Pitu García
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Miguel Sebastián García | ||
Date of birth | 27 January 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2009 | Unión Santa Fe | 61 | (3) |
2006–2007 | → Palestino (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2007–2009 | → Iraklis (loan) | 45 | (3) |
2009–2010 | Aris | 10 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Iraklis | 35 | (1) |
2011–2016 | Atromitos | 116 | (2) |
2016–2017 | Seongnam | 33 | (3) |
2017 | Aris | 18 | (1) |
2017–2019 | Volos | 55 | (14) |
2019–2020 | PAS Giannina | 7 | (0) |
Total | 392 | (28) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Miguel Sebastián "Pitu" García (born 27 January 1984), sometimes known as just "Pitu", is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]
Club career
[edit]Argentina
[edit]Pitu was born in Santa Fe. He started his career in Unión de Santa Fe,[2] base in his hometown, from which he was loaned firstly to Palestino[3][4] and subsequently to Iraklis.[2] After being released by Unión de Santa Fe he played for a brief period for Aris in the Greek Superleague, before returning on a free transfer to Iraklis during the 2010 winter transfer window.
Iraklis
[edit]Pitu joined Iraklis on loan during the summer of 2007. He made his league debut for his new club in a match against Atromitos for the fifth round of the 2007–08 season, replacing Giannis Papadopoulos in the 56th minute of the match.[5] He continued to appear regularly for the club until the end of the season and he even managed to score his first goal for Iraklis, in a match against OFI.[6] It was a crucial, match deciding, goal, scored in the injury time of the match, disengaging Iraklis from the relegation battle.[6] In the end of the season he counted 1 goal out of 20 league appearances.
Aris
[edit]On 31 August 2009, Pitu signed for Aris on a free transfer.[7] He made his debut for Aris in a 1–1 away draw against Panthrakikos, as he replaced his teammate Neto in the 76th minute.[8] Pitu scored his only goal for Aris in a cup match against Aspropyrgos.[9] He contributed in Aris' campaign as, in a match against AEL, he hit the corner by which his teammate Sebastian Abreu scored the equaliser for his team.[10] He managed to appear in total of 10 matches for Aris before being released by the club on 1 February 2010.[11]
Iraklis
[edit]On the very same day of his release Pitu signed a contract with former club Iraklis.[12] The debut in this second spell for Iraklis was made in a local derby match against PAOK that ended 1–1.[13] Until the end of the season he featured in a total of ten games for Iraklis.
Atromitos
[edit]Following the Iraklis's relegation, he joined Greek First Division side Atromitos on 29 June 2011, signing a two-year contract.[14]
PAS Giannina
[edit]On 5 August 2019, Pitu signed for PAS Giannina on a free transfer.[15] He appeared in total of 9 matches, 7 in the championship and 2 in the Greek Cup. After the end of a match against Levadiakos, he announced his decision to retire from football.[16]
Honours
[edit]PAS Giannina
References
[edit]- ^ Interview with Miguel Sebastián Garcia salimosalacancha.com
- ^ a b Ferrante, Juan Diego (11 January 2019). "La decepción de Sebastián García por no volver a tener una chance en Unión". Uno Santa Fe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "O'Higgins confirmó su liderato con un pálido empate ante Palestino". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 10 September 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
el argentino Sebastián García intentó
- ^ "Palestino 2006 - Campeonato de Clausura". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ Ατρόμητος-Ηρακλής 1-1 (in Greek). Contra.gr. 21 October 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ a b Ηρακλής-ΟΦΗ 1-0 (in Greek). Contra.gr. 30 March 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ ΑΡΗΣ: -Πίτου- Γκαρσία ο 13ος (in Greek). insports.gr. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ Πανθρακικός-Άρης 1-1 (in Greek). Contra.gr. 3 October 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ Ασπρόπυργος-Άρης 3-4 (in Greek). Contra.gr. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ ΑΕΛ - Άρης 2-2 (in Greek). Contra.gr. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ Τέλος ο Πίτου Γκαρσία από τον Άρη (in Greek). Contra.gr. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ Ο Ηρακλής συμφώνησε με Πίτου Γκαρσία και Ριμόλντι (in Greek). in.gr. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ Ηρακλής - ΠΑΟΚ 1-1 (in Greek). Contra.gr. 7 February 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Pitu Garcia inks Atromitos FC contract". Atromitos FC. 29 June 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011.
- ^ "WELCOME MIGUEL SEBASTIÁN "PITU" GARCÍA". 5 August 2019.
- ^ "Πίτου: "Πήρα την απόφαση να σταματήσω το ποδόσφαιρο"". 20 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Pitu García at Soccerway
- Pitu García at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Pitu García – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Santa Fe, Argentina
- Men's association football midfielders
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Primera Nacional players
- Unión de Santa Fe footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
- Super League Greece players
- Football League (Greece) players
- Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players
- Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players
- Atromitos F.C. players
- Volos F.C. players
- K League 1 players
- Seongnam FC players
- Super League Greece 2 players
- PAS Giannina F.C. players
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
- Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen