Anthony Garcia (polo)

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Anthony Garcia
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National teamUnited States (1998)
Born (1981-02-03) February 3, 1981 (age 44)
Children1
Sport
Sport Polo
Club GlobalPort

Anthony Garcia (born February 3, 1981 [1] [2] ) is a Filipino-American polo player with a 5-goal handicap [3] He was part of the United States team which played in the 1998 World Polo Championship.

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Career

Garcia is a five-goaler polo player. [4]

Garcia started playing polo at age 13 in Santa Barbara, California. [5] He was part of the United States team which took part at the 1998 World Polo Championship. [6] In the late-1990s, he played 26-goal. [5]

He is part of the Mikee Romero-owned and captained team GlobalPort. [7] [8] He played in the 26-goal World Polo League with GlobalPort in 2023. [5]

Garcia was the coach of the Philippine national team which took part at the polo tournaments at the 2019 SEA Games. [9]

Personal life

Garcia is a United States citizen. [10] He is in a relationship with Filipino actress Andrea del Rosario who he first met in 2016 when she was campaigning for vice mayor of Calatagan. [2] Garcia also owns a 6 hectares (15 acres) hacienda in Calatagan. [11] [12] Garcia has a daughter while del Rosario has a daughter of her own born in 2010 with another man. [2] [13]

His parents are Antonio Garcia and beauty queen Carolyn Masibay. His brother Adrian Christopher is also a polo player. [4] [14]

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  2. 1 2 3 Siazon, Rachelle (June 10, 2021). "Andrea del Rosario relationship with polo player boyfriend". PEP.ph (in Filipino). Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
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