Salva (footballer, born 1961)
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| Full name | Salvador García Puig | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1961 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sant Adrià, Spain | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Sant Gabriel | ||||||||||||||
| Barcelona | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1980–1982 | Barcelona B | 57 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | Zaragoza | 60 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1984–1989 | Barcelona | 22 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | → Hércules (loan) | 16 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1989–1992 | Logroñés | 58 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Total | 213 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Spain | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Salvador García Puig (born 4 March 1961), known as Salva, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
[edit]Born in Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia, Salva finished his development at FC Barcelona. In his professional career, he played for FC Barcelona Atlètic, Real Zaragoza, Hércules CF, Barcelona (where he was solely a backup)[1] and CD Logroñés, retiring at the age of 31 with 156 La Liga matches to his credit in ten seasons.[2]
Salva's best output for the Camp Nou-based club consisted of 17 games in the 1987–88 campaign, which ended with conquest of the Copa del Rey.[3]
International career
[edit]Salva earned six caps for Spain in less than one year.[2] His debut came on 5 October 1983 in a friendly with France in Paris,[4] being included in the UEFA Euro 1984 squad and making three appearances for the runners-up, including the final.[5]
Honours
[edit]Barcelona
Spain
- UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1984[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Candil, Jaime (2 August 2017). "Así invirtió el Barça el dinero de otras grandes ventas" [This is how Barça invested the money from other big sales]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Salva García Puig" (in Spanish). El Sitio de Mis Cromos. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ a b Tarín Alonso, Manuel (31 March 1988). "El día que volvieron a ser campeones" [The day they were champions again] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Calvo, Juan Antonio (6 October 1983). "1–1: La selección, con fortuna" [1–1: National team, lucky]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ a b Mentruit, Imma (13 April 2016). "1984: Los 'bleus' se coronan tras el error de Arconada" [1984: ‘Bleus’ crowned after Arconada's mistake]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ Torre, Raúl. "Spain – List of League Cup Finals 1983–1986". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
External links
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- People from Sant Adrià de Besòs
- Spanish men's footballers
- Footballers from the Province of Barcelona
- Men's association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División B players
- FC Barcelona Atlètic players
- Real Zaragoza players
- FC Barcelona players
- Hércules CF players
- CD Logroñés footballers
- Spain men's international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1984 players
- 20th-century Spanish sportsmen