- Raúl García
Infobox Football biography
playername = Raúl García
fullname = Raúl García Escudero
height = Height|m=1.83
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|7|11
cityofbirth =Pamplona
countryofbirth =Spain
currentclub =Atlético Madrid
clubnumber = 8
position =Central midfielder
youthyears = 2004–2005
youthclubs = Osasuna "B"
years = 2004–2007
2007–
clubs =CA Osasuna Atlético Madrid
caps(goals) = 68 (9)
35 (3)
nationalyears = 2005–2008
nationalteam = flagicon|Spain Spain U-21
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate =August 1 ,2008
ntupdate =August 1 ,2008 Raúl García Escudero, Raúl García (born
July 11 ,1986 inPamplona ,Navarra ), is a Spanish footballmidfielder forAtlético Madrid and a former Spanish under-21 international.García, an all-around midfielder, played for
CA Osasuna during his first years as a professional footballer. On 28.10.2004, he made his debut for the first team, in a 0-3 away defeat againstFC Barcelona , with his first chance being offered byMexican Javier Aguirre (his future coach atAtlético Madrid ).In July 2007, the rising star was linked to a
Real Madrid move,fact|date=July 2007 but García eventually signed a 5-year contract with their cross-city rivals,Atlético Madrid , in a €13m deal. [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/intertotocup/news/kind=1/newsid=552814.html|title=Aguirre gets thumbs up from Atlético|date=2007-06-19 |work=UEFA.com]Footnotes
External links
* [http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/plantillas/historial.asp?jug=7459 Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional] es icon
* [http://www.osasuna.es/dev/equipos/primerequipo/primeraplantilla/primeraplantilla?n=raulgarcia Osasuna profile] es icon
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