Serafín García

Serafín García
Personal information
Full name Serafin Fabricio García Fleitas[1]
Date of birth (1975-06-17) 17 June 1975
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Positions
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Basáñez
1996–2002 Peñarol
1999–2000 → Chacarita Juniors (loan) 31 (3)
2002–2003 Lanús 28 (1)
2003 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata 13 (0)
2004 Cerro Porteño 26 (0)
2005 Montevideo Wanderers 31 (4)
2006–2007 Peñarol
2008 Villa Española 13 (0)
2009 Durazno 11 (1)
2009–2010 El Tanque Sisley 22 (4)
2010–2016 Boston River 114 (25)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Serafin Fabricio García Fleitas (born 15 July 1975) is an Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a right-back and as a right winger.[1]

Career

García started his professional career with Basáñez in the Uruguayan Segunda División in 1996.[2] His performances there resulted in a move to Peñarol.[2] In his first year at the club he helped the team achieve its second quinquenio, a streak of five consecutive Uruguayan Primera División titles, by winning the 1997 Campeonato Uruguayo Primera División.[2]

García played for Argentine club Chacarita Juniors on loan.[3] After Chacarita Juniors did not exercise their option to sign him permanently and did not extend the loan, he returned to Peñarol where he was left out of the squad list submitted for the Mercosur Cup.[3]

In June 2002 García trained with Argentine side Lanús. This angered Peñarol, whom he was contracted to until the end of the year, and whom he had neither notified nor received permission from.[4] Peñarol's board of directors imposed a fine on García for his absence from training.[4]

García moved to Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, also in Argentina, in summer 2003, together with compatriot Nelson Olveira.[5]

During his time at Cerro Porteño in Paraguay he helped the club win the Apertura of the 2004 Paraguayan Primera División season.[6][7]

He returned to Peñarol in 2006,[8] "to become one of the team's key figures".[9]

García joined Boston River in 2010,[8] In April 2015, at age 39, he was the oldest player in the Uruguayan Segunda División, along with teammate Leonel Pilipauskas.[10] He remained at Boston River until 2016 when he retired.[2]

Post-playing career

After his retirement from playing, García worked as a Uber driver.[8] From 2019 he was a coach in the youth academy of his former club Peñarol, leading a youth development project for defenders in the youngest age groups.[2] He also served as assistant coach for the Peñarol under-19 team.[2]

Honours

Peñarol

Cerro Porteño

References

  1. 1 2 3 Serafín García at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sobrero, Alberto (26 February 2023). "Serafín García: el "miedo" que le tuvo a Gregorio Pérez, su actual función en Peñarol y cuál es su gran sueño" [Serafín García: his "fear" of Gregorio Pérez, his current role at Peñarol and what his big dream is]. El País (Uruguay) Ovación (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Serafín García aguarda novedades de Argentina" [Serafín García is waiting for news from Argentina]. La Red 21 (in Spanish). 3 August 2000. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 Krasouski, Germán (26 June 2002). "Rebeldía y multa para Serafín" [Serafín’s defiance and fine]. La Red 21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Krasouski, Germán (18 July 2003). "Olveira y Serafín García jugarán en Gimnasia" [Olveira and Serafín García will play for Gimnasia]. La Red 21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Serafín García va a retornar y el caso de Kenji será revisado" [Serafín García is set to return and Kenji’s case will be reviewed]. ABC Color (in Spanish). 6 August 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  7. ↑ Noguera, Alex (26 December 2019). "El charrúa que es hincha de Cerro" [The Uruguayan who supports Cerro]. Crónica (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 "Ganó el quinquenio y ahora conduce un Uber; la historia de Serafín García" [He won the five-year title and now drives for Uber; the story of Serafín García]. Telenoche (in Spanish). 25 November 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  9. ↑ ""Hay que ser humildes y ponerse el overol"" ["We need to be humble and roll up our sleeves"]. El País (Uruguay) Ovación (in Spanish). 5 February 2006. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Veteranos en busca del ascenso" [Veterans aiming for promotion]. El País (Uruguay) Ovación (in Spanish). 25 April 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
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