Alesia Garcia
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García with Fatih Vatan Spor in March 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alesia Marie García | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Aurora, Colorado, U.S. | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ferencvárosi TC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2018 | Colorado Storm | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | New Mexico Lobos | 56 | (20) |
| 2021–2022 | LSU Lady Tigers | 21 | (5) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019 | Colorado Rapids | ||
| 2023–2024 | Ferencvárosi TC | 12 | (6) |
| 2024 | Fatih Vatan Spor | 11 | (2) |
| 2024– | Ferencvárosi TC | ||
| International career | |||
| 2025– | Peru | 1 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 May 2024 | |||
Alesia Marie García (born 13 January 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Női NB I club Ferencvárosi TC.[1] Born in the United States, she plays for the Peru national team.[2]
Early years
García started football playing at a very early age,[3] impressed by her older brother when she was only 3–4 years old.[4] She was a two-time all-conference player out of Cherokee Trail High School in her hometown. She also played on the youth team of the local club Colorado Storm in the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL), where she was from 2014 to 2018. She was named the conference’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2015.[3]
Between 2018 and 2020, she played for her college soccer team, the New Mexico Lobos, in the NCAA Division I tournament.[3] She scored 20 goals in 56 appearances in three seasons.[4] In the years 2021 and 2022, she was a member of LSU Lady Tigers.[5] She netted five goals in 21 matches played in two seasons.[4]
Club career
In 2019, she was with the Colorado Rapids.[6]
In mid-February 2023, García went to Hungary and started her professional football career playing for the Budapest-based Hungarian top-level league Női NB I champion club Ferencvárosi TC in the 2022–23 season.[5] After her team became champions at the end of the season, she took part in two matches of the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds, scoring one goal.[7]
In the beginning of February 2024, she moved to Turkey and signed a deal with Fatih Vatan Spor in Istanbul to play until the end of the second half of the 2023–24 Women's Super League season.[8] She appeared in eleven matches and scored two goals.[1]
International career
On 29 November 2025, García made her debut for the Peru national team.[9]
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 29 November 2025 | Estadio Garcilaso, Cusco, Peru | Chile | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2025–26 CONMEBOL Women's Nations League |
Personal life
Alesia Marie García was born in Aurora, Colorado, United States, on 13 January 2000.[1][5]
After graduating from the Cherokee Trail High School in her hometown in 2018, she started her collegial career at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M.,[3][10][11] before she transferred in 2021 to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La.[11] She graduated in 2022.[5]
Honors
- Női NB I
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- Ferencvárosi TC
- Champions (1): 2022-23
References
- ^ a b c "Alesia Marie Garcia" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Figura que la rompe en la Liga de Hungría es la gran novedad en la convocatoria de Perú".
- ^ a b c d "2018 New Mexico Women's Soccer Signing Day - Lobo women's soccer signs seven on NLI Day". Go Lobos. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ a b c "A tengerentúlról erősít női bajnokcsapatunk" (in Hungarian). Fradi. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Garcia Signs With FTC NÖI Labdarúgás Club In Hungary". Louisiana State University LSU. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Colorado Rapids Women - Alesia Garcia #9-F". WPSL. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Alesia Marie Garcia". UEFA. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Transfer Açıklaması - Alesia Marie Garcia" (in Turkish). Fatih Vatan Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "¡Histórico! Perú venció a Chile en el fútbol femenino y logró su primera victoria oficial después de 19 años".
- ^ "Alesia Garcia – University of New Mexico Lobos athletics". Go Lobos. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ a b Leal, Alyssa (8 September 2021). "In Focus: LSU Soccer's Alesia Garcia". Louisiana State University. Retrieved 26 May 2024.