Epifanio García Explained

Epifanio García
Fullname:Epifanio Ariel García Duarte
Birth Date:2 July 1992
Birth Place:San Miguel, Paraguay
Position:Forward
Currentclub:River Plate
Clubnumber:19
Youthclubs1:Cerro Porteño
Years1:2011–2015
Clubs1:Cerro Porteño
Caps1:8
Goals1:0
Years2:2015–2019
Clubs2:Guaraní
Caps2:48
Goals2:12
Years3:2016
Clubs3:Fulgencio Yegros (loan)
Caps3:36
Goals3:8
Years4:2017–2018
Clubs4:Belgrano (loan)
Caps4:15
Goals4:4
Years5:2020–
Clubs5:River Plate
Caps5:10
Goals5:1
Nationalyears1:2009
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:0
Club-Update:10:19, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Epifanio Ariel García Duarte (born 2 July 1992) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for River Plate.[1]

Career

Club

García started his senior footballing career in Paraguay with Cerro Porteño, with whom he made his professional debut with in June 2011 against Nacional in the Paraguayan Primera División.[1] Two further appearances followed in 2012 and 2013 for García, before he played five times during 2014.[1] He left in 2015 following eight appearances, none of which were starts. García signed for fellow Paraguayan top-flight club Guaraní in June 2015.[1] Before featuring for Guaraní, García had a loan spell with Paraguayan División Intermedia side Fulgencio Yegros where he scored eight goals in thirty-six games.[2] [3]

He eventually made his Guaraní debut on 16 October 2016, over a year after joining, in a league match with River Plate, he scored his first career goal in the process during a 1–2 win.[1] [4] In total, he went onto score three goals, including one versus former club Cerro Porteño, in eight games throughout 2016.[1] He scored three goals in seven 2017 Copa Libertadores matches for Guaraní.[1] On 23 July 2017, García joined Argentine Primera División side Belgrano on loan.[2] [5] [6]

International

García played four times for the Paraguay U17s in 2009.[7]

Career statistics

.[1]

Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCup[8] League CupContinental[9] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cerro Porteño2011Paraguayan Primera División10000010
201210000010
201310000010
2014502[10] 00070
201500000000
Total802000100
Guaraní2015Paraguayan Primera División00000000
201683000083
20171427[11] 3[12] 00215
20182000000020
Total2457300318
Fulgencio Yegros (loan)2016Paraguayan División Intermedia36800368
Belgrano (loan)2017–18Argentine Primera División1542000174
Career total83172093009420

Honours

Cerro Porteño[1]
Guaraní[1]

2016 Clausura

Notes and References

  1. News: Epifanio García profile. 9 December 2017. Soccerway. 9 December 2017.
  2. News: Quién es Epifanio García, el delantero que anotó el primer gol en el nuevo Gigante de Alberdi. 9 December 2017. Mundod Lavoz. 9 September 2017.
  3. News: La historia humilde de Epifanio, con madera de goleador. 9 December 2017. Mundod Lavoz. 25 July 2017.
  4. News: El debut soñado de Epifanio García en Guaraní. 9 December 2017. D10. 18 October 2016.
  5. News: Belgrano incorporó al paraguayo Epifanio García. 9 December 2017. TyC Sports. 23 July 2017.
  6. News: Belgrano firma a Epifanio García. 9 December 2017. AS. 23 July 2017.
  7. News: Epifanio García profile. 9 December 2017. BDFA. 9 December 2017.
  8. Includes the Copa Argentina and Copa Paraguay
  9. Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
  10. One appearance in 2014 Copa Libertadores, one appearance in 2014 Copa Sudamericana
  11. Seven appearances in 2017 Copa Libertadores
  12. Three goals in 2017 Copa Libertadores