Rafael García Cortés
.png) García Cortés in 1987 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rafael García Cortés | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1968–1977 | Real Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1979 | Castilla | 30 | (2) |
| 1979–1982 | Real Madrid | 58 | (5) |
| 1979–1980 | → Burgos (loan) | 29 | (2) |
| 1983–1987 | Zaragoza | 148 | (11) |
| 1987–1990 | Mallorca | 92 | (7) |
| 1990–1993 | Rayo Vallecano | 89 | (16) |
| Total | 446 | (43) | |
| International career | |||
| 1975–1976 | Spain U18 | 10 | (0) |
| 1977 | Spain U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 1979 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 1980 | Spain U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 1980 | Spain amateur | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997 | Tenerife (interim) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rafael García Cortés (born 18 January 1958) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender.
He amassed La Liga totals of 312 games and 24 goals, having played mainly for Real Madrid and Zaragoza.
Club career
[edit]Born in Madrid, García Cortés competed in 12 La Liga seasons during his 16-year professional career, having started with Real Madrid Castilla in Segunda División. In the top flight he represented Real Madrid (three and a half years), Burgos CF (one season, loaned), Real Zaragoza (four and a half seasons, having arrived at the club in January 1983), RCD Mallorca (two years) and Rayo Vallecano (1992–93), retiring at the age of 35 with the latter.[1]
García Cortés competed in the 1980–81 European Cup with Real Madrid – during his spell at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, he was part of the team dubbed Madrid of the Garcías[2]– appearing in four matches[3] and starting in three: in the final against Liverpool, his 82nd-minute mistake whilst attempting a clearance enabled Alan Kennedy to score the game's only goal in Paris.[4][5][6]
After retiring, García Cortés returned to Real as youth system coordinator.[7]
Honours
[edit]Real Madrid
Zaragoza
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rafael García Cortés: "Mi disparo con la zurda venía de serie, no hice pesas en mi vida" (Rafael García Cortés: "My left-foot shot came from doing it again and again, I never lifted a weight in my life"); El Periódico de Aragón, 26 January 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ 'Los García' y los montículos de cal ('The Garcías' and the mounds of calcium); El País, 23 February 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Real Madrid CF – All the players in European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ García Cortés: “El partido fue muy igualado” (García Cortés: “Match was even as can be”); Real Madrid CF, 19 February 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ García Cortés y la final del 81: "Tiré la cinta del partido por la ventana" (García Cortés and 81 final: "I threw the match tape out the window"); Diario AS, 23 February 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ Liverpool v Real Madrid: ‘Play the European Cup final, or your career is over’; The Guardian, 19 October 2014
- ^ García Cortés: "El equipo ha ganado en poderío defensivo" (García Cortés: "Team is more powerful defensively"); Real Madrid CF, 23 February 2009 (in Spanish)
External links
[edit]- Rafael García Cortés at BDFutbol
- Rafael García Cortés – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Rafael García Cortés at WorldFootball.net
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Madrid
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Real Madrid Castilla footballers
- Real Madrid CF players
- Burgos CF (1936) footballers
- Real Zaragoza players
- RCD Mallorca players
- Rayo Vallecano players
- Spain men's youth international footballers
- Spain men's under-21 international footballers
- Spain men's under-23 international footballers
- Spain men's amateur international footballers
- Spanish football managers
- La Liga managers
- CD Tenerife managers
- 20th-century Spanish sportsmen