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My Take
Gabri strikes me as the kind of footballer history undersells. A versatile midfielder out of Sallent de Llobregat who could slot in centrally, on the right, or even as an attacking full-back, he was the sort of intelligent, hardworking player coaches build around rather than headlines celebrate. At 174 cm he won with reading and movement, not size. What I admire most is the second act: rather than drift away from the game, he turned to management and now leads a lower-division club. That lifelong commitment to football, in or out of the spotlight, is something I genuinely respect.
Overview
Gabriel Francisco García de la Torre (born 10 February 1979), known as Gabri, is a Spanish former footballer, currently manager of CE Atlètic Lleida. Mainly a midfielder who could play in the right or the middle, he could also appear as an attacking right-back.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Gabri García
- Name (Japanese)
- ガブリエル・ガルシア・デ・ラ・トーレ
- Reading
- がぶりえる・がるしあ・で・ら・とーれ
- Born
- February 10, 1979 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Goat
- Origin
- Sallent de Llobregat, Barcelona Province, Spain
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 174 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Spain →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.