Óscar García (footballer, born 1973)

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For other people named Oscar García, see Oscar García (disambiguation).

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In this Spanish name, the family name is García.

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Óscar García
File:FC Admira Wacker Mödling vs. FC Red Bull Salzburg (Cup) 2017-04-26 (032).jpg
Óscar as manager of Red Bull Salzburg in 2017
Personal information
Full name Óscar García Junyent[1]
Date of birth (1973-04-26) 26 April 1973 (age 51)[1]
Place of birth Sabadell, Spain[1]
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Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1980–1984 Mercantil
1984–1991 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1994 Barcelona B 79 (24)
1993–1999 Barcelona 69 (21)
1994–1995 → Albacete (loan) 29 (2)
1999–2000 Valencia 20 (4)
2000–2004 Espanyol 51 (4)
2004–2005 Lleida 23 (3)
Total 271 (58)
International career
1989 Spain U16 1 (1)
1991 Spain U18 4 (1)
1991 Spain U19 1 (0)
1991 Spain U20 3 (0)
1992–1996 Spain U21 24 (12)
1996 Spain U23 4 (2)
Managerial career
2009–2010 Catalonia (assistant)
2010–2012 Barcelona (youth)
2012–2013 Maccabi Tel Aviv
2013–2014 Brighton & Hove Albion
2014 Maccabi Tel Aviv
2014 Watford
2015–2017 Red Bull Salzburg
2017 Saint-Étienne
2018 Olympiacos
2019–2020 Celta
2021–2022 Reims
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Óscar García Junyent (born 26 April 1973), known simply as Óscar as a player, is a Spanish former professional footballer, currently a manager.

He was a versatile attacking option as a player, able to feature as an attacking midfielder or a second striker. He spent most of his 14-year professional career with Barcelona, with relative impact, appearing for four other clubs.

In La Liga, Óscar amassed totals of 169 matches and 31 goals over 12 seasons, also representing Espanyol (four years), Albacete, Lleida and Valencia (one apiece). He started working as a manager in 2009, winning league titles in Israel and Austria.

Playing career

Club

Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Óscar made his professional debut with FC Barcelona, his local team. Between 1992 and 1994 he played five La Liga matches for Barça who were champions each year and, after a loan at fellow top-division club Albacete Balompié, he returned and was often used (with good results) in a variety of attacking roles: during the 1995–96 season he scored ten league goals, the most in the squad, even though he only started 11 of his 28 appearances;[2] the team came out empty in silverware, however.

With his role gradually diminishing, Óscar joined Valencia CF for one season, finishing off with Barcelona neighbours RCD Espanyol (teaming up again with his brother Roger, for three seasons) and UE Lleida and retiring in June 2005 at the age of 32. On 7 January 2001, whilst playing for the second club against CD Numancia, he was taken to hospital after swallowing his tongue.[3]

Óscar nearly signed for West Ham United in summer 2002, but an eventual deal fell through after a one week's trial and he returned to Espanyol,[4] with whom he never scored more than one goal per season in four years.

International

For Spain, Óscar appeared for the nation at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, scoring twice for the eventual quarter-finalists.[5][6]

Coaching career

Maccabi Tel Aviv and England

In late 2009, García joined former Barcelona coach Johan Cruyff's coaching staff in the Catalonia national team, as the Dutchman had just been appointed.[7] On 22 May 2012 he had his first head coach appointment, signing a two-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, where Cruyff's son Jordi acted as sporting director.[8] Exactly one year later, after leading the club to the Israeli Premier League after a ten-year drought,[9] he resigned from his post citing personal reasons.[10]

García was unveiled as the new head coach of Football League Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion on 26 June 2013, replacing Gus Poyet.[11] His first win came on 17 August, 1–0 at Birmingham City;[12] he was November's Manager of the Month, with three wins and a draw.[13] On 12 May 2014, following their play off semi-final defeat to Derby County, his offer of resignation was accepted by the board.[14]

On 2 June 2014, García returned to Maccabi by signing a two-year contract, but left on 26 August due to ongoing war.[15] A week later he was appointed at Watford, replacing Giuseppe Sannino.[16] He was admitted to hospital with minor chest pains on 15 September, forcing him to miss the team's upcoming match with Blackpool.[17][18] These health problems eventually led to him stepping down, two weeks later.[19]

Red Bull Salzburg

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García and Sturm Graz manager Franco Foda in May 2016

Austrian double holders FC Red Bull Salzburg hired García on 28 December 2015, following the dismissal of Peter Zeidler.[20] His team, for which fellow Spaniard Jonathan Soriano was the main striker, ended the season as national champions.[21] On 19 May the latter scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 cup final victory over FC Admira Wacker Mödling to seal another double.[22]

In 2016–17, Salzburg retained both major honours. After the loss of Soriano, García built the attack around South Korean Hwang Hee-chan.[23]

Saint-Étienne

On 15 June 2017, AS Saint-Étienne signed García to a two-year contract.[24][25] In November, however, following a 5–0 home loss against Olympique Lyonnais in the Derby du Rhone, he left the club by mutual agreement.[26][27]

Olympiacos

Olympiacos F.C. announced García as their new manager on 5 January 2018, to replace Takis Lemonis.[28] His contract was terminated by mutual consent on 3 April, following a 1–1 away draw with Levadiakos FC; the side had also been eliminated from the Greek Cup for a third consecutive year, and he was held partially responsible for the lack of dressing room, training and match discipline.[29]

Celta

García had his first head coach experience in Spain in November 2019, when he took over for Fran Escribá at RC Celta de Vigo who stood third from the bottom in the standings.[30] His team stayed up on the last day of the season, as CD Leganés could not win their fixture.[31]

On 9 November 2020, after only one win in nine matches of the new campaign, García was dismissed.[32]

Reims

García returned to the French Ligue 1 in June 2021, being appointed at Stade de Reims on a three-year deal.[33] Starting with a goalless draw at OGC Nice on 8 August,[34] he won on his fifth attempt with a 2–0 victory at Stade Rennais FC.[35]

García's one full season at the Stade Auguste-Delaune resulted in a 12th-place finish.[36] He was relieved of his duties on 13 October 2022, with his team 15th.[37]

Personal life

García's brothers, Roger and Genís, were also footballers. All youth products of Barcelona, they had however different fates as professionals (especially the latter).[38]

On 17 June 1997, during the final of the Copa Catalunya, all three appeared with the first team in a 3–1 loss to CE Europa.[39]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 8 October 2022[40][41]
Team Nat From To Record
P W D L Win %
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 22 May 2012 22 May 2013 43 28 7 8 65.12
Brighton & Hove Albion England 26 June 2013 12 May 2014 53 21 16 16 39.62
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 2 June 2014 26 August 2014 7 3 2 2 42.86
Watford England 2 September 2014 29 September 2014 4 1 2 1 25.00
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 28 December 2015 15 June 2017 73 51 12 10 69.86
Saint-Étienne France 15 June 2017 15 November 2017 13 5 4 4 38.46
Olympiacos Greece 6 January 2018 3 April 2018 12 5 5 2 41.67
Celta Spain 9 November 2019 9 November 2020 38 8 17 13 21.05
Reims France 23 June 2021 13 October 2022 51 14 19 18 27.45
Total 295 137 84 74 46.44

Honours

File:FC Red Bull Salzburg versus Wolfsberger AC (15. 5. 2016) 1015.JPG
García celebrating Salzburg's Bundesliga win in May 2016

Player

Club

Barcelona

Valencia

International

Spain U-21

Manager

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Red Bull Salzburg

Individual

References

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