Akeem Garcia

Akeem Ancil García (born 9 November 1996) is a Trinidadian football coach and player.

Club career Early career García began playing football at age six with local club Arima Ball Masters. At age 17, García signed for TT Pro League side San Juan Jabloteh. He received great recognition for his play that year and earned his first senior national team call-up in early 2015. That season, he scored five goals in sixteen league appearances and ten goals in all competitions as Santa Rosa won the league title. After the end of the season, García spent two weeks on trial with Mexican Ascenso MX side Celaya. García finished the season with a team-leading seven league goals in 24 appearances, tying for seventh among the league's top scorers.

2020 García excelled in the shortened 2020 Canadian Premier League season. He was a major part of Halifax's drastic turnaround from their previous last place finish, and the Wanderers made it all the way to the final, where they were defeated by Forge FC. In total, García scored six goals in 10 matches, winning the Golden Boot. On 3 November 2020, García re-signed with Halifax for the 2021 season.

2021 García struggled to maintain his form from the previous season, managing to only score 2 goals in 22 appearances. The team as a whole was also unable to match their performance from 2020 and finished sixth in the league. However, the forward was re-signed for the following season, as well.

2022 During the 2022 CPL season, due to the ACL injury occurred to João Morelli, García once again became the team's main attacking choice, together with Samuel Salter. He ended the year with four goals in 13 appearances, as the Wanderers finished second-to-last in the league table, missing out on the Finals for the second consecutive time.

At the end of the season, Halifax announced that García would put his playing career on hold, in order to work as a coach at a local grassroots club in Nova Scotia.

International career Youth García received his first youth call-up for Trinidad and Tobago as a 14 year-old at the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, but did not appear in the tournament.

Following strong performances in the Canadian Premier League, on 4 October 2019 García was recalled to the national side for a CONCACAF Nations League match against Honduras on 10 October and a friendly against Venezuela on 14 October.

Personal life García was born in Chaguanas and grew up in the Calvary area of Arima.

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2014–15 TT Pro League

2017 TT Pro League

2018 TT Super League

2019 Canadian Premier League

2020 Canadian Premier League

2021 Canadian Premier League

2022 Canadian Premier League

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Honours

Club W Connection Trinidad and Tobago Charity Shield: 2014

North East Stars TT Pro League: 2017

Santa Rosa TT Super League: 2018

HFX Wanderers Canadian Premier League Runners-up: 2020

Individual

Canadian Premier League Golden Boot: 2020