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{{Infobox football biography
 | name = Óscar García
 | image = FC Admira Wacker Mödling vs. FC Red Bull Salzburg (Cup) 2017-04-26 (032).jpg
 | caption = Óscar as manager of [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]] in 2017
 | fullname = Óscar García Junyent<ref name=Bio>{{cite news|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/envivos/fichas/1/238/3822.html|title=ÓSCAR GARCÍA Junyent|newspaper=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|language=es|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|4|26|df=y}}<ref name=Bio/>
 | birth_place = [[Sabadell]], Spain<ref name=Bio/>
 | height = {{height|m=1.82|precision=0}}<ref name=Bio/>
 | position = [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|Attacking midfielder]]
 | currentclub = [[Stade de Reims|Reims]] (manager)
 | youthyears1 = 1980–1984 | youthclubs1 = Mercantil
 | youthyears2 = 1984–1991 | youthclubs2 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
 | years1 = 1991–1994 | clubs1 = [[FC Barcelona B|Barcelona B]] | caps1 = 79 | goals1 = 24
 | years2 = 1993–1999 | clubs2 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] | caps2 = 69 | goals2 = 21
 | years3 = 1994–1995 | clubs3 = → [[Albacete Balompié|Albacete]] (loan) | caps3 = 29 | goals3 = 2
 | years4 = 1999–2000 | clubs4 = [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] | caps4 = 20 | goals4 = 4
 | years5 = 2000–2004 | clubs5 = [[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]] | caps5 = 51 | goals5 = 4
 | years6 = 2004–2005 | clubs6 = [[UE Lleida|Lleida]] | caps6 = 23 | goals6 = 3
 | totalcaps = 271 | totalgoals = 58
 | nationalyears1 = 1989 | nationalteam1 = [[Spain national under-16 football team|Spain U16]] | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 1
 | nationalyears2 = 1991 | nationalteam2 = [[Spain national under-18 football team|Spain U18]] | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = 1
 | nationalyears3 = 1991 | nationalteam3 = [[Spain national under-19 football team|Spain U19]] | nationalcaps3 = 1 | nationalgoals3 = 0
 | nationalyears4 = 1991 | nationalteam4 = [[Spain national under-20 football team|Spain U20]] | nationalcaps4 = 3 | nationalgoals4 = 0
 | nationalyears5 = 1992–1996 | nationalteam5 = [[Spain national under-21 football team|Spain U21]] | nationalcaps5 = 24 | nationalgoals5 = 12
 | nationalyears6 = 1996 | nationalteam6 = [[Spain national under-23 football team|Spain U23]] | nationalcaps6 = 4 | nationalgoals6 = 2
 | manageryears1 = 2009–2010 | managerclubs1 = [[Catalonia national football team|Catalonia]] (assistant)
 | manageryears2 = 2010–2012 | managerclubs2 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] (youth)
 | manageryears3 = 2012–2013 | managerclubs3 = [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
 | manageryears4 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs4 = [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]
 | manageryears5 = 2014 | managerclubs5 = [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
 | manageryears6 = 2014 | managerclubs6 = [[Watford F.C.|Watford]]
 | manageryears7 = 2015–2017 | managerclubs7 = [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]]
 | manageryears8 = 2017 | managerclubs8 = [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]]
 | manageryears9 = 2018 | managerclubs9 = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
 | manageryears10 = 2019–2020 | managerclubs10 = [[RC Celta de Vigo|Celta]]
 | manageryears11 = 2021– | managerclubs11 = [[Stade de Reims|Reims]]
}}
'''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 [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|attacking midfielder]] or a [[Forward (association football)#Second striker|second striker]]. Most of his active career he spent with [[F.C. Barcelona|CF Barcelona]], but played also for [[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]] (four years), [[Albacete Balompié|Albacete]], [[UE Lleida|Lleida]] and [[Valencia CF|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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1996/07/21/pagina-54/1334617/pdf.html#&mode=fullScreen|title=Mágico gol de Óscar|trans-title=Óscar wonder goal|newspaper=[[Mundo Deportivo]]|first=Cristina|last=Cubero|language=es|date=21 July 1996|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1996/07/23/pagina-54/1336584/pdf.html|title=Óscar, otra vez vital|trans-title=Óscar, crucial again|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Cristina|last=Cubero|language=es|date=23 July 1996|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
===Maccabi Tel Aviv and England===
In 2009 he became member of [[Johan Cruyff]]'s coaching staff in the [[Catalonia national football team|Catalonia national team]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/deportes/20091116/53825573521/oscar-garcia-sera-el-segundo-entrenador-de-la-seleccion-catalana-de-futbol.html|title=Òscar García será el segundo entrenador de la selección catalana de fútbol|trans-title=Òscar García will be assistant coach in Catalan national team|newspaper=[[La Vanguardia]]|language=es|date=16 November 2009|access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> On 22 May 2012 he became head coach of [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv FC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.one.co.il/Article/200138.html|script-title=he:גארסיה חתם לשנתיים במכבי: הגעתי למועדון פאר|trans-title=Óscar García signed a two-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv|publisher=One|language=he|date=22 May 2012|access-date=22 May 2012}}</ref>2013 Maccabi won the Israel championship.<ref name=IPL>{{cite news|url=http://www.sport.es/es/noticias/resto-del-mundo/oscar-garcia-debut-campeon-2371423|title=Òscar Garcia: debut y campeón|trans-title=Òscar Garcia: debut and champion|newspaper=[[Sport (Spanish newspaper)|Sport]]|language=es|date=23 April 2013|access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref> Garcia resigned from his post because of personal reasons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/sports/oscar-garcia-walks-out-on-maccabi-tel-aviv-314059|title=Oscar Garcia walks out on Maccabi Tel Aviv|newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|first=Allon|last=Sinai|date=22 May 2013|access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref>

