Rafael García

Retired
Last club: Tiburones Rojos Most games for: Toluca Retired since: Jul 1, 2008

Date of birth/Age: Aug 14, 1974 (49)
Place of birth: Mexico City
Citizenship: Mexico

Height: 1,76 m
Position: Defensive Midfield

Former International: Mexico
Caps/Goals: 51 / 3

Currently working as:

Manager Club: Dorados Sinaloa

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Mexico
20		Mexico	Feb 7, 1996	51	3	Velibor Milutinovic	21 years 05 months 24 days
	Mexico U20
-		Mexico U20	-	2	-
	Mexico U17
-		Mexico U17	-	3	-
	Mexico
-		Mexico Olympic Team	Jul 21, 1996	4	-	Carlos de los Cobos	21 years 11 months 07 days

Stats of Rafael García

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Total :			52	3	-	-	-	-	2.893'
	International Friendlies	29	2	-	-	-	-	1.672'
	Copa América	8	-	-	-	-	-	301'
	World Cup qualification	6	-	-	-	-	-	365'
	Gold Cup 2009	6	1	-	-	-	-	426'
	Confederations Cup	2	-	-	-	-	-	115'
	World Cup	1	-	-	-	-	-	14'

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	Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		2/7/96	A	Chile	2:1			90'
		5/23/96	A	Yugoslavia	0:0	Not in squad
		5/29/96	A	Japan	3:2	Not in squad
		6/8/96	A	Bolivia	1:0			86'
		6/13/96	A	Ireland	2:2			53'
		6/16/96	A	USA	2:2		1	90'
		8/31/96	A	France	2:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	Group 3	9/15/96	A	St. Vincent	0:3	Not in squad
	Group 3	9/21/96	A	Honduras	2:1	Not in squad
	Group 3	10/16/96	H	Jamaica	2:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		10/23/96	A	Ecuador	1:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	Group 3	10/30/96	H	St. Vincent	5:1	Not in squad
	Group 3	11/6/96	H	Honduras	3:1	Not in squad
	Group 3	11/17/96	A	Jamaica	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		11/20/96	A	El Salvador	3:1	Not in squad
		1/17/97	A	Denmark	1:3	Not in squad
		1/19/97	A	USA	0:2	Not in squad
		1/22/97	A	Peru	0:0	Not in squad
		2/5/97	H	Ecuador	3:1	Not in squad
		2/19/97	A	Guatemala	1:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	Group A	3/2/97	H	Canada	4:0	Not in squad
	Group A	3/16/97	A	Costa Rica	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		3/29/97	A	England	2:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	Group A	4/13/97	H	Jamaica	6:0	Not in squad
	Group A	4/20/97	A	USA	2:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		4/30/97	A	Brazil	4:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	Group A	6/8/97	A	El Salvador	0:1	Not in squad
	Copa América 1997
	Group C	6/13/97	A	Colombia	2:1			10'
	Group C	6/16/97	A	Brazil	3:2			16'
	Group C	6/19/97	A	Costa Rica	1:1			7'
	Quarter-Finals	6/22/97	A	Ecuador	5:4 on pens	on the bench
	Semi-Finals	6/25/97	A	Bolivia	3:1			31'
	Third Place Play-Off	6/28/97	A	Peru	1:0	on the bench
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	Group A	10/5/97	H	El Salvador	5:0	Not in squad
	Group A	10/12/97	A	Canada	2:2	Not in squad
	Group A	11/2/97	H	USA	0:0	Not in squad
	Group A	11/9/97	H	Costa Rica	3:3	Not in squad
	Group A	11/16/97	A	Jamaica	0:0	Not in squad
	Confederations Cup 1997
	Group A	12/12/97	A	Australia	1:3	Not in squad
	Group A	12/14/97	A	Saudi Arabia	0:5	Not in squad
	Group A	12/16/97	A	Brazil	3:2	Not in squad
	Gold Cup 1998
	Group B	2/4/98	A	Trinidad	4:2	Not in squad
	Group B	2/7/98	A	Honduras	2:0	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	2/12/98	A	Jamaica	1:0 AET	Not in squad
	Final	2/15/98	A	USA	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		2/24/98	A	Netherlands	2:3	Not in squad
		3/18/98	H	Paraguay	1:1	Not in squad
		4/15/98	A	Peru	1:0	Not in squad
		5/9/98	A	Estonia	6:0	Not in squad
		5/20/98	A	Norway	5:2	Not in squad
		5/23/98	A	Ireland	0:0	Not in squad
		5/31/98	A	Japan	2:1	Not in squad
		6/3/98	A	Saudi Arabia	0:0	Not in squad
	World Cup 1998
	Group E	6/13/98	A	South Korea	1:3	Not in squad
	Group E	6/20/98	A	Belgium	2:2	Not in squad
	Group E	6/25/98	A	Netherlands	2:2	Not in squad
	Round of 16	6/29/98	A	Germany	2:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		11/17/98	A	El Salvador	2:0			90'
		11/18/98	A	Guatemala	3:5 on pens			45'
		2/10/99	A	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
