Samuel Garcia Sanchez, better known as Samu ( Spanish: Samuel García Sánchez ; born July 13, 1990, Malaga , Spain) is a Spanish footballer and midfielder .
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| Full name | Samuel Garcia Sanchez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Malaga , Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 179 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | winger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Garcia is a graduate of the football school of the club Malaga . Since 2010, he played for the reserve team of Atletico Malageno . In the summer of 2013, after a large number of key players left the team, the new coach Bernd Schuster included Samuel in the application for the season [2] . He chose 24 number [3] . On August 17, in a match against Valencia , he made his debut in Lee League [4] . On November 4, in a duel against Betis , he scored his first goal for Malaga - hitting the opponents' goal in extra time, he brought Malaga a victory [5] .
In the summer of 2015, together with his partner in Malaga, Sam Castillejo Garcia moved to Villarreal , signing a contract for five years [6] . On August 23, in a match against Betis , he made his debut for a new team, replacing Roberto Soldado in the second half [7] . September 13 in a duel against “ Granada ” scored his first goal for “Villarreal” [8] .
In the summer of 2016, Garcia moved to the Russian Rubin , to his former coach Javier Gracia [9] . On August 1, in a match against Amkar he made his debut in the Premier League [10] .
At the beginning of 2017, he was leased to Leganes until the end of the season. On January 28, in a match against Celta , Garcia made his debut for a new team [11] .
On August 24, 2017, Samu officially became a Levante player. Rubin terminated the contract with the midfielder by agreement of the parties. The player signed a contract with the Spanish club for 3 years with the possibility of extension for another season [12] . On September 9, in a match against Real Madrid , he made his debut for a new club [13] .
On January 25, 2018, Malaga announced the transfer of Samu. The Spaniard is rented until the summer of 2018. The agreement provides an option to buy back [14] .
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ Samu tendrá dorsal del primer equipo y Darder y Fabrice seguirán con Schuster (Spanish) ; 8/14/2013, Diario Sur
- ↑ Samu García amplía su vinculación con el Málaga CF hasta la temporada 2015/16 (Spanish) ; 8/14/2013; Málagacf.com
- ↑ Valencia VS. Malaga 1: 0 . soccerway.com (August 17, 2013). Archived August 20, 2013.
- ↑ Malaga VS. Betis 3: 2 . soccerway.com (November 4, 2013). Archived August 20, 2013.
- ↑ El Villarreal CF ficha a los 'Samus' (Villarreal CF signs the 'Samus') Archived July 22, 2015. ; Villarreal's official website, 18 June 2015 (Spanish)
- ↑ Betis VS. Villarreal 1: 1 (English) . soccerway.com (23 August 2015).
- ↑ Granada VS. Villarreal 1: 3 (English) . soccerway.com (13 September 2015).
- ↑ Rubin signed the midfielder of Villarreal . soccer.ru (June 30, 2016).
- ↑ Rubin VS. Amkar 0-0 (English) . soccerway.com (1 August 2016).
- ↑ Leganes VS. Celta 0: 2 (English) . soccerway.com (28 January 2017).
- ↑ Samu y el Levante unen sus caminos por las tres próximas temporadas con una opcional
- ↑ Real Madrid VS. Levante 1: 1 . soccerway.com (9 September 2017).
- ↑ Samuel García vuelve a casa