Óscar García

**Óscar García Junyent** (born 26 April 1973), player name **Óscar**, is a former Spanish professional footballer. He is now the manager of the Ligue 1 club Stade de Reims.

## Career

He was able to play as an attacking midfielder or a second striker. Most of his active career he spent with CF Barcelona, but played also for Espanyol (four years), Albacete, Lleida and Valencia (one apiece). In La Liga he played 169 matches and 31 goals over 12 seasons.

## International

He played  for Spain national under-23 football team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He scored twice for the quarter-finalists.

### Maccabi Tel Aviv and England

In 2009 he became member of Johan Cruyff's coaching staff in the Catalonia national team. On 22 May 2012 he became head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv FC.2013 Maccabi won the Israel championship. Garcia resigned from his post because of personal reasons.

2013 he became head coach of the Football League Championship team  Brighton & Hove Albion. He was November's Manager of the Month, with three wins and a draw. On 12 May 2014 the team was defeatet in the play-offs by Derby County. His offer of resignation was accepted by the club.

2014 García returned to Maccabi  but left on 26 August due to war. Then he was appointed head coach  at Watford. He was brought to hospital with minor chest pains on 15 September. Two weeks later he resigned as head coach.

### Red Bull Salzburg

On 28 December 2015 Oscar followed Peter Zeidler as head coach of the Austrian Bundesliga team FC Red Bull Salzburg. During his time in Salzburg he won twice the double (Cup and Champion).

### Saint-Étienne

On 15 June 2017 he signed with AS Saint-Étienne.  In November after a 5–0 home loss against Olympique Lyonnais he left the club by mutual agreement.

### Olympiacos

2018 he became head coach of Olympiacos F.C. in Greece. His contract was dissolved on 3 April 2019.

### Celta

In November 2019  he took over  RC Celta de Vigo in La Liga. On the last day of the season he could held the team in the first league. On 9 November 2020, after only one win in nine matches of the new campaign, García was sacked.

### Reims

García returned to the French Ligue 1 in June 2021 as head coach of  Stade de Reims.

## Personal life

García's brothers, Roger and Genís were also footballers.

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Nat|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="7"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Maccabi Tel Aviv||align=left|22 May 2012|align=left|22 May 2013||||
|align=left|Brighton & Hove Albion||align=left|26 June 2013|align=left|12 May 2014||||
|align=left|Maccabi Tel Aviv||align=left|2 June 2014|align=left|26 August 2014||||
|align=left|Watford||align=left|2 September 2014|align=left|29 September 2014||||
|align=left|Red Bull Salzburg||align=left|28 December 2015|align=left|15 June 2017||||
|align=left|Saint-Étienne||align=left|15 June 2017|align=left|15 November 2017||||
|align=left|Olympiacos||align=left|6 January 2018|align=left|3 April 2018||||
|align=left|Celta||align=left|9 November 2019|align=left|9 November 2020||||
|align=left|Reims||align=left|23 June 2021|align=left|_ Present _||||

#### Club

**Barcelona**
- La Liga: 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999
- Copa del Rey: 1997, 1998
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1997
- UEFA Super Cup: 1997

**Valencia**
- Supercopa de España: 1999

#### International

**Spain U-21**
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 1996; third place 1994

### Manager

**Maccabi Tel Aviv**
- Israeli Premier League: 2013

**Red Bull Salzburg**
- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2016, 2017
- Austrian Cup: 2016, 2017

### Individual

- Football League Manager of the Month: November 2013

## Other websites

- FC Barcelona profile

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Óscar García
- **image**: FC Admira Wacker Mödling vs. FC Red Bull Salzburg (Cup) 2017-04-26 (032).jpg
- **caption**: Óscar as manager of FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg in 2017
- **fullname**: Óscar García Junyent
- **birth place**: Sabadell, Spain
- **position**: Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, Attacking midfielder
- **currentclub**: Stade de Reims, Reims (manager)
- **youthyears1**: 1980–1984
- **youthclubs1**: Mercantil
- **youthyears2**: 1984–1991
- **youthclubs2**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **years1**: 1991–1994
- **clubs1**: FC Barcelona B, Barcelona B
- **caps1**: 79
- **goals1**: 24
- **years2**: 1993–1999
- **clubs2**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **caps2**: 69
- **goals2**: 21
- **years3**: 1994–1995
- **clubs3**: → Albacete Balompié, Albacete (loan)
- **caps3**: 29
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 1999–2000
- **clubs4**: Valencia CF, Valencia
- **caps4**: 20
- **goals4**: 4
- **years5**: 2000–2004
- **clubs5**: RCD Espanyol, Espanyol
- **caps5**: 51
- **goals5**: 4
- **years6**: 2004–2005
- **clubs6**: UE Lleida, Lleida
- **caps6**: 23
- **goals6**: 3
- **totalcaps**: 271
- **totalgoals**: 58
- **nationalyears1**: 1989
- **nationalteam1**: Spain national under-16 football team, Spain U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 1991
- **nationalteam2**: Spain national under-18 football team, Spain U18
- **nationalcaps2**: 4
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 1991
- **nationalteam3**: Spain national under-19 football team, Spain U19
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 1991
- **nationalteam4**: Spain national under-20 football team, Spain U20
- **nationalcaps4**: 3
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 1992–1996
- **nationalteam5**: Spain national under-21 football team, Spain U21
- **nationalcaps5**: 24
- **nationalgoals5**: 12
- **nationalyears6**: 1996
- **nationalteam6**: Spain national under-23 football team, Spain U23
- **nationalcaps6**: 4
- **nationalgoals6**: 2
- **manageryears1**: 2009–2010
- **managerclubs1**: Catalonia national football team, Catalonia (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 2010–2012
- **managerclubs2**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona (youth)
- **manageryears3**: 2012–2013
- **managerclubs3**: Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv
- **manageryears4**: 2013–2014
- **managerclubs4**: Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion
- **manageryears5**: 2014
- **managerclubs5**: Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv
- **manageryears6**: 2014
- **managerclubs6**: Watford F.C., Watford
- **manageryears7**: 2015–2017
- **managerclubs7**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **manageryears8**: 2017
- **managerclubs8**: AS Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne
- **manageryears9**: 2018
- **managerclubs9**: Olympiacos F.C., Olympiacos
- **manageryears10**: 2019–2020
- **managerclubs10**: RC Celta de Vigo, Celta
- **manageryears11**: 2021–
- **managerclubs11**: Stade de Reims, Reims