Daniel García Lara

Born in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, García was a graduate of Real Madrid's youth system. He made his first-team debut on 5 February 1994, in a 2–0 home win over Deportivo de La Coruña; he played another match in the 1994–95 campaign while still registered with the reserves. García then spent two years on loan at Real Zaragoza, featuring prominently to earn him a return to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Following a season with only eight appearances, and with the player later commenting that "I did not even have a chance to fail at Real Madrid", he was sold to fellow La Liga club RCD Mallorca, being the Balearic Islands team's top scorer in 1998–99 as they achieved a first-ever qualification for the UEFA Champions League; he also helped them to reach the final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, where he scored to tie an eventual 2–1 loss to SS Lazio in Birmingham. Subsequently, García signed for FC Barcelona. In his first year, he managed to score 11 La Liga goals (third-best in the squad) without being an undisputed starter, but subsequent loss of form and injuries limited him to nine league games between 2001 and 2003. On 18 April 2000, he scored a crucial goal at the Camp Nou to help to the Champions League semi-finals: trailing 4–3 on aggregate to Chelsea, he found the net with seven minutes left to send the tie to extra time, where his side netted a further two to progress. García spent the first months of the 2003–04 season unregistered and training on his…

García made his Spain national team debut against Italy in an 18 November 1998 friendly in Salerno (2–2). He represented the country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Previously, García helped the under-17s win the UEFA European Championship (then under-16) in 1991 and finish runner-up at the FIFA World Cup in the same year.

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each García goal.

Real Madrid

La Liga: 1994–95 Supercopa de España: 1997 UEFA Champions League: 1997–98 Mallorca

Supercopa de España: 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1998–99 Zaragoza

Copa del Rey: 2003–04 Olympiacos

Super League Greece: 2005–06 Greek Football Cup: 2005–06 Spain U16

UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1991 Spain U17

FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up: 1991