Nahikari García

Early career

García started playing football at the age of nine in San Sebastián when she joined a sports programme with her local side in Urnieta. The programme wasn't solely football based, however, which prompted to her to leave to sign for Añorga KKE where she spent seven years.

Real Sociedad

In the 2013–14 winter transfer market Real Sociedad completed the signing of García, who was only sixteen at the time, from Añorga. On 5 January, just days after signing for the club, she was handed her Primera División debut by manager Unai Gazpio against Levante. She ended that season with four goals to her name in nine matches, and the 2014–15 campaign with nine goals from 26 appearances. In the following 2015–16 season García recorded a record-breaking tally of 16 goals, the most ever in a single season by a Real Sociedad player. Her haul included a notable goal against rivals Athletic Bilbao and a hat-trick against Levante during December which propelled the Txuri-urdin to a fifth-place finish in the Primera División, the club's highest placing since its formation in 2004. Real Sociedad also made the quarter-finals of the Copa de la Reina where they were eliminated 5–1 by eventual runners-up Barcelona, with García netting her side's only goal. Her form throughout the season saw her nominated for the Primera División Forward of the Season award.

Early in September 2016, García appeared alongside Charlyn Corral, Alexia Putellas, Iraia Iturregi and Amanda…

García has worn the number 7 jersey for both club and country during the course of her career. She credits former Real Madrid and Spain men's captain Raúl for her decision to wear the number, citing his style of play and on-field mentality as motivation in her own game.

Spain national youth teams

García's first exposure to the Spanish youth teams came when she was just fifteen-years old when she was called up to replace a player who was unable to travel with the U17 team. In 2013 García, while representing Spain's U17 side, was awarded the Golden Boot award at the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, ending the tournament as the top goal scorer and only player to have scored more than once. Spain were ultimately eliminated by Sweden in the semi-finals but ended the tournament in third after beating Belgium in the third place playoff. She was again part of the squad for the 2014 edition of the tournament where Spain went one step further, this time ending as runners-up to Germany. It was the second time in the same year that Spain had ended a major competition as runners-up, having lost to Japan in the final of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in April. In July 2016 García, who was Real Sociedad's only representative in the squad, captained Spain to a silver medal at the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, losing 2–1 in the final to hosts France. She had two opportunities to draw Spain level but found herself the victim of a waterlogged pitch, missing a penalty…

Club

As of 10 January 2026

International

As of match played 31 August 2019

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

García's first name, Nahikari, derives from her Basque origin and represents the values of nobility, loyalty and intelligence. Aside from football, she also studied towards a degree in medicine, completing her first course in 2016. In an interview with AS in the same year she explained that while it was "a little crazy" to combine her degree with football, she felt that football helped her with her studies and vice versa.

Superstition

García is fastidious when it comes to pre-match rituals. She plays with the same tape, wears two pairs of socks and always enters the field of play with her right foot first.