Eric García

Eric García is one of those players who makes you realize just how demanding it is to be a center-back at the highest level — you have to be smart before you're spectacular. Born in 2001 in Martorell just outside Barcelona, he grew up steeped in the La Masia philosophy, left for Manchester City as a teenager, made his Premier League debut at 18, and then came home to Barça in 2021. The full-circle story is genuinely cool. He's not flashy — he's positional, composed, reads the game — and I think that low-key cerebral style gets underrated in an era obsessed with highlight-reel moments.

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Name (English)

Eric García

Name (Japanese)

エリック・ガルシア

Reading

えりっく・がるしあ

Born

January 9, 2001 (age 25)

Origin

Martorell, Barcelona Province, Spain

Height

180 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Snake

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ericgm3/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Garc%C3%ADa%20(footballer%2C%20born%202001)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%20(%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59938996

Tags

• Barcelona Province
• association football player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.