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Career & Clubs
At club level, Garcés plays in the striker position. Nicknamed el Pistolero, he played for clubs in Brazil, Uruguay, Bulgaria, and Portugal before he returned to Panama because he was not being paid in his club Académica de Coimbra.
Criminal charges
He later signed a loan deal with Arabian club Al-Ittifaq but later returned to Panama to play for Árabe Unido, where he got arrested a couple of times and in April 2011 spent time in jail. He was later released in July 2011 and signed with San Francisco, making his return to football during the CONCACAF Champions League match against Seattle Sounders FC. In July 2012 Garcés was again sentenced to serve time in jail on appeal for the alleged assault in 2011 on a woman who subsequently lost her baby, but in November 2012 he was again released after spending 5 months in prison. In March 2013 he was reportedly targeted by armed men in Puerto Caimito but came out unharmed. In June 2014, Garcés joined Tauro, who released him in June 2015. He subsequently moved to Plaza Amador.
Garcés made his international debut for the Panama national football team in 2000 in a match against Canada and has earned a total of 32 caps, scoring 9 goals. He represented his country in 10 FIFA World Cup qualifiers matches and played at the 2007 and 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cups. His final international was a July 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against the United States.
International goals
Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.
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- Club Deportivo Árabe Unido (2002–2003)
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- PFC CSKA Sofia (2007–2008)
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- Club Nacional de Football (2005–2006)
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- Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. (2008–2009)
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- Club Atlético Independiente de La Chorrera (1999–2000)
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- Al-Ettifaq FC (2009–2009)
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- San Francisco F.C. (2003–2005)
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- C.F. Os Belenenses (2006–2007)
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- Sporting San Miguelito (2001–2001)
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- Grêmio FBPA (2004–2004)
- Club
- Club Deportivo Árabe Unido (2010–2010)
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- San Francisco F.C. (2011–2014)
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- Tauro F.C. (2014–2015)
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- Club Deportivo Plaza Amador (2015–)
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- Panama men's national football team (2000–2009)
Clubs
- Club Deportivo Plaza Amador2015current
- Club Atlético Independiente de La Chorrera1999–2000
- Panama men's national football team2000–2009
- Sporting San Miguelito2001–2001
- Club Deportivo Árabe Unido2002–2003
- San Francisco F.C.2003–2005
- Grêmio FBPA2004–2004
- Club Nacional de Football2005–2006
- C.F. Os Belenenses2006–2007
- PFC CSKA Sofia2007–2008
- Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F.2008–2009
- Al-Ettifaq FC2009–2009
- Club Deportivo Árabe Unido2010–2010
- San Francisco F.C.2011–2014
- Tauro F.C.2014–2015
Played together with
- Abdelmajid BouyboudC.F. Os Belenenses · 1994–1998
- Abdelmalek CherradC.F. Os Belenenses · 2011–2011
- Abderrahman KabousPFC CSKA Sofia · 2007–2008
Abdiel ArroyoClub Deportivo Árabe Unido · 2011–2019- Abdoul Salam SowC.F. Os Belenenses · 1997–1998
Abdoulaye BaAssociação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. · 2011–2012- Abdulla MadouAl-Ettifaq FC · 2024
- Abdullah Al-DosariAl-Ettifaq FC
- Abdullah Al-HafithAl-Ettifaq FC · 2011–2011
- Abdullah Al-HafithAl-Ettifaq FC · 2019–2019
- Abdullah OmarAl-Ettifaq FC · 2015–2016
- Abdullaziz Al-DosariAl-Ettifaq FC · 2018–2019
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Identifiers & aliases
José Luis Garcés Rivera is a Panamanian footballer who currently plays for Liga Panameña de Fútbol side San Francisco.
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