Pablo García (Uruguayan footballer, born 1999)


Pablo Javier García Lafluf is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nacional.

Career

Club

García began his career in his homeland of Uruguay, Liverpool were his first club. He was an unused substitute for a Uruguayan Primera División fixture with Montevideo Wanderers on 6 February 2016, which preceded his professional debut on 13 February during an away loss versus Plaza Colonia. After ten further appearances in all competitions across three campaigns, García departed at the conclusion of 2017 after rejecting a new contract with Liverpool. In January 2018, García left to join Argentine football by signing for River Plate of the Argentine Primera División. A year later, García returned to Uruguay with 2018 runner-ups Nacional.

International

García represented Uruguay at U17 and U20 level. He scored for the U17s in a friendly with the United States in June 2017, while he was selected by the U20s for the 2018 Panda Cup. García was picked by Fabián Coito for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship in Chile.

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