		2/19/99	A	Egypt	3:0	Not in squad
		3/11/99	A	Bolivia	2:1			12'
		3/13/99	A	USA	1:2			58'
		4/14/99	H	Ecuador	0:0			45'
		4/28/99	A	Paraguay	2:1			90'
		6/9/99	A	Argentina	2:2	Not in squad
		6/12/99	A	South Korea	1:1	Not in squad
		6/16/99	A	Croatia	1:2	Not in squad
		6/18/99	A	Egypt	0:2			26'
	Copa América 1999
	Group B	6/30/99	A	Chile	1:0	on the bench
	Group B	7/3/99	A	Brazil	2:1	LM		64'
	Group B	7/6/99	A	Venezuela	3:1			90'
	Quarter-Finals	7/10/99	A	Peru	7:5 on pens	DM		22'
	Semi-Finals	7/15/99	A	Brazil	2:0	on the bench
	Third Place Play-Off	7/17/99	A	Chile	2:1	LM		61'
	Confederations Cup 1999
	Group A	7/25/99	H	Saudi Arabia	5:1			25'
	Group A	7/28/99	H	Egypt	2:2	LB		90'
	Group A	7/29/99	H	Bolivia	0:1	on the bench
	Semi-Finals	8/1/99	H	USA	1:0 AET	on the bench
	Final	8/5/99	H	Brazil	4:3	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		8/16/99	A	Greece	3:2	Not in squad
		10/13/99	A	Paraguay	0:1	Not in squad
		10/20/99	A	Colombia	0:0	Not in squad
		10/27/99	A	Ecuador	0:0			45'
		1/9/00	A	Iran	2:1	Not in squad
		2/5/00	A	Japan	0:1	Not in squad
		2/8/00	A	Czechia	1:2	Not in squad
	Gold Cup 2000
	Group C	2/13/00	A	Trinidad	4:0	Not in squad
	Group C	2/17/00	A	Guatemala	1:1	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	2/20/00	A	Canada	1:2 AET	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		3/22/00	H	Venezuela	1:0	Not in squad
		6/4/00	A	Ireland	2:2	Not in squad
		6/7/00	A	South Africa	4:2	Not in squad
		6/11/00	A	USA	3:0	Not in squad
		7/1/00	A	El Salvador	3:0	Not in squad
		7/5/00	H	Venezuela	2:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	Group 1	7/16/00	A	Panama	0:1	Not in squad
	Group 1	7/23/00	A	Trinidad	1:0	Not in squad
	Group 1	8/15/00	H	Canada	2:0	Not in squad
	Group 1	9/3/00	H	Panama	7:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		9/20/00	A	Ecuador	2:0	Not in squad
		9/27/00	A	Bolivia	1:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	Group 1	10/8/00	H	Trinidad	7:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		10/25/00	A	USA	2:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	Group 1	11/15/00	A	Canada	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		12/20/00	A	Argentina	0:2	Not in squad
		1/24/01	H	Bulgaria	0:2	Not in squad
		1/31/01	A	Colombia	2:3	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	group A1	2/28/01	A	USA	2:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		3/7/01	H	Brazil	3:3	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	group A1	3/25/01	H	Jamaica	4:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		4/11/01	H	Chile	1:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	group A1	4/25/01	A	Trinidad	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		5/25/01	A	England	4:0	Not in squad
	Confederations Cup 2001
	Group A	5/30/01	A	Australia	0:2	Not in squad
	Group A	6/1/01	A	South Korea	2:1	Not in squad
	Group A	6/3/01	A	France	4:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	group A1	6/16/01	H	Costa Rica	1:2	Not in squad
	group A1	6/20/01	A	Honduras	3:1	Not in squad
	group A1	7/1/01	H	USA	1:0	Not in squad
	Copa América 2001
	Group B	7/13/01	A	Brazil	0:1	Not in squad
	Group B	7/16/01	A	Paraguay	0:0	Not in squad
	Group B	7/19/01	A	Peru	1:0	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	7/22/01	A	Chile	0:2	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	7/26/01	A	Uruguay	2:1	Not in squad
	Final	7/29/01	A	Colombia	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		8/23/01	H	Liberia	5:4	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	group A1	9/2/01	A	Jamaica	1:2	Not in squad
	group A1	9/5/01	H	Trinidad	3:0	Not in squad
	group A1	10/7/01	A	Costa Rica	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		10/31/01	H	El Salvador	4:1			90'
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	group A1	11/11/01	H	Honduras	3:0	LM		90'
	International Friendlies
		11/14/01	A	Spain	1:0			27'
	Gold Cup 2002
	Group A	1/18/02	A	El Salvador	0:1	Not in squad
	Group A	1/20/02	A	Guatemala	3:1	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	1/27/02	A	South Korea	2:4 on pens	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		2/13/02	A	Yugoslavia	2:1	Not in squad