2013 he became head coach of the [[Football League Championship]] team  [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/jun/26/brighton-appoint-oscar-garcia-head-coach|title=Brighton appoint Oscar García as head coach to replace Gus Poyet|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|first=Dominic|last=Fifield|date=26 June 2013|access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> He was November's [[EFL Championship Manager of the Month|Manager of the Month]], with three wins and a draw.<ref name=MOTM>{{cite news|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/10859547.oscar-lands-manager-of-the-month-award/|title=Oscar lands manager of the month award|newspaper=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|first=Brian|last=Owen|date=6 December 2013|access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref> On 12 May 2014 the team was defeatet in the play-offs by [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]. His offer of resignation was accepted by the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27385142|title=Brighton & Hove Albion head coach Oscar Garcia resigns|publisher=BBC Sport|date=12 May 2014|access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref>

2014 García returned to Maccabi  but left on 26 August due to war.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/other-soccer/maccabi-tel-aviv-manager-resigns-over-gaza-conflict-30538470.html|title=Maccabi Tel Aviv manager resigns over Gaza conflict|newspaper=[[The Irish Independent]]|date=26 August 2014|access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> Then he was appointed head coach  at [[Watford F.C.|Watford]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/11445947.Garcia_appointed_as_Watford_s_new_head_coach/|title=Ex-Brighton & Hove Albion boss Oscar Garcia appointed as Watford's new head coach|newspaper=[[Watford Observer]]|first=Frank|last=Smith|date=2 September 2014|access-date=2 September 2014}}</ref> He was brought to hospital with minor chest pains on 15 September. Two weeks later he resigned as head coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29412134|title=Watford: Oscar Garcia replaced by Billy McKinlay as head coach|publisher=BBC Sport|date=29 September 2014|access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref>

