Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andre Jacob Garcia [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 30 November 2007||
Place of birth | England | ||
Position(s) | |||
Team information | |||
Current team | Reading | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
Reading | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024– | Reading | 40 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2025– | England U18 | 4 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 07:43, 21 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:34, 29 May 2025 (UTC) |
Andre Jacob Garcia (born 30 November 2007) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back and winger for EFL League One club Reading.
Garcia made his professional debut for Reading on 10 August 2024, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute for Mamadi Camará, in an opening day of the season 1–1 draw against Birmingham City in EFL League One, [3] becoming the club's 81st Academy graduate in the process.
He scored his first career goal in a 2-1 League Cup win over Portsmouth in August 2025. [4] This was then followed by his first league goal to rescue a draw away at Bolton Wanderers a week later. [5]
On 13 March 2025, Garcia was called up to the England U18 squad for the first time. [6] He made his debut on 20 March 2025 during a 2–2 draw with Czechia. [7]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Reading | 2024–25 | EFL League One | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 [a] | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
2025–26 | EFL League One | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 [a] | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
Career total | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 46 | 2 |