Personal information | |||||||||||
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Full name | Luis Alejandro García Barrera | ||||||||||
Date of birth | 26 February 1961 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Monterrey, Mexico | ||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||
1985–1988 | Deportivo Neza | 84 | (0) | ||||||||
1988–1995 | Club América | 59 | (0) | ||||||||
1995 | Irapuato | 0 | (0) | ||||||||
1995–1999 | Puebla | 28 | (0) | ||||||||
Total | 171 | (0) | |||||||||
International career | |||||||||||
1993 | Mexico | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Luis Alejandro García Barrera [a] (born 26 February 1961) [1] is a Mexican former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a goalkeeper.
Born in Monterrey, García played professionally for Deportivo Neza, Club América, Irapuato and Puebla. He began his career with Deportivo Neza in the 1986–87 season, moving to América the next year. [2]
García also represented Mexico at international level, earning a total of 5 caps. All of them were during 1993, beginning with a 2–0 victory over Romania on February 10, 1993. [3] He also made three appearances during the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup, in each case coming on as a second-half substitute for a field player to enable starting keeper Jorge Campos to play as a forward in decisive Mexican victories. [4]