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Argentine footballer
Walter Ariel Garcia
(born March 14, 1984) is an
Argentine
former
footballer
.
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Garcia started his career with
Argentinos Juniors
in 2001, but in 2002 the club was relegated to the
Argentine 2nd division
. After staying with the club for a further season he returned to the Primera with
Club Atletico San Lorenzo de Almagro
one of the top five clubs (
cinco grandes
) in Argentine football. Garcia was a key player for
San Lorenzo
anchoring the clubs back line, appearing in 61 league matches. He also participated in the
2004 Copa Sudamericana
in which he started all 4 matches and the
2005 Copa Libertadores
for San Lorenzo appearing in 4 matches and scoring one goal. His play did not go unnoticed as he began to receive interest from various European clubs.
Sevilla FC
were interested in acquiring Garcia on loan, however this offer was rejected by
San Lorenzo
who accepted an offer of $2 million from
FC Rubin Kazan
for his transfer.
In February 2006, Garcia joined
FC Rubin Kazan
on a four-year contract,
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before joining
Catania
on a one-year loan deal in September of the same year.
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Returning to Argentina to play for
Quilmes
in 2007. After being relegated with his team Garcia stayed with Quilmes to play in the 2007-08
Primera B Nacional
season. Following his stay with Quilmes, Garcia joined
Nacional
in Uruguay. After not featuring for the club he received interest from various clubs including
Club America
of Mexico and
Deportivo Quito
of Ecuador. He signed with
New York Red Bulls
in August 2009.
He left Red Bulls at the end of 2009 season, having played just 1 game for the team, and had a trial at English side
Leeds United
with hopes of securing a contract at the club in the January 2010 transfer window.
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Leeds manager
Simon Grayson
decided that after Garcia played for Leeds in a behind closed doors friendly in which Leeds conceded 4 goals that Garcia was no better than any of the centre backs currently at the club, and his trial was ended.
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Garcia represented Argentina at the
2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
. He was also capped for the
Argentina Under-20
side in the
2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
and the 2003
South American Youth Championship
which was won by the Argentine team.
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