Juan_Enrique_García

Juan Enrique García

Juan Enrique García

Venezuelan footballer (born 1970)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Rivas.

Juan Enrique García Rivas (born April 16, 1970) is a Venezuelan football striker. He is the all-time leading goalscorer in the Venezuelan Primera División, and has been league top scorer in five different seasons[1] (also a record).

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Club career

García played for a number of different clubs in Venezuela. He started his career with Minervén in 1988. In 1996, he joined Caracas FC where he was part of the championship winning squad. The following season, he joined Zulia where he won another league championship.

In 1999, he returned to Caracas FC where he became the top scorer in Venezuelan football for the first time. In the 2001–02 season he won another league title with Deportivo Táchira and claimed his second topscorer award. He was topscorer again in the following two seasons with Monagas and Mineros.

For the 2005–06 season, he returned to Deportivo Táchira where he became topscorer for the fifth time.

In 2007, he had a brief spell with Deportivo Pasto of Colombia

International career

García played 49 times for the Venezuela national team between 1993 and 2009, scoring 7 goals.[2] He was included in three Copa América squads in 1993, 1995 and 1999. He also played in World Cup Qualifiers for the 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Cups.

Honours

Club

Caracas FC
Zulia
Deportivo Táchira

Individual

  • Venezuelan Primera División topscorer: 1999–2000 (24 goals), 2001–02 (34 goals), 2002–03 (39 goals), 2003–04 (18 goals), 2005–06 (21 goals)

References

  1. [1]
    Venezuela topscorers
  2. [2]
    rsssf: Venezuela record international footballers Archived 2009-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
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