Alexis García

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is Vega.

Alexis García

Personal information
Full name	Alexis Enrique García Vega
Date of birth	(1960-07-21) 21 July 1960
Place of birth	Quibdó, Colombia
Height
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1985	Once Caldas	233	(18)
1986–1998	Atlético Nacional	443	(57)
Total		676	(75)
International career
1980–1987	Colombia Olympic	8	(1)
1988–1993	Colombia	25	(2)
Managerial career
1999	Once Caldas
2002–2003	Atlético Nacional
2003–2004	Deportivo Pereira
2004–2005	Atlético Bucaramanga
2005–2006	Centauros Villavicencio
2006–2012	La Equidad
2013–2014	Atlético Junior
2014	Fortaleza
2016–	Independiente Santa Fe
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexis Enrique García Vega (born 21 July 1960) is a Colombian retired football midfielder and current manager of Independiente Santa Fe.

Club career

Along with seven more siblings, he grew up in barrio La Floresta of Medellín where he started his career playing for the Antioquia Football Selection. In 1980 he joined Once Caldas of Manizales and the same year he was called to play for the Colombia Olympic football team for the Moscow Olympic Games. In 1986 he joined Atlético Nacional of Medellín where he remained until his retirement in 1998. Known as "The Great Captain", Alexis Garcia was considered one of the Colombia's best midfielders and a crowd's favorite in a time when the Colombian football was starting to shine at the international level. In 1989 Garcia led Atlético Nacional to become Copa Libertadores champions. In 1988 Garcia debuted with the senior Colombia national football team against Canada, a game that the Colombians won 3-0. Because of misunderstandings with national team coach Francisco Maturana Alexis Garcia missed the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. His last game for the Colombian national team was on August 1993 against Paraguay. Garcia played a total of 25 games for Colombia and scored a total of 2 goals.

International career

García made 24 appearances for the senior Colombia national football team from 1988 to 1993, including participating in two qualifying matches for the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 1993 Copa América.

He also played for Colombia at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.

Honours

Player

Atlético Nacional

• Categoría Primera A (2): 1991, 1994
• Copa Libertadores (1): 1989

Manager

La Equidad

• Categoria Primera B (1): 2006
• Copa Colombia (1): 2008