Ronald García

Pre-Aris career

García's first professional Bolivian club was Bolívar from La Paz. From there, he moved to Alverca in Portugal. He played for 3 years there and 2 stories about him are interesting: First, at some point in his younger age, he was considered and positioned in the top 50 of world's football potentials. Second, the story with him is related to his days in Benfica. After his days in Portugal he returned once again to play in Bolivia. During his second spell at Bolívar he reached the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores, only to be defeated by Club América on 25 May 2000. His notable performances earned him a second chance at his European dream, allowing him to sign for Aris, which at the time was in the second division. (apparent fee was 100,000 euros).

Aris

Ronald Gacia was affected by a number of problems during his first season at Aris. First, his adapting process lasted longer than expected. Second, he suffered from injuries and his longer recoveries made it difficult for him to become a regular starter. Towards the end of the second division season he gradually started to gain confidence and trust from his coach Nikos Anastopoulos. As a result of a strong campaign from Aris, Nacho along with Aris were promoted to the first division after just 1 year. In the big "roster sweep" of summer 2006, Aris Management gave him another chance and left him in the team for the 2006–2007 season. The first part of the season was more or less…

During his first season in Aris, Nacho came close to being part of the Bolivia national team and its starting 11. In 2007, he obtained his first cap by the Bolivia National team, playing for Copa America 2007 (equivalent to the Euro Cup). In the 2007–2008 season, he solidified his spot in the Bolivia national team. In the September round of the World Cup qualifiers for South Africa 2010, he led his national team to a historic 0:0 draw against Brazil, being one of the best players on the pitch.. A month later, he helped his national team improve their qualifying group position by scoring a goal in a 3:0 win over Peru at home and in the match with Uruguay (2:2) three days later. Half a year later (on 1 April), Nacho was involved in another historic result for his country as Bolivia beat Argentina 6:1, in La Paz, notching an assist on his match stats account. Between 2002 and 2013, García earned a total of 48 caps for the national team and scored 2 goals. He represented his country in 28 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.

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