===Red Bull Salzburg===
[[File:FC Red Bull Salzburg versus SK Sturm Graz (7. Mai 2016) 21.JPG|thumb|García and [[SK Sturm Graz|Sturm Graz]] manager [[Franco Foda]] in May 2016]]
On 28 December 2015 Oscar followed [[Peter Zeidler]] as head coach of the Austrian Bundesliga team FC Red Bull Salzburg.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2015/12/28/former-barca-player-oscar-garcia-appointed-salzburg-coach/77972768/|title=Former Barca player Oscar Garcia appointed Salzburg coach|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=28 December 2015|access-date=10 July 2020}}</ref> 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]]. <ref name=ESPN>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/st-etienne/story/3144058/oscar-garcia-named-st-etienne-coach-on-two-year-contract|title=Oscar Garcia named St Etienne coach on two-year contract|publisher=[[ESPN FC]]|date=15 June 2017|access-date=14 July 2017}}</ref> In November after a 5–0 home loss against [[Olympique Lyonnais]] he left the club by mutual agreement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/football/french-ligue-1/story/3272035/saint-etienne-manager-oscar-garcia-replaced-by-julien-sable|title=Saint-Etienne manager Oscar Garcia replaced by Julien Sable|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=15 November 2017|access-date=14 December 2017}}</ref>
===Olympiacos===
2018 he became head coach of [[Olympiacos F.C.]] in Greece.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-greece-olympiakos/soccer-olympiakos-piraeus-appoint-spaniard-oscar-garcia-as-head-coach-idUKL4N1P04KB|title=Soccer-Olympiakos Piraeus appoint Spaniard Oscar Garcia as head coach|publisher=[[Reuters]]|first=Graham|last=Wood|date=5 January 2018|access-date=5 January 2018|archive-date=7 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007183626/https://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-greece-olympiakos/soccer-olympiakos-piraeus-appoint-spaniard-oscar-garcia-as-head-coach-idUKL4N1P04KB|url-status=dead}}</ref> His contract was dissolved on 3 April 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Hellas/Superleague/olympiacos/telos-o-gkarthia-mia-hmera-meta-thn-katsada-marinakh.5148659.html|title=Τέλος ο Γκαρθία μία ημέρα μετά την κατσάδα Μαρινάκη!|trans-title=García sacked one day after Marinakis!|publisher=Contra|first=Vangelis|last=Stapatopoulos|language=el|date=3 April 2018|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> 

===Celta===
In November 2019  he took over  [[RC Celta de Vigo]] in La Liga.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/deportes/futbol/20191104/471379008062/oscar-garcia-junyent-celta-de-vigo-entrenador.html|title=Óscar García, nuevo entrenador del Celta de Vigo|trans-title=Óscar García, new Celta de Vigo manager|newspaper=La Vanguardia|language=es|date=4 November 2019|access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> On the last day of [[2019–20 La Liga|the season]] he could held the team in the first league.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/jul/20/la-liga-leganes-relegated-silence-solitude-sadness-sid-lowe|title=Silence, solitude and sadness for Leganés after desperate La Liga finale|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Sid|last=Lowe|date=20 July 2020|access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> On 9 November 2020, after only one win in nine matches of [[2020–21 La Liga|the new campaign]], García was sacked.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rccelta.es/equipo/actualidad/oscar-garcia-no-continuara-como-entrenador-del-rc-celta/|title=Óscar García no continuará como entrenador del RC Celta|trans-title=Óscar García will not continue as RC Celta manager|publisher=Celta Vigo|language=es|date=9 November 2020|access-date=9 November 2020}}</ref> 

===Reims===
García returned to the French [[Ligue 1]] in June 2021 as head coach of  [[Stade de Reims]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ligue1.fr/Articles/ACTU/2021/06/23/oscar-garcia-nouvel-entraineur-de-reims|title=Oscar Garcia, nouvel entraîneur de Reims|trans-title=Oscar Garcia, new Reims manager|publisher=[[Ligue 1]]|language=fr|date=23 June 2021|access-date=17 August 2021}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Personal life==
García's brothers, [[Roger García|Roger]] and [[Genís García Junyent|Genís]] were also footballers. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/noticies/futbol/temporada09-10/10/n091029107517.html|title=Barça brothers|publisher=FC Barcelona|first1=Manel|last1=Tomàs|first2=Jordi|last2=Clos|date=29 October 2009|access-date=4 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209122154/http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/noticies/futbol/temporada09-10/10/n091029107517.html|archive-date=9 December 2012}}</ref>

