Athletic Club has announced that Raúl García, 37, will hang up his boots at the end of the season. The Navarrese has developed his career in three teams: Osasuna, Atlético de Madrid and in the last nine seasons he has played with the Bilbao club.
“The unforgettable Navarrese footballer will leave Athletic Club with a Cup and a Super Cup under his arm and some spectacular numbers,” the Basque entity announced about its footballer, recent champion of the cup title in Seville, where he played in the extra time of a final that the The lions beat Mallorca on penalties.
In addition to the two wins with Athletic, Raúl García has a second Cup (2012-13), another Super Cup (2014-15), a League (2013-14), a Europa League (2009-10) and two European Super Cups (2012-13 and 2010-11), all won with Atlético de Madrid, where he played seven seasons in two stages, between 2007 and 2011 and then between 2012 and 2015.
García trained in the youth ranks of Osasuna. He was in the rojillo first team for three seasons, from 2005 to 2007 and the 2011-12 season. This season he has only started for Athletic in the first two rounds of the Cup. In total he has participated in 18 games this year.
He will conclude his career after having played 19 seasons in the First Division and, for the moment, he has played 813 games in all competitions with a balance of 150 goals. The Navarrese is third in the ranking in league games with 602 games, only behind Andoni Zubizarreta and Joaquín (622). He has been international twice with the Spanish senior team. He played two friendlies against France and Germany in 2014.