Édgar García de Dios
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Édgar Arturo García de Dios[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Date of death | 27 June 2010 (aged 32) | ||
| Place of death | Naucalpan, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 | Atlante | ||
| 1996–1997 | LASK | 12 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Toluca | 5 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Tecos UAG | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Édgar Arturo García de Dios (1 September 1977 – 27 June 2010) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a forward.[1]
Club career
[edit]Born in Mexico City, García made his debut with Atlante F.C. in the Mexico First Division in the 1995–96 season. He then moved to play in Toluca, and Verano.[2] After a brief season in LASK in Second Division in Austria, he returned for season 1999–2000 to play with Tecos UAG.[3]
Personal life
[edit]He was a son of Arturo and Margarita García. As of 2002, García did not play professional football anymore after he had become an alcoholic, effectively ending his football career prematurely.[4]
Death
[edit]García was shot with seven bullets at close range while in a taxi cab in Naucalpan. The motives of the killing are not clear.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Édgar García de Dios at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Yucatan.com: Asesinan al ex atlantista Edgar García de Dios (in Spanish)
- ^ Sale a la luz ejecución del ex futbolista Édgar Arturo García de Dios (in Spanish)
- ^ Salgado Gudiño, Arturo (12 July 2002). "García de Dios se ahoga en alcohol" [Garcia de Dios drowns in alcohol]. La Crónica de Hoy. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Murió asesinado Edgar García de Dios" [Edgar García de Dios was assassinated]. Mediotiempo (in Spanish). 2 July 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- Edgar Arturo Garcia De Dios at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
Categories:
- 1977 births
- 2010 deaths
- Footballers from Mexico City
- Mexican men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Atlante F.C. footballers
- Deportivo Toluca F.C. players
- LASK players
- Mexican expatriate men's footballers
- Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Deaths by firearm in Mexico
- People murdered in Mexico
- Mexican murder victims