# Epifanio García

Epifanio Ariel García Duarte (born 2 July 1992) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for River Plate.

## Career
### Club

García started his senior footballing career in Paraguay with Cerro Porteño, with whom he made his professional debut with in June 2011 against Nacional in the Paraguayan Primera División. Two further appearances followed in 2012 and 2013 for García, before he played five times during 2014. He left in 2015 following eight appearances, none of which were starts. García signed for fellow Paraguayan top-flight club Guaraní in June 2015. Before featuring for Guaraní, García had a loan spell with Paraguayan División Intermedia side Fulgencio Yegros where he scored eight goals in thirty-six games.
He eventually made his Guaraní debut on 16 October 2016, over a year after joining, in a league match with River Plate, he scored his first career goal in the process during a 1–2 win. In total, he went onto score three goals, including one versus former club Cerro Porteño, in eight games throughout 2016. He scored three goals in seven 2017 Copa Libertadores matches for Guaraní. On 23 July 2017, García joined Argentine Primera División side Belgrano on loan.

### International

García played four times for the Paraguay U17s in 2009.

## Career statistics

    As of 6 August 2018.
Club statistics :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Cerro Porteño | 2011 | Paraguayan Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cerro Porteño | 2012 | Paraguayan Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cerro Porteño | 2013 | Paraguayan Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cerro Porteño | 2014 | Paraguayan Primera División | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cerro Porteño | 2015 | Paraguayan Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cerro Porteño | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Guaraní | 2015 | Paraguayan Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guaraní | 2016 | Paraguayan Primera División | 8 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Guaraní | 2017 | Paraguayan Primera División | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 |
| Guaraní | 2018 | Paraguayan Primera División | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Guaraní | Total | Total | 24 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 8 |
| Fulgencio Yegros (loan) | 2016 | Paraguayan División Intermedia | 36 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8 |
| Belgrano (loan) | 2017–18 | Argentine Primera División | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 83 | 17 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 20 |
* ↑ Includes the Copa Argentina and Copa Paraguay
* ↑ Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
* ↑ One appearance in 2014 Copa Libertadores, one appearance in 2014 Copa Sudamericana
* ↑ Seven appearances in 2017 Copa Libertadores
* ↑ Three goals in 2017 Copa Libertadores

## Honours
### Cerro Porteño

* Paraguayan Primera División (2): 2012 Apertura, 2013 Clausura

### Guaraní

* Paraguayan Primera División: 2016 Clausura