Óscar García Junyent

Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Óscar made his professional debut with Barcelona. Between 1992 and 1994 he played five La Liga matches for Barça who were champions each year and, following a loan at fellow top-division club Albacete, he returned and was often used (with good results) in a variety of attacking roles: during the 1995–96 season he scored ten league goals, most in the squad, even though he only started eleven of his 28 appearances; the team came out empty in silverware, however. With his role gradually diminishing, Óscar joined Valencia, finishing off with Barcelona neighbours Espanyol (teaming up again with his brother Roger, for three seasons) and Lleida and retiring in June 2005 at the age of 32. On 7 January 2001, whilst playing for the second club against Numancia, he was taken to hospital after swallowing his tongue. Óscar nearly signed for West Ham United in the summer of 2002, but an eventual deal fell through after a one week trial and he returned to Espanyol, with whom he never scored more than one goal per season in four years.

Óscar appeared for Spain at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, scoring twice for the eventual quarter-finalists.

Maccabi Tel Aviv and England

In late 2009, García joined former Barcelona coach Johan Cruyff's coaching staff in the Catalonia national team, as the Dutchman had just been appointed. On 22 May 2012, he received his first head coach appointment, signing a two-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv, where Cruyff's son Jordi acted as sporting director. Exactly one year later, after leading the club to the Israeli Premier League after a ten-year drought, he resigned from his post citing personal reasons. García was unveiled as the new head coach of Football League Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion on 26 June 2013, replacing Gus Poyet. His first win came on 17 August, 1–0 at Birmingham City; he was November's Manager of the Month, with three wins and a draw. On 12 May 2014, following their play off semi-final defeat to Derby County, his offer of resignation was accepted by the board. On 2 June 2014, García returned to Maccabi by signing a two-year contract, but left on 26 August due to ongoing war. A week later he was appointed at Watford, replacing Giuseppe Sannino. He was admitted to hospital with minor chest pains on 15 September, forcing him to miss the team's upcoming match with Blackpool. These health problems eventually led to him stepping down, two weeks later.

Red Bull Salzburg

Austrian double holders Red Bull Salzburg hired García on 28 December 2015, following the dismissal of Peter Zeidler. His team, for which fellow Spaniard Jonathan Soriano…

García's brothers, Roger and Genís, were also footballers. All youth products of Barcelona, they had however different fates as professionals (especially the latter). On 17 June 1997, during the final of the Copa Catalunya, all three appeared with the first team in a 3–1 loss to Europa.