Olivia Garcia

Olivia Garcia
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-09-03) September 3, 2003
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 HB Køge
Number 10
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Florida State Seminoles 38 (7)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022 Kansas City Current II
2024– HB Køge 34 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 14, 2025

Olivia Garcia (born September 3, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Danish Women's League club HB Køge. She played college soccer for the Florida State Seminoles and won the 2023 national championship with the team.

Early life

Garcia grew up in Las Vegas, the daughter of Juan Carlos and Lynne Garcia. She is of Cuban descent.[1] She ran cross country for Cimarron-Memorial High School and won the Class 4A state title in the sport as a senior.[2] She played club soccer for Las Vegas Premier Sports Academy, where she won the USYS under-14 national title in 2017, and Utah Royals FC Arizona.[3][4]

College career

Garcia made 20 appearances (4 starts) and scored 3 goals in her freshman season with the Florida State Seminoles in 2022. The team won the ACC tournament and made the semifinals of the NCAA tournament, losing to North Carolina.[1][5] The following year, she contributed 4 goals in 18 appearances (2 starts) as the Seminoles became undefeated national champions. In the NCAA tournament, she scored the opening goal in the first round against Morehead State and added the last against Texas in the third round.[1][6]

Club career

Danish Women's League club HB Køge announced on February 5, 2024, that the club had signed Garcia to a two-year contract.[7] She scored twice in her professional debut on March 17, 2024, a 3–1 win against AGF.[8] She started all 10 games of the championship rounds, scoring 5 goals, as HB Køge finished third in the 2023–24 season, one point shy of qualifying for the UEFA Women's Champions League.[9]

Garcia scored her first hat trick for the club in a 5–0 win against Kolding IF on October 20, 2024.[10] Having tallied 13 goals in 25 games, she was named HB Køge's Female Player of the Year on November 27, 2024.[11] She raised her production even further down the stretch, twice recording consecutive braces. She finished the 2024–25 season with 18 goals in 24 games, representing just over half of HB Køge's total scoring.[12] She was the Golden Boot runner-up behind Omewa Joy Ogochukwu and came third in voting for the league's Player of the Year award.[13] HB Køge again placed third, again one point away from a Champions League spot, but qualified for the inaugural UEFA Women's Europa Cup.[14]

Honors and awards

Florida State Seminoles

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "Olivia Garcia". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  2. ^ "Gatorade 2021–2022: Player of the Year – Girls Cross Country – Nevada". Gatorade. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  3. ^ Reese, Madelyn (August 15, 2017). "Las Vegas girls soccer team takes national title". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  4. ^ Clark, Travis (December 7, 2020). "SIMA Recruiting Roundup: Dec. 7–13". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  5. ^ Kassim, Ehsan (December 2, 2022). "Florida State women's soccer: North Carolina defeats Seminoles in a thriller in NCAA semifinal". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  6. ^ "Florida State beats Stanford for its fourth women's soccer national championship — all since 2014". Associated Press. December 4, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  7. ^ "Welcome, Olivia". HB Køge. February 4, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  8. ^ "Rundens mål af Olivia Garcia" (in Danish). Danish Women's League. March 18, 2024. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  9. ^ "Olivia Garcia 2023-2024 Match Logs". FBref.com. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  10. ^ Møller, Per (October 24, 2024). "Olivia Garcia 10. HB Køge spiller til at lave hattrick" (in Danish). HB Køge. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Olivia García er Årets Kvindespiller i HB Køge". HB Køge. November 27, 2024. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  12. ^ "HB Køge - Team Info". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  13. ^ Emmanuel, Ifeanyi (June 13, 2025). "25 goals and 6 assists: Former Falconets forward wins Player of the Year award in Denmark". allnigeriasoccer.com. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  14. ^ "Kvindeliga". Soccerway.
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