Jon García Herrero

Jon García
Personal information
Full name Jon García Herrero
Date of birth (1991-06-04) 4 June 1991
Place of birth Bilbao, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Sestao
Youth career
2005–2010 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Basconia 48 (6)
2011–2014 Bilbao Athletic 76 (4)
2014–2015 Lugo 5 (0)
2016 Racing Santander 8 (0)
2016– Sestao 6 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 September 2016.


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

Jon García Herrero (born 4 June 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Sestao River as a defender.

Club career

Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country, García graduated with Athletic Bilbao's youth setup, and made his senior debuts with the farm team in the 2009–10 campaign, in Tercera División. In June 2011 he was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B.[1]

On 26 May 2014 García was released by the Lions,[2] and moved to Segunda División's CD Lugo on 7 July.[3]

On 11 September 2014 García made his professional debut, starting in a 1–0 home win against AD Alcorcón, for the season's Copa del Rey.[4] He made his Segunda División debut on 18 October, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Deportivo Alavés.

In February 2015 García suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury,[5] being successfully operated in the following month.[6]

References

  1. ↑ The situation at Basconia; Athletic Bilbao, 10 June 2011
  2. ↑ Registrations and de-registrations in Bilbao Athletic; Athletic Bilbao's official website, 26 May 2014
  3. ↑ El Lugo incorpora al defensa del Athletic Jon García (Lugo signs Athletic defender Jon García); Mundo Deportivo, 7 July 2014 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Lolo desatasca al Lugo (Lolo highlights Lugo); Marca, 11 September 2014 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Parte médico (Medical report); CD Lugo, 20 February 2015 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Parte médico (Medical report); CD Lugo, 20 March 2015 (Spanish)
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