Ariel Garcé

Ariel Garcé
Personal information
Full name	Ariel Hernán Garcé
Date of birth	14 July 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Tandil, Argentina
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Centre back, Right back
Youth career
	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2004	River Plate
2003	→ Morelia (loan)
2004–2005	Colón
2005–2006	Olimpo
2006–2007	Rosario Central
2007–2012	Colón
2012–2013	Argentinos Juniors
2013–2014	Atlético de Rafaela
Total
International career‡
2003–2010	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:09, 6 August 2011 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:00, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Ariel Hernán "Chino" Garcé (born 14 July 1979), is a former Argentine football defender. He played as a central defender or right back in River Plate, Colón de Santa Fe, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, and Atlético de Rafaela.

Career

Club

Garcé started his career with River Plate in 1999. He was part of two championship winning squads before moving on loan to Monarcas Morelia in Mexico in 2003. Garcé returned to River Plate in 2004 and helped the club to win the Clausura 2004 tournament.

Garcé then had his first spell with Colón de Santa Fe, before playing for Olimpo de Bahía Blanca and Rosario Central. While at Olimpo, Garcé was banned for 6 months by the Argentine federation after he tested positive of cocaine.^[1]

In 2007, he returned for a second spell with Colón.

In 2014, he played for Atlético de Rafaela finishing his career in that club.^[2]

International

Garcé played two friendly matches under Marcelo Bielsa's coaching for the Argentina national football team in 2003. He then played a friendly against Haiti under Diego Maradona. On 19 May 2010, Garcé was surprisingly selected as one of the 23 men to play for Argentina in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa though he did not feature in any match.^[3] According to Maradona, he saw a dream of an Argentina squad winning the World Cup, and the only face he could remember was Garcé's.^[4]

Career statistics

International

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Argentina national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2003	2	0
2004	0	0
2005	0	0
2006	0	0
2007	0	0
2008	0	0
2009	0	0
2010	2	0
Total	4	0

Honours

River Plate

Argentine Primera División (3): Clausura 2000, Clausura 2002, Clausura 2004

References

^ "Ariel Garcé fue suspendido por ingerir cocaina" (in Spanish). Diario de Cuyo. 16 February 2006. Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
^ "Garcé retires from professional football" (in Spanish). Diario El Litoral. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ "¡Acá están, estos son!" (in Spanish). Olé. 19 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
^ "¡World Cup 2010: The best of Argentina manager Diego Maradona". The Guardian. London. 4 July 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Ariel Garcé". National-Football-Teams.com.

External links

Statistics at Irish Times at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 October 2011)
Ariel Garcé at National-Football-Teams.com
Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 May 2015) (in Spanish)

[1] "Ariel Garcé fue suspendido por ingerir cocaina" (in Spanish). Diario de Cuyo. 16 February 2006. Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.

[2] "Garcé retires from professional football" (in Spanish). Diario El Litoral. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[3] "¡Acá están, estos son!" (in Spanish). Olé. 19 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2010.

[4] "¡World Cup 2010: The best of Argentina manager Diego Maradona". The Guardian. London. 4 July 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[5] "Ariel Garcé". National-Football-Teams.com.

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