Alberto García Aspe
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Alberto García Aspe Mena (born May 11, 1967 in Mexico City
) is a retired Mexican
football midfielder
. He is one of the all-time appearance leaders for the Mexican national team
. He has also participated in 109 matches, scoring a total 21 goals. In addition, he has played in three World Cups (1994, 1998 and 2002).
, Argentine club River Plate
, América
, and Puebla. García Aspe was rewarded 4 Championships at a professional level with UNAM Pumas (1991), Necaxa
(1995, 1996 and 1997). Overall García Aspe played 518 games, scored 142 goals, and registered 51 assists in the Mexican First Division. His last appearance in the Mexican First Division was in a 5–2 loss to Morelia.
and in the 1998 World Cup against Belgium, both coming in penalty kicks. In the 2002 FIFA World Cup
, García Aspe only appeared in one game, playing twelve minutes in the round of 16 match against the United States
.
| 1. || April 26, 1988 || Ciudad Victoria
, Mexico
|| || 4–1 || Win || Friendly
|-
| 2. || April 4, 1993 || San Salvador
, El Salvador
|| || 1–2 || Loss || 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| 3. || April 25, 1993 || Mexico City
, Mexico || || 4–0 || Win || 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| 4. || May 2, 1993 || Tegucigalpa
, Honduras
|| || 4–1 || Win || 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| 5. || June 10, 1993 || Mexico City, Mexico || || 3–1 || Win || Friendly
|-
| 6. || June 27, 1993 || Quito
, Ecuador
|| || 4–2 || Win || 1993 Copa América
|-
| 7. || June 27, 1993 || Quito, Ecuador || || 4–2 || Win || 1993 Copa América
|-
| 8. || August 8, 1993 || Maceió
, Brazil
|| || 1–1 || Draw || Friendly
|-
| 9. || February 2, 1994 || Oakland
, United States
|| || 1–4 || Loss || Friendly
|-
| 10. || July 5, 1994 || East Rutherford
, United States || || 1–1 (p.s.o.) || Loss || 1994 FIFA World Cup
|-
| 11. || June 24, 1995 || Dallas, United States || || 1–2 || Loss || 1995 U.S. Cup
|-
| 12. || May 18, 1996 || Chicago
, United States || || 5–2 || Win || Friendly
|-
| 13. || May 18, 1996 || Chicago, United States || || 5–2 || Win || Friendly
|-
| 14. || January 19, 1997 || Pasadena
, United States || || 2–0 || Win || 1997 U.S. Cup
|-
| 15. || October 15, 1997 || Mexico City, Mexico || || 5–0 || Win || 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| 16. || February 24, 1998 || Fort Lauderdale
, United States || || 2–3 || Loss || Friendly
|-
| 17. || May 9, 1998 || Montecatini Terme
, Italy
|| || 6–0 || Win || Friendly
|-
| 18. || May 31, 1998 || Lausanne
, Switzerland
|| || 2–1 || Win || Friendly
|-
| 19. || June 20, 1998 || Bordeaux
, France
|| || 2–2 || Draw || 1998 FIFA World Cup
|-
| 20. || July 25, 2001 || Pereira
, Colombia
|| || 2–1 || Win || 2001 Copa América
|-
| 21. || September 5, 2001 || Mexico City, Mexico || || 3–0 || Win || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
|}
; and also participates annually in the Mexican-fundraiser Teletón
.
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
) is a retired Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
football midfielder
Midfielder
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. He is one of the all-time appearance leaders for the Mexican national team
Mexico national football team
The Mexican national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation , the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre...
. He has also participated in 109 matches, scoring a total 21 goals. In addition, he has played in three World Cups (1994, 1998 and 2002).
Club career
García Aspe's club career that started in 1984 with UNAM Pumas, debuting in a 4–1 win against Puebla. García Aspe played for UNAM Pumas, NecaxaNecaxa
Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...
, Argentine club River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....
, América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....
, and Puebla. García Aspe was rewarded 4 Championships at a professional level with UNAM Pumas (1991), Necaxa
Necaxa
Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...
(1995, 1996 and 1997). Overall García Aspe played 518 games, scored 142 goals, and registered 51 assists in the Mexican First Division. His last appearance in the Mexican First Division was in a 5–2 loss to Morelia.
International career
García Aspe's international debut came on April 26, 1988, in an impressive 4–1 victory against Honduras. He has participated in 109 matches, scoring a total 21 goals. In addition, he played in three World Cups (1994, 1998 and 2002). García Aspe scored a goal in the 1994 World Cup against BulgariaBulgaria national football team
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and in the 1998 World Cup against Belgium, both coming in penalty kicks. In the 2002 FIFA World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
, García Aspe only appeared in one game, playing twelve minutes in the round of 16 match against the United States
United States men's national soccer team
The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...
.
