Juan Enrique García

Juan Enrique García
Personal information
Full name	Juan Enrique García Rivas
Date of birth	April 16, 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Bolívar, Venezuela
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1996	Minervén
1996–1997	Caracas
1997–1998	Zulia
1998–1999	U. de Los Andes
1999–2000	Caracas
2000–2001	ItalChacao
2001–2002	Deportivo Táchira
2002	Monagas
2003–2005	Mineros
2005–2006	Deportivo Táchira
2006	Mineros
2007	Deportivo Pasto
2007–2008	Mineros
2008–2009	Zamora
2009–2010	Mineros
2010–2011	Estudiantes Mérida
2011	Zamora
2012	Angostura
2012–2013	Zulia
2013	Deportivo La Guaira
International career
1993–2009	Venezuela
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2012

Juan Enrique García Rivas (born April 16, 1970) is a Venezuelan football striker. He is the all-time leading goalscorer in the Venezuelan Primera División, and has been league top scorer in five different seasons^[1] (also a record).

Club career

García played for a number of different clubs in Venezuela. He started his career with Minervén in 1988. In 1996, he joined Caracas FC where he was part of the championship winning squad. The following season, he joined Zulia where he won another league championship.

In 1999, he returned to Caracas FC where he became the top scorer in Venezuelan football for the first time. In the 2001–02 season he won another league title with Deportivo Táchira and claimed his second topscorer award. He was topscorer again in the following two seasons with Monagas and Mineros.

For the 2005–06 season, he returned to Deportivo Táchira where he became topscorer for the fifth time.

In 2007, he had a brief spell with Deportivo Pasto of Colombia

International career

García played 49 times for the Venezuela national team between 1993 and 2009, scoring 7 goals.^[2] He was included in three Copa América squads in 1993, 1995 and 1999. He also played in World Cup Qualifiers for the 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Cups.