page_title: Nahikari García
section_title: Real Sociedad
hierarchical_section_title: Nahikari García / Club career / Real Sociedad
caption_attribution_description: Español: Futbolista de la Real Sociedad
context_page_description: Nahikari García Pérez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primera División side Real Sociedad and the Spanish national team.
  She begun her professional career with Añorga KKE before joining Real Sociedad in 2014. She has since made over 100 appearances and holds the club's record for the most goals scored in a single season with her return of 16 goals in 2016. During her time with Real, García has been nominated for the Primera División forward of the Season award and helped the club reach its first ever Copa de la Reina in 2019.
  She also represented Spain at various youth levels, reaching three major tournament finals, and captained the U19 team before making her senior debut in 2018.
context_section_description: In the 2014–15 winter transfer market Real Sociedad completed the signing of García, who was only sixteen at the time, from Añorga. On 5 January, just days after signing for Sociedad, she was handed her Primera División debut by manager Unai Gazpio against Levante. She ended the campaign with 10 goals to her name for the season.
  In the following season García recorded a record-breaking tally of 16 goals for the season, the most ever in a single season by a Real Sociedad player. Her seasonal haul included a notable goal against rivals Athletic and a hat-trick against Levante during December which propelled Txuri-urdin to a fifth-placed finish in the Primera División, the club's highest placing since formation in 2004. Real Sociedad also made the quarter-finals of the Copa de la Reina where they were eliminated 5–1 by eventual runners-up Barcelona, with García netting the only goal of the match for her club. García's form throughout the season saw her nominated for the Primera División forward of the Season award.
  Early in September 2016, García appeared alongside Charlyn Corral, Alexia Putellas, Iraia Iturregi and Amanda Sampedro in a video promoting the buildup to the  2016–17 season. She scored her first hat-trick for the season on 9 December in a 4–0 league victory over Oiartzun and in April the following year signed a new two-year deal with the club. A goal from García on the final match-day of the campaign was not enough to prevent Athletic from being crowned champions, as Real Sociedad went down 2–1 to their local Basque rivals.
  Real Sociedad struggled during the first half of the following season and in November the club sacked manager Juanjo Arregi. García was quick to dismiss criticism of her former coach in an interview with Mundo Deportivo, stating that she was saddened by his departure and that the players should shoulder some of the blame. The following month, she scored five goals in a 6–1 win over Zaragoza and in the process helped the club move clear of the relegation zone. She ultimately scored 17 goals for the season as Sociedad improved to end the campaign in seventh. Following the conclusion of the season, she was afforded the opportunity to sign for French side Paris Saint-Germain but elected to remain with Sociedad and continue her medical studies in Spain.
  On 17 February 2019, García assisted teammate Kiana Palacios in Sociedad's 3–1 win over Sevilla and in doing so helped the club qualify for the final of the Copa de la Reina for the first time in its history. The final took place on 11 May where García scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Atlético Madrid to guide Sociedad to its first-ever Cup win.
caption: García has represented Real Sociedad since the age of 16.
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