International goals
|-| 1. || April 26, 1988 || Ciudad Victoria
Ciudad Victoria
Ciudad Victoria , is the capital city of the Mexican state ofTamaulipas. It is located in the western-central region of the state. Ciudad Victoria is also the municipal seat of the surrounding Victoria Municipality, which covers an area of 1,638 km²...
, Mexico
Mexico
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|| || 4–1 || Win || Friendly
Exhibition game
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| 2. || April 4, 1993 || San Salvador
San Salvador
The city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador...
, El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
|| || 1–2 || Loss || 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the North, Central American and Caribbean zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification....
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| 3. || April 25, 1993 || Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Mexico || || 4–0 || Win || 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| 4. || May 2, 1993 || Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto...
, Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
|| || 4–1 || Win || 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| 5. || June 10, 1993 || Mexico City, Mexico || || 3–1 || Win || Friendly
|-
| 6. || June 27, 1993 || Quito
Quito
San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains...
, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
|| || 4–2 || Win || 1993 Copa América
Copa América 1993
The 1993 Copa América was the 36th Copa América, CONMEBOL's football tournament for national teams. It was held in Ecuador between June 15 and July 4. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, but for the first time two nations from outside CONMEBOL were invited to take part in the tournament. Mexico and...
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| 7. || June 27, 1993 || Quito, Ecuador || || 4–2 || Win || 1993 Copa América
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| 8. || August 8, 1993 || Maceió
Maceió
Maceió is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state Alagoas, Brazil. The name "maceió" is of Indian origin, and designates the natural spontaneously courses of water which flow out of the soil...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
|| || 1–1 || Draw || Friendly
|-
| 9. || February 2, 1994 || Oakland
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
|| || 1–4 || Loss || Friendly
|-
| 10. || July 5, 1994 || East Rutherford
East Rutherford, New Jersey
East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 8,913. It is an inner-ring suburb of New York City, located west of Midtown Manhattan....
, United States || || 1–1 (p.s.o.) || Loss || 1994 FIFA World Cup
1994 FIFA World Cup
The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...
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| 11. || June 24, 1995 || Dallas, United States || || 1–2 || Loss || 1995 U.S. Cup
1995 U.S. Cup
The 1995 U.S. Cup was a four nation invitational tournament organized by the United States Soccer Federation in June 1995. USSF began the U.S. Cup in 1992 and it was played annually until 2000, except for the World Cup years of 1994 and 1998. The cup used a round-robin format in which the team...
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| 12. || May 18, 1996 || Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, United States || || 5–2 || Win || Friendly
|-
| 13. || May 18, 1996 || Chicago, United States || || 5–2 || Win || Friendly
|-
| 14. || January 19, 1997 || Pasadena
Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
, United States || || 2–0 || Win || 1997 U.S. Cup
1997 U.S. Cup
The 1997 U.S. Cup was a United States Soccer Federation organized tournament held in January 1997. USSF had hosted the annual U.S. Cup since 1992, except for the FIFA World Cup years of 1994 and 1998 when no tournament took place. The 1997 U.S. Cup included the host United States, Mexico, Peru and...
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| 15. || October 15, 1997 || Mexico City, Mexico || || 5–0 || Win || 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
The 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, CONCACAF zone ran from March 1996 to November 1997 in order to determine the three CONCACAF representatives at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification....
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| 16. || February 24, 1998 || Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...
, United States || || 2–3 || Loss || Friendly
|-
| 17. || May 9, 1998 || Montecatini Terme
Montecatini Terme
Montecatini Terme is an Italian district of 21,095 inhabitants within the province of Pistoia in Tuscany. The most important center in Valdinievole...
, Italy
Italy
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|| || 6–0 || Win || Friendly
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| 18. || May 31, 1998 || Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
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|| || 2–1 || Win || Friendly
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| 19. || June 20, 1998 || Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
, France
France
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|| || 2–2 || Draw || 1998 FIFA World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
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| 20. || July 25, 2001 || Pereira
Pereira, Colombia
Pereira is the capital city of the Colombian department of Risaralda. It stands in the center of the western region of the country, located in a small valley that descends from a part of the western Andes mountain chain. Its strategic location in the coffee producing area makes the city an urban...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
|| || 2–1 || Win || 2001 Copa América
Copa América 2001
The Copa América 2001 was held in Colombia, from July 11 to July 29, 2001. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body....
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| 21. || September 5, 2001 || Mexico City, Mexico || || 3–0 || Win || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, CONCACAF Zone ran from March 2000 to November 2001 in order to determine the three CONCACAF representatives at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification....
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Post career
Alberto García-Aspe is currently a commentator with TelevisaTelevisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
; and also participates annually in the Mexican-fundraiser Teletón
Teletón
The name Teletón, Spanish for "telethon", may refer to:* Teletón * Teletón...
.
External links
- Beto García Aspe Website
- Profile at National Football Teams
- International statistics at rsssf