Jorge García Morcillo (born 11 March 1986) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a centre-back for Tercera Federación club Mosconia.
Club career Born in Valencia, Valencian Community, Morcillo graduated from Valencia CF's youth setup, and made his senior debut with lowly neighbours UD Puçol. He moved back to the former in the summer of 2007, being subsequently loaned to Segunda División B sides Real Jaén and Benidorm CF.El club consigue la cesión de Morcillo (Club gets loan of Morcillo); Diario Información, 14 August 2008 (in Spanish)
Morcillo terminated his contract with Valencia in July 2009, and joined Córdoba CF of Segunda División.El defensa valenciano Jorge García Morcillo, nuevo fichaje del Córdoba (Valencian defender Jorge García Morcillo, new signing of Córdoba); Diario Córdoba, 17 July 2009 (in Spanish) He left the Andalusians on 29 December, and moved to Deportivo Alavés in the third division.; Noticias de Álava, 29 December 2009 (in Spanish)
After two seasons with the Basque club, Morcillo signed for CD Alcoyano, recently promoted to division two.Morcillo ficha por el Alcoyano (Morcillo signs for Alcoyano); Marca, 11 July 2011 (in Spanish) He played his first match as a professional on 27 August 2011, starting in a 1–1 home draw against CD Numancia,El Collao vuelve a Segunda con tablas (El Collao returns to Segunda with a draw); Marca, 27 August 2011 (in Spanish) and scored his first goal roughly a month later in the 1–1 draw with Villarreal CF B also at the Estadio El Collao.El Alcoyano se queda sin premio en El Collao (Alcoyano have no final prize at El Collao); Marca, 24 September 2011 (in Spanish)
On 2 July 2012, Morcillo joined Recreativo de Huelva after agreeing to a two-year deal.Morcillo ya es del Recreativo (Morcillo is already from Recreativo); Marca, 2 July 2012 (in Spanish) He scored a career-best six goals in 35 games in his second season, helping the oldest club in Spain to the eighth position in the second tier.A Morcillo “no” le vale éxito individual sin el colectivo (Morcillo does "not" want individual success if not accompanied by team one); Huelva Hoy, 14 May 2014 (in Spanish)
On 16 June 2014, Morcillo signed a three-year contract with La Liga's Rayo Vallecano.Morcillo nuevo jugador del Rayo (Morcillo new player of Rayo) ; Rayo Vallecano, 16 June 2014 (in Spanish) He made his debut in the competition on 31 August, coming on as a substitute for Alberto Bueno in a 2–2 draw at Deportivo de La Coruña.Deportivo La Coruña 2–2 Rayo Vallecano; ESPN FC, 31 August 2014
Morcillo scored his only goal in the Spanish top flight on 23 May 2015, his team's second in the 2–4 home loss against Real Sociedad.Dos chispazos liquidan al Rayo (Two sparks do Rayo in); Marca, 23 May 2015 (in Spanish) On 4 July, he severed ties with the Madrid organisation and joined second-tier UD Almería on a three-year deal.El Almería refuerza su defensa con el fichaje de Morcillo, procedente del Rayo (Almería bolster defence with the signing of Morcillo, from Rayo); UD Almería, 4 July 2015 (in Spanish)
On 19 July 2019, after one year in the Israel Premier League with Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona FC, Morcillo returned to Recreativo, who now competed in the third division.
Personal life On 15 June 2018, Morcillo was arrested after being accused of match fixing. He was subsequently released, after the police declared the evidence against him to be 'inconclusive'.
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