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|match played 6 February 2022}}<ref>{{soccerbase manager|2515}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="7"|Record
|-
!P!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
|{{flagicon|Israel}}
|align=left|22 May 2012
|align=left|22 May 2013
{{WDL|43|28|7|8}}
|-
|align=left|[[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|26 June 2013
|align=left|12 May 2014
{{WDL|53|21|16|16}}
|-
|align=left|[[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
|{{flagicon|Israel}}
|align=left|2 June 2014
|align=left|26 August 2014
{{WDL|7|3|2|2}}
|-
|align=left|[[Watford F.C.|Watford]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|2 September 2014
|align=left|29 September 2014
{{WDL|4|1|2|1}}
|-
|align=left|[[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]]
|{{flagicon|Austria}}
|align=left|28 December 2015
|align=left|15 June 2017
{{WDL|73|51|12|10}}
|-
|align=left|[[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]]
|{{flagicon|France}}
|align=left|15 June 2017
|align=left|15 November 2017
{{WDL|13|5|4|4}}
|-
|align=left|[[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
|{{flagicon|Greece}}
|align=left|6 January 2018
|align=left|3 April 2018
{{WDL|13|6|5|2}}
|-
|align=left|[[RC Celta de Vigo|Celta]]
|{{flagicon|Spain}}
|align=left|9 November 2019
|align=left|9 November 2020
{{WDL|38|8|17|13}}
|-
|align=left|[[Stade de Reims|Reims]]
|{{flagicon|France}}
|align=left|23 June 2021
|align=left|'' Present '' 
{{WDL|26|8|10|8}} 
|-
!colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|270|131|75|64}}
|}

==Honours==
[[File:FC Red Bull Salzburg versus Wolfsberger AC (15. 5. 2016) 1015.JPG|thumb|García celebrating Salzburg's Bundesliga win in May 2016]]
===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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spansupcuphist.html#1999|title=Spain – List of Super Cup Finals|publisher=[[RSSSF]]|first1=José Vicente|last1=Tejedor Carnicero|first2=Raúl|last2=Torre|first3=Carles|last3=Lozano Ferrer|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>

====International====
'''Spain U-21'''
*UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 1996;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orgullobianconero.vavel.com/2013/06/18/italia-ya-gano-un-europeo-a-espana-en-el-1996/|title=Italia ya ganó un Europeo a España en el 1996|trans-title=Italy have already won European Championships against Spain in 1996|publisher=Orgullo Bianconero|language=es|date=18 June 2013|access-date=13 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113165559/http://www.orgullobianconero.vavel.com/2013/06/18/italia-ya-gano-un-europeo-a-espana-en-el-1996/|archive-date=13 November 2013}}</ref> third place 1994<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1994/04/16/pagina-18/1290336/pdf.html|title=España pierde la inocencia|trans-title=Spain lose innocence|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Francesc|last=Aguilar|language=es|date=16 April 1994|access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref>

===Manager===
'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
*Israeli Premier League: 2013<ref name=IPL/>

'''Red Bull Salzburg'''
*[[Austrian Football Bundesliga]]: 2016, 2017<ref name=ESPN/>
*[[Austrian Cup]]: 2016, 2017<ref name=ESPN/>

===Individual===
*Football League Manager of the Month: November 2013<ref name=MOTM/>
{{Commonscat|Óscar García Junyent}}
{{FC Red Bull Salzburg managers}}
==Other websites==
*{{BDFutbol|2132}}
*[http://www.jugadorsfcbarcelona.cat/database//index.php?option=com_hotproperty&task=view&id=350&Itemid=27 FC Barcelona profile]
*{{FIFA player|169770}}
==References==
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[[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]]