| 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]
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]
García played four times for the Paraguay U17s in 2009.[7]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup[8] | League Cup | Continental[9] | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Cerro Porteño | 2011 | Paraguayan Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 2[10] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 8 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Guaraní | 2015 | Paraguayan Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 8 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 2017 | 14 | 2 | — | — | 7[11] | 3[12] | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | |||||
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 5 | — | — | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 8 | |||||
| Fulgencio Yegros (loan) | 2016 | Paraguayan División Intermedia | 36 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8 | ||||
| Belgrano (loan) | 2017–18 | Argentine Primera División | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 83 | 17 | 2 | 0 | — | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 20 | ||||
2016 Clausura