Pitu Garcia

Miguel Sebastian Garcia, nicknamed “Pitu”, was born on the 27th of January 1984 in Santa Fe. He is a midfielder who plays for Superleague Greece club Atromitos. He started his career in Union de Santa Fe, based in his hometown, from where he was loaned firstly to Palestino and subsequently to Iraklis. After being released by Union de Santa Fe he played for a brief period for Aris in the Greek Superleague, before returning on a free transfer to Iraklis during the 2010 winter transfer window. He made his league debut for Iraklis in a match against Atromitos for the fifth round of the 2007-08 season, as he replaced Giannis Papadopoulos in the 56th minute of the match. He continued to appear regularly for the club until the end of the season and he even managed to score his first goal for Iraklis, in a match against OFI. In the end of the season he counted 1 goal out of 20 league appearances. On 31 August 2009 Pitu signed for Aris on a free transfer. He made his debut for Aris in an 1-1 away draw against Panthrakikos, as he replaced Neto in the 76th minute. Pitu scored his only goal for Aris in a cup match against Aspropyrgos. He managed to appear in total of 10 matches for Aris before being released by the club on 1 February 2010. On the very same day of his release Pitu signed a contract with former cub Iraklis. The debut in this second spell for Iraklis was made in a local derby match against PAOK that ended 1-1. Until the end of the season he featured in a total of ten games for Iraklis. Following the Iraklis’s relegation, he joined Greek First Division side Atromitos on 29 June 2011, signing a two-year contract. With Atromitos he managed to play in the Greek cup final in 2012 and in Europa League