- La Liga footballers
- Real Madrid Castilla footballers
- Real Madrid C.F. players
- Real Zaragoza footballers
- RCD Mallorca footballers
- FC Barcelona footballers
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- Superleague Greece players
- Olympiacos F.C. players
- Süper Lig players
- Denizlispor footballers
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain under-23 international footballers
- Spain international footballers
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Spain
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
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