		3/13/02	A	Albania	4:0			36'
		4/3/02	A	USA	1:0	Not in squad
		4/17/02	A	Bulgaria	1:0	Not in squad
		5/12/02	H	Colombia	2:1			45'
		5/16/02	A	Bolivia	1:0			57'
	World Cup 2002
	Group G	6/3/02	A	Croatia	0:1	on the bench
	Group G	6/9/02	A	Ecuador	2:1	on the bench
	Group G	6/13/02	A	Italy	1:1			14'
	Round of 16	6/17/02	A	USA	0:2	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		2/4/03	A	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
		2/12/03	A	Colombia	0:0	Not in squad
		3/19/03	A	Bolivia	2:0	Not in squad
		3/26/03	A	Paraguay	1:1	Not in squad
		4/30/03	H	Brazil	0:0	Not in squad
		5/8/03	A	USA	0:0	Not in squad
		7/6/03	A	El Salvador	2:1			45'
	Gold Cup 2003
	Group A	7/13/03	H	Brazil	1:0			68'
	Group A	7/17/03	H	Honduras	0:0			74'
	Quarter-Finals	7/20/03	H	Jamaica	5:0		1	90'
	Semi-Finals	7/24/03	H	Costa Rica	0:2			90'
	Final	7/27/03	H	Brazil	1:0 AET	LW		65'
	International Friendlies
		8/20/03	A	Peru	3:1	DM		45'
		10/15/03	A	Uruguay	2:0	Not in squad
		11/20/03	A	Iceland	0:0			65'
		2/19/04	A	Chile	1:1	DM		61'
		3/10/04	H	Ecuador	2:1			61'
		3/31/04	A	Costa Rica	2:0		1	61'
		4/28/04	A	USA	1:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	Second Round 1st leg	6/19/04	A	Dominica	0:10	Not in squad
	Second Round 2nd leg	6/27/04	H	Dominica	8:0	Not in squad
	Copa América 2004
	Group B	7/7/04	A	Uruguay	2:2	Not in squad
	Group B	7/11/04	A	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
	Group B	7/13/04	A	Ecuador	2:1	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	7/18/04	A	Brazil	0:4	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	Group 3	9/8/04	A	Trinidad	1:3	Not in squad
	Group 3	10/6/04	H	St. Vincent	7:0			24'
	Group 3	10/10/04	A	St. Vincent	0:1	on the bench
	Group 3	10/13/04	H	Trinidad	3:0			83'
	International Friendlies
		10/27/04	A	Ecuador	2:1			90'
		11/10/04	A	Guatemala	2:0			69'
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	Group 3	11/13/04	A	St. Kitts/Nevis	0:5			78'
	Group 3	11/17/04	H	St. Kitts/Nevis	8:0			58'
	International Friendlies
		1/26/05	A	Sweden	0:0			59'
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	Group A	2/9/05	A	Costa Rica	1:2	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		2/23/05	H	Colombia	1:1	Not in squad
		3/10/05	A	Argentina	1:1			19'
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	Group A	3/27/05	H	USA	2:1	on the bench
	Group A	3/30/05	A	Panama	1:1			32'
	International Friendlies
		4/28/05	A	Poland	1:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	Group A	6/4/05	A	Guatemala	0:2	Not in squad
	Group A	6/8/05	H	Trinidad	2:0	Not in squad
	Confederations Cup 2005
	Group B	6/16/05	A	Japan	1:2	Not in squad
	Group B	6/19/05	A	Brazil	1:0	Not in squad
	Group B	6/22/05	A	Greece	0:0	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	6/26/05	A	Argentina	6:7 on pens	Not in squad
	Third Place Play-Off	6/29/05	A	Germany	4:3 AET	Not in squad
	Gold Cup 2005
	Group C	7/8/05	A	South Africa	2:1			45'
	Group C	7/10/05	A	Guatemala	4:0	Not in squad
	Group C	7/13/05	A	Jamaica	1:0	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	7/17/05	A	Colombia	1:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification CONCACAF
	Group A	8/17/05	H	Costa Rica	2:0	Not in squad
	Group A	9/3/05	A	USA	2:0	Not in squad
	Group A	9/7/05	H	Panama	5:0	Not in squad
	Group A	10/8/05	H	Guatemala	5:2	Not in squad
	Group A	10/12/05	A	Trinidad	2:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		10/26/05	H	Uruguay	3:1	Not in squad
		11/16/05	A	Bulgaria	3:0	Not in squad
		12/14/05	A	Hungary	2:0	Not in squad
		1/26/06	A	Norway	2:1	Not in squad
		2/15/06	A	South Korea	0:1	Not in squad
		3/1/06	A	Ghana	1:0	Not in squad
		3/29/06	A	Paraguay	2:1			70'
		5/5/06	A	Venezuela	1:0	Not in squad
		5/12/06	H	DR Congo	2:1	Not in squad
		5/27/06	A	France	1:0	Not in squad
		6/1/06	A	Netherlands	2:1			45'
	World Cup 2006
	Group D	6/11/06	A	Iran	3:1	on the bench
	Group D	6/16/06	A	Angola	0:0	on the bench
	Group D	6/21/06	A	Portugal	2:1	on the bench
	Round of 16	6/24/06	A	Argentina	2:1 AET	on the bench
Squad: 69, Starting eleven: 34, Substituted in: 18, On the bench: 17, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0,