Who is Eric Garcia: Biography, Personal Life, Family, Net Worth and Football Career

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Eric Garcia's Biography

Eric Garcia is a professional player who is currently playing as a defender for Manchester City Football club and Spain National team.

Over the past two seasons, Eric Garcia has proven himself to be among the most promising defenders in the football world. Although originally a central defender, Garcia is a versatile footballer and can play at any position in the defence line.

A graduate of Barcelona's famous academy, La Masia, Garcia made a name for himself after impressing first with his boyhood club and then Manchester City's youth teams. Garcia played almost 50 game for Manchester City's U19 and U23 teams. He also was a member of Spain's new golden generation who won the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Spain U17 side was also the runners-up at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Eric Garcia's Early Life

We will present you with the most interesting facts about Eric Garcia childhood and family background to see where he took his first steps as an amateur footballer.

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Eric Garcia date of birth is at the 9th day of January 2001. It is interesting that he shares his birthday with former Premier League player and Manchester City team mate, David Silva and current Napoli manager, Gennaro Gattuso who are both born on the ninth day of January.

Eric Garcia nationality is Spanish. He was born in Barcelona, Spain. Both of his parents were passionate football fans who supported FC Barcelona long before He was born. Eric Garcia fell in love with football since his early years as he accompanied his father to Barcelona's home matches at the Camp Nue.

Eric Garcia's parents supported their son on the early stages of his footballing career. His most amazing footballing memory was when Spain's golden generation won the 2010 FIFA World Cup and two back to back European Championships from 2008 to 2012. He was entering his teenage years at the time and was at awe of the amazing performances of Spain in Football's biggest international events.

Eric Garcia's Net Worth

In July 2019 the center back signed a contract with Manchester City that nets him a whopping salary of 1 Million Euro (892 Thousand Pound) per year. We have crunched the numbers, this means he earns €4,957 (£4,422) per day and €207 (£184) per hour!

The teenage centre-back from Spain has made very few appearances during his time in England but his lucrative contract with Manchester City puts his net worth at an estimated 3 Million Euro (2.7 Million Pound). Unproven but regarded as one of the brightest central defenders of the future his services won't come cheap with a market value north of 16 Million Euro (14.3 Million Pound).

Eric Garcia's Personal Life

Eric Garcia has not yet been involved in a public relationship, which is surprising given his good looks. It is more likely that he has kept his relationships private.

In 2020 Garcia caused a little controversy by liking a photo of Pep Guardiola's daughter, Maria Guardiola in her Instagram account.

Eric Garcia's favorite activities besides playing football are eating, exercising and playing video games. He also enjoys spending time with his family and friends and going to the nature.

Eric Garcia is active regularly on social media. His Instagram account is @ericgm3. He has around 300k followers on Instagram. His twitter account id is @ericgm3.

Eric Garcia's Football Career

Eric Garcia started playing amateur football at the age of 7 when his parent's signed him up for a trial at FC Barcelona youth academy, which he passed with ease as his talent was obvious from his early years.

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Garcia had a very successful career for Barcelona and Spain national team at the youth level. He was a mature being his age since his childhood and captained every team he played at during his time at La Masia. Garcia was a also a member of the Spain U17 and U19 sides which won the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

One of his closest friends during his early years as a footballer was, Ansu Fati. The two had a great relationship on and off the field until they parted ways in 2017. Garcia moved to Manchester City and Fati was promoted to Barcelona's senior team. Garcia talked about his friendship with Fati in an interview after the teenager burst into the scenes in the 2018-19 season.

"He's a very humble guy, as you can see. He works and he's having his chance, which he's taking advantage of. He's opening the doors of the national team, too".

"He's one of those players who had that extra bit of quality. When they play in La Liga Santander you see that quality; you see that bit extra they have that makes them different."

During his early years, Ferran Toress's footballing idol was the former Barcelona's legendary captain, Carles Puyol.

Given his admiration for Puyol, it was no surprise that Garcia chose the legendary defender to represent him as a manager. However, this decision had a bitter ending for both parties. After Puyol finalized his move from Barcelona to Manchester City, he was criticized heavily by Barcelona's management for working against the club's benefits. As a result Puyol decided to close his agency and choose a new line in his post-retirement career.

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Garcia Joined Manchester City's youth academy in 2017. He played 25 games for Manchester City U18 and scored 5 goals during the 2017-18 season. He also played 2 games for the U19 team and 5 games for the U23 team.

Garcia was called up to Manchester City senior side in the summer of 2018, which market the start of his professional career at the age of 17.

Despite his young age, Garcia continued to perform at a high level consistently. He made his Premier League debut in September 2018 as he came on the bench in an 8-0 win over Watford.

The following season, was Garcia's best season at Manchester City as he played 20 games across all competitions and registered his first assist for the Citizens, in an EFL Cup 3-0 win against Preston.

In June 2020 Garcia experiences one of the worst memories of his footballing career in the game against Arsenal. After colliding with City's goalkeeper, Ederson, Garcia suffered a concussion. He was treated with Oxygen on the field and was transferred to hospital.

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Garcia's biggest accomplishment on the cub level was achieved at the end of the 2018-19 season as Manchester City won the FA Community Shield after beating Liverpool on penalties. However, Garcia was an unused substitute in the game, but received a medal for his contribution to Manchester City's campaign.

Garcia has been heavily linked with a move back to his boyhood club, Barcelona since the summer of 2020. Barcelona has been in serious need for a new defender after their horrible 8-2 defeat against Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Ronald Koeman publicly demanded the signing of the youngster, but the two clubs failed to reach an agreement in the 2020 summer transfer window and the 2021 winter transfer window. However, Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola has confirmed that Eric Garcia has not extended his contract and are willing to join Barcelona at the end of the 20-21 season.

Garcia has played only 8 games for Manchester City in the 20-21 season.

On the international level, Garcia was first called up to Spain U16 side in February 2017. In May of the same year, He made his debut for the U17 team. Garcia was a key member for the Spain brilliant youth team that won the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship by beating England in the final.

Garcia and co, also reached the final of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup later that same year, but this time they lost the title to the Three Lions. Garcia had a very successful time with Spain U17 and managed to score 2 goals in 11 games.

In February 2019, Garcia was called up to Spain U19 side, where he continued to impress with his leadership qualities. He was in Spain's squad for the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and was a key member for the team as Spain won the tournament by beating the reigning champions Portugal in the final. In total, Garcia played 9 games for Spain U19 youth team.

Eric Garcia's Style of Play

Eric Garcia is known for his Leadership qualities, tactical intelligence, calmness and ability to read the game. He has always played in a mature way, hence the reason he was the captain of every team he played at during his youth career.

Garcia is a versatile player and can be effective in different position in the defence line. Although originally a central defender, Garcia has also played as a right back.

Among his other qualities is his success rate when facing the opposition strikers. Garcia had an 80-percent success rate in this category in his first four games for Manchester City's senior team.

Eric Garcia's Achievements

Garcia's only weak point as a defender is his short height as it makes him vulnerable in aerial duels.

Eric Garcia celebrated his first trophy in the 2017-18 season when he won the UEFA European Under-17 Championship with Spain U17.

During his career, Eric Garcia has won a total of 4 collective and individual awards, the most important of them are: UEFA European Under-17 Championship (2017), UEFA European Under-19 Championship (2019), UEFA Europa League Semi-Final (2020)

Eric Garcia's last collective achievement was winning the 2019-20 FA Community Shield title with Manchester City.

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