Raphaël Garcia

Raphaël Garcia (born May 6, 1999) is a Canadian former soccer player.

Early life Garcia began playing soccer at age four, joining the Gloucester Hornets SC two year later. At age 13, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy, after being selected following attending open trials.

University career In 2021, Garcia began attending Carleton University, where he played for the men's soccer team, choosing to depart professional soccer due to the low salary in the Canadian Premier League. In his first season, he helped the team win a U Sports silver medal, and was and an OUA East First Team All-Star and a U Sports First Team All-Canadian and was named Ottawa's top soccer player at the 2021 Ottawa Sports Awards. In his second year, he earned Academic All-Canadian, Dean's Honours List, and won the U Sports Top 8 Academic All-Canadian Award. and was also named an OUA East First Team All-Star and a U Sports Second Team All-Canadian. He also earned Carleton's Graduating Male Athlete of the Year award.

Club career In January 2019, Garcia signed a multi-year contract with Valour FC of the Canadian Premier League. He made his debut on May 11, 2019, starting in a 1-0 victory over HFX Wanderers FC. During the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season, he made only one appearance due to injury.

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