Facundo Garcés
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Facundo Garcés with Malaysia in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Facundo Tomás Garcés | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Alavés | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Club El Quillá | |||
| Colón | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2024 | Colón | 116 | (3) |
| 2025– | Alavés | 10 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Malaysia | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2025 | |||
Facundo Tomás Garcés (born 5 September 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Deportivo Alavés.[2] Born in Argentina, he represents Malaysia at international level.
Club career
Colón
Garcés played for Club El Quillá at youth level.[3] He first made the senior teamsheet for Colón in May 2017 for a Primera División match as an unused substitute.[2] Garcés soon headed back to the reserves, before returning to the senior bench in April and May 2019 – though again wouldn't make an appearance versus Gimnasia y Esgrima or, in the Copa Sudamericana, River Plate.[2] He went unused a further seven times, before belatedly making his debut – as a starter – in a Copa de la Liga Profesional win over Central Córdoba on 4 December 2020.[4][5][6]
Alavés
On 3 August 2024, Spanish La Liga side Deportivo Alavés agreed to a pre-contract with Garcés, effective as of the following 1 January 2025; he signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the club.[7] Garces make his debut for the club in a league match against RCD Mallorca on 2 March.
International career
Eligible to play for the Argentina or the Malaysia national team,[8][9] Garcés was called up to the training camp of the latter ahead of the closed-door friendly against Cape Verde and the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification match against Vietnam in June 2025.[8]
Garcés made his international debut on 10 June 2025 in the match against Vietnam at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium.[10]
Personal life
Born in Argentina, Garcés is of Malaysian descent through his grandmother. On 2 June 2025, Garcés officially obtained Malaysia citizenship.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 24 May 2025.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Colón | 2020–21 | Primera División | 4[nb 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 37[nb 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | 34[nb 1] | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | — | 43 | 2 | |||
| 2023 | 41[nb 1] | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 44 | 1 | ||||
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 116 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 3 | ||
| Alavés | 2024–25 | La Liga | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 126 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 3 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
International
- As of match played 10 June 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
Colón
Notes
- ^ a b c d Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
References
- ^ a b "Facundo Garcés". World Football. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Argentina – F. Garcés". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Colón oficializó el contrato de Facundo Garcés". SOL 91.5. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Facundo Garcés firmó su primer contrato con Colón". El Litoral. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Colón: el nuevo desafío que se le abriría a Facundo Garcés". Uno Santa Fe. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Facundo Garcés firmó su primer contrato con Colón". Santa Fe Deportivo. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Acuerdo entre el Deportivo Alavés y Facundo Garcés" [Agreement between Deportivo Alavés and Facundo Garcés] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ a b Azharie, Farah (2 June 2025). "Argentina-born Garces joins Harimau Malaya". NST Online. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ a b Rajan, K. (3 June 2025). "Garces' 'granny connection' to Malaysia | New Straits Times". NST Online.
- ^ https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2025-06-10/malaysia-vs-vietnam/3587614/