Pablo García

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Personal information
García
Full name	Pablo Gabriel García Pérez
Date of birth	May 11, 1977
Place of birth	Pando, Uruguay
Height	1.84 m / 6 ft 0 in
Nickname	Canario
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Celta de Vigo
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1996 - 1999 1999 - 2000 2000 - 2001 2001 - 2002 2002 - 2005 2005 - 2006 2006 -	Montevideo Wanderers Atlético Madrid A.C. Milan Venezia Osasuna Real Madrid Celta de Vigo (Loan)	111 (3) 0 (0) 17 (0) 33 (2) 117 (13) 25 (0) (0) (0)
National team**
2003 -	Uruguay	67 (5)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 June 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 29 June 2006.

Pablo Gabriel García Pérez (born 11 May 1977 in Pando, Canelones) is an Uruguayan football midfielder. His nickname is Canario.

He started his career in his home country team, Montevideo Wanderers, before being transferred to Atlético Madrid after two seasons. He only played for Atlético B during this time, before being transferred to A.C. Milan and thence Venezia.

After returning to Spain and playing for CA Osasuna for three seasons, his impressive performances saw him transferred to Real Madrid, where he currently wears the number 12 shirt. García is known to be an effective defensive midfielder or holding midfielder, and soon became Real Madrid's first-choice holding midfielder ahead of Danish midfield destroyer Thomas Gravesen. But however could not keep pace, and some unfortunate injuries kepted him out of the starting squad. This season, under the orders of Real's new manager Fabio Capello, García does not enter the new manager's plans. Which inevitable make him in search for a new club. At international level, Garcia was not able to help his country Uruguay qualify for the 2006 World Cup to be held in Germany, as the Uruguayans, after a 1-0 home victory over Australia in the first-leg playoff, lost in penalty kicks in the away leg after Australia hung on to a 1-0 lead for 120 minutes.

On August 29, 2006 Pablo García signed a one year loaning contract with Celta Vigo.

[edit] Honors and awards

1997 FIFA World Youth Championship silver-medal

Celta de Vigo - Current Squad
1 Esteban \| 3 G. Lucas \| 4 Oubiña \| 5 Lequi \| 6 Roberto \| 7 Núñez \| 8 Ángel \| 9 Baiano \| 10 Guerrero \| 11 G. López \| 12 Placente \| 13 Pinto \| 14 J. Perera \| 15 Contreras \| 16 Pablo García \| 17 Tamaş \| 18 Guayre \| 19 Yago \| 20 Jonathan \| 21 Jorge \| 22 Ridder \| 23 Nené \| 24 Canobbio \| 25 Iriney \| 26 Sergio A. \| 27 Yoel \| 28 Richi \| 29 Roberto Lago \| 30 Jonathan Vila \| Manager: Vazquez

	Uruguay squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Carini \| 2 Méndez \| 3 Lembo \| 4 Montero \| 5 García \| 6 Rodríguez \| 7 Guigou \| 8 Varela \| 9 Darío Silva \| 10 O'Neill \| 11 Magallanes \| 12 Munúa \| 13 Abreu \| 14 Sorondo \| 15 Olivera \| 16 Romero \| 17 Regueiro \| 18 Morales \| 19 Bizera \| 20 Recoba \| 21 Forlán \| 22 De los Santos \| 23 Elduayen \| Coach: Púa