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.

Coaching career
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

TeamNatFromToRecordPWDLWin %Maccabi Tel Aviv22 May 201222 May 2013Brighton & Hove Albion26 June 201312 May 2014Maccabi Tel Aviv2 June 201426 August 2014Watford2 September 201429 September 2014Red Bull Salzburg28 December 201515 June 2017Saint-Étienne15 June 201715 November 2017Olympiacos6 January 20183 April 2018Celta9 November 20199 November 2020Reims23 June 2021 Present  
 Total

Honours
Player
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

References

Category:1973 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Catalonia
Category:Association football midfielders
Category:Association football forwards
Category:Spanish football managers
Category:FC Barcelona players
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg managers
Category:Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympiacos F.C. managers
Category:RC Celta de Vigo managers
Category:Sportspeople from Sabadell