Ariel Hernán "Chino" Garcé (born 14 July 1979), is a former Argentine football defender. He played as a central defender or right back in River Plate, Colón de Santa Fe, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca and Atlético de Rafaela.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ariel Hernán Garcé | ||
Date of birth | (1979-07-14) 14 July 1979 (age 42) | ||
Place of birth | Tandil, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back, Right back | ||
Youth career | |||
River Plate | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2004 | River Plate | 98 | (0) |
2003 | → Morelia (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Colón | 23 | (1) |
2005–2006 | Olimpo | 15 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Rosario Central | 32 | (1) |
2007–2012 | Colón | 139 | (5) |
2012–2013 | Argentinos Juniors | 31 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Atlético de Rafaela | 31 | (0) |
Total | 380 | (7) | |
National team‡ | |||
2003–2010 | Argentina | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:09, 6 August 2011 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:00, 17 December 2010 (UTC) |
Garcé started his career with River Plate in 1999. He was part of two championship winning squads before moving on loan to Monarcas Morelia in Mexico in 2003. Garcé returned to River Plate in 2004 and helped the club to win the Clausura 2004 tournament.
Garcé then had his first spell with Colón de Santa Fe, before playing for Olimpo de Bahía Blanca and Rosario Central. While at Olimpo, Garcé was banned for 6 months by the Argentine federation after he tested positive of cocaine.[1]
In 2007, he returned for a second spell with Colón.
In 2014, he played for Atlético de Rafaela finishing his career in that club.[2]
Garcé played two friendly matches under Marcelo Bielsa's coaching for the Argentina national football team in 2003. He then played a friendly against Haiti under Diego Maradona. On 19 May 2010, Garcé was surprisingly selected as one of the 23 men to play for Argentina in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa though he did not feature in any match.[3] According to Maradona, he saw a dream of an Argentina squad winning the World Cup, and the only face he could remember was Garcé's.[4]
Argentina national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2003 | 2 | 0 |
2004 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 4 | 0 |
River Plate
Argentina squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup | ||
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