Biography
Raoul Garcia could not entrenched in the national team of Spain, but at the club level in each team performed the most important role - the leader in the locker room. With age, the football player only accumulated confidence and did not worsened sports qualities.Childhood and youth
Raoul Garcia Eskudero was born on July 11, 1986 in Pamplona, Spain. Rose in the small town of Navarre Sisur-major. There, the boy began playing in the local club "Arda", from where he went to the youth team Pamplona "Osasun".
Football
For the first time on the field as part of the main team of the club, the central midfielder came out in the Spanish Cup match 2003/2004. In the Championship of Spain, Garcia debuted next season, October 28, 2004. Nevertheless, most part of the year athlete spent in the farm club.On September 15, 2004, Garcia debuted in the Youth team of Spain (up to 19 years old), for which 7 matches played, scoring 4 goals. In 2006, the midfielder began to speak for the team of older (until 21 years old), becoming captain at the European Championship and spending 20 games for it.
In 2005/2006, Raoul secured mainly the team, spending 33 games and scoring 5 goals. Osasuna won the right to perform in the UEFA Cup, where it reached the semi-final. In the club from Navarre, the athlete spent 68 games, scoring 9 goals. The confident game of Garcia attracted attention from such clubs as "Valencia", "Saragoza", "Athletic", "Real Madrid" and "Atletic Madrid" - in which, at the invitation of a former coach from Osasuna, Javier Agirre and moved in June 2007 year Garcia. The amount of the transaction amounted to € 13 million.
In the metropolitan team, Garcia regularly went on the field, became the owner of the Cup of the Intertoto. In 2009/2010, a victory in the Europa League, and then in the Super Cup, but during these years Raul began to lose a place at the base, giving it to the rental of Tiago Mendsh. For 4 seasons, the athlete's account was 120 games for Atletico and 7 goals scored.
The following year, Garcia extended the contract with Atletico, but he returned to Osasun for the Rental Rental. At home, Garcia revealed brightly, going to the position of the attacking midfielder, scoring 11 goals and becoming the best club scorer. These successful speeches returned a football player in Madrid in 2012.
With Atletico, the midfielder became the owner of the second European Super Cup, and then in Madrid Derby won the National Cup. In the 2013/2014 season, the authority of Garcia continued to grow, and the midfielder became the second vice captain of the club, extending a contract with him until 2018.
Nevertheless, the soccer player was not the undisputed player of the starting lineup, alternating outputs with the appearances of replacement. In La League, Garcia scored 9 heads, becoming the third team scorer in the tournament and bringing the club to the rank of champions of Spain. On the account of the football player this year 17 goals.
On 29 August 2014, Garcia debuted in the national team of Spain, in which he dreamed of playing from childhood. However, in the biography of the midfielder only 2 friendly matches - against France and Germany.
After the care of Tiago in the 2014/2015 season, Garcia became the vice-captain and led the team to the victory in the Super Cup, which becomes the 7th trophy of the football player in the metropolitan club. On August 22, 2015, Garcia held the last game for Atletico, having completed his stay in Madrid with 329 games (216 in the starting lineup) and 44 goals.
In the summer of 2015, the football player moved to the Atletic club Bilbao, concluding a contract with him for 4 years. The cost of the transfer was € 13 million. In Athletics, Garcia immediately found the ideal partner for himself in the face of Aurin Aduris. For the first season, the football player, though he missed 6 weeks due to injury, played 41 game and scored 11 heads, almost all of which became decisive.
Before the start of the second season, Garcia had found heart disease, which forced the athlete to reduce training loads. In 2016/2017 and 2017/2018, the number of heads of Garcia in La League reached double digits. In May 2018, the athlete was still forced to conduct an operation on the heart, which turned out to be successful, and the contract with the club extended until 2020.
The most successful for the athlete was the season of 2019/2020, where Garcia played 35 games and scored 15 goals, becoming the best club scorer.
Personal life
Since 2011, Raul Garcia has met Ines Sanchez (born on November 13, 1984), working in managing the staff of the largest metallurgical company of the world "Arselormittal". At the wedding, held in Pamplona in June 2014, there were a soccer player teammates. On March 15, 2015, a pair had daughter Vega.
Garcia frankly does not like the football environment surrounding the world, an athlete is only interesting to the time spent with the ball. Spaniard tries to politely respond to reporters and give autographs, realizing that it is part of the work. But Raul's personal life does not exhibit the public, does not lead pages on social networks and does not publish family photos in "Instagram".
Garcia emphasized the importance of calm everyday life, walks by the sea with his wife and daughter, joint views of movies or television shows and dressers with a cup of coffee.
Rough Raul Garcia - 184 cm, weight - 83 kg.
Raul Garcia now
On December 31, 2020, Raul Garcia played the 500th match in the Higher Division of Spain, becoming the 11th player in the history reached this indicator. On January 17, Garcia and Atlecutic turned out to be the owners of the Super Cup of Spain, taking over Barcelona. This was the first trophy of the midfielder in the club from Bilbao.On January 25, 2021, Garcia issued a double in the match with "Getafe" and became the first Havbeck who scored 100 goals in the La League in the XXI century.
The contract of football player with Atleticism is valid until June 2021, the transfer cost of the midfielder is now € 3.5 million.
Achievements
- 2010 - Winner of the Europa League with Atletico Madrid
- 2010, 2012 - Winner of the UEFA Super Cup with Atletico Madrid
- 2013 - Winner of the Spanish Cup with Atletico Madrid
- 2014 - Finalist Champions League with Atletico Madrid
- 2014 - Champion of Spain with Atletico Madrid
- 2014 - Winner of the Super Cup of Spain with Atletico Madrid
- 2020 - Wroudler Super Cup of Spain with Atletics Bilbao