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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.
![]() Óscar as manager of Red Bull Salzburg in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Óscar García Junyent[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 26 April 1973||
Place of birth | Sabadell, Spain[1] | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Reims (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1980–1984 | Mercantil | ||
1984–1991 | Barcelona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1994 | Barcelona B | 79 | (24) |
1993–1999 | Barcelona | 69 | (21) |
1994–1995 | → Albacete (loan) | 29 | (2) |
1999–2000 | Valencia | 20 | (4) |
2000–2004 | Espanyol | 51 | (4) |
2004–2005 | Lleida | 23 | (3) |
Total | 271 | (58) | |
National team | |||
1989 | Spain U16 | 1 | (1) |
1991 | Spain U18 | 4 | (1) |
1991 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
1991 | Spain U20 | 3 | (0) |
1992–1996 | Spain U21 | 24 | (12) |
1996 | Spain U23 | 4 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
2009–2010 | Catalonia (assistant) | ||
2010–2012 | Barcelona (youth) | ||
2012–2013 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
2013–2014 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
2014 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
2014 | Watford | ||
2015–2017 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
2017 | Saint-Étienne | ||
2018 | Olympiacos | ||
2019–2020 | Celta | ||
2021– | Reims | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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.
He played for Spain national under-23 football team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He scored twice for the quarter-finalists.[2][3]
In 2009 he became member of Johan Cruyff's coaching staff in the Catalonia national team.[4] On 22 May 2012 he became head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv FC.[5]2013 Maccabi won the Israel championship.[6] Garcia resigned from his post because of personal reasons.[7]
2013 he became head coach of the Football League Championship team Brighton & Hove Albion.[8] He was November's Manager of the Month, with three wins and a draw.[9] On 12 May 2014 the team was defeatet in the play-offs by Derby County. His offer of resignation was accepted by the club.[10]
2014 García returned to Maccabi but left on 26 August due to war.[11] Then he was appointed head coach at Watford.[12] He was brought to hospital with minor chest pains on 15 September. Two weeks later he resigned as head coach.[13]
On 28 December 2015 Oscar followed Peter Zeidler as head coach of the Austrian Bundesliga team FC Red Bull Salzburg.[14] During his time in Salzburg he won twice the double (Cup and Champion).
On 15 June 2017 he signed with AS Saint-Étienne. [15] In November after a 5–0 home loss against Olympique Lyonnais he left the club by mutual agreement.[16]
2018 he became head coach of Olympiacos F.C. in Greece.[17] His contract was dissolved on 3 April 2019.[18]
In November 2019 he took over RC Celta de Vigo in La Liga.[19] On the last day of the season he could held the team in the first league.[20] On 9 November 2020, after only one win in nine matches of the new campaign, García was sacked.[21]
García returned to the French Ligue 1 in June 2021 as head coach of Stade de Reims.[22]
García's brothers, Roger and Genís were also footballers. [23]
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | ![]() |
22 May 2012 | 22 May 2013 | 43 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 65.12 | ||
Brighton & Hove Albion | ![]() |
26 June 2013 | 12 May 2014 | 53 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 39.62 | ||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | ![]() |
2 June 2014 | 26 August 2014 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 42.86 | ||
Watford | ![]() |
2 September 2014 | 29 September 2014 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25.00 | ||
Red Bull Salzburg | ![]() |
28 December 2015 | 15 June 2017 | 73 | 51 | 12 | 10 | 69.86 | ||
Saint-Étienne | ![]() |
15 June 2017 | 15 November 2017 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 38.46 | ||
Olympiacos | ![]() |
6 January 2018 | 3 April 2018 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 46.15 | ||
Celta | ![]() |
9 November 2019 | 9 November 2020 | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 21.05 | ||
Reims | ![]() |
23 June 2021 | Present | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 30.77 | ||
Total | 270 | 131 | 75 | 64 | 48.52 |
Barcelona
Valencia
Spain U-21
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Red Bull Salzburg
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