Epifanio Ariel García Duarte (born 2 July 1992) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for River Plate.
Career Club García started his senior footballing career in Paraguay with Cerro Porteño, with whom he made his professional debut with in June 2011 against Nacional in the Paraguayan Primera División. Two further appearances followed in 2012 and 2013 for García, before he played five times during 2014. He left in 2015 following eight appearances, none of which were starts. García signed for fellow Paraguayan top-flight club Guaraní in June 2015. Before featuring for Guaraní, García had a loan spell with Paraguayan División Intermedia side Fulgencio Yegros where he scored eight goals in thirty-six games.
He eventually made his Guaraní debut on 16 October 2016, over a year after joining, in a league match with River Plate, he scored his first career goal in the process during a 1–2 win. In total, he went onto score three goals, including one versus former club Cerro Porteño, in eight games throughout 2016. He scored three goals in seven 2017 Copa Libertadores matches for Guaraní. On 23 July 2017, García joined Argentine Primera División side Belgrano on loan.
International García played four times for the Paraguay U17s in 2009.
Career statistics .
+ Club statisticsClubSeasonLeagueCupIncludes the Copa Argentina and Copa ParaguayLeague CupContinentalIncludes the Copa Libertadores and Copa SudamericanaOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCerro Porteño2011Paraguayan Primera División10——000010201210——000010201310——000010201450——2One appearance in 2014 Copa Libertadores, one appearance in 2014 Copa Sudamericana00070201500——000000Total80——2000100Guaraní2015Paraguayan Primera División00——000000201683——0000832017142——7Seven appearances in 2017 Copa Libertadores3Three goals in 2017 Copa Libertadores0021520182000—000020Total245——7300318Fulgencio Yegros (loan)2016Paraguayan División Intermedia368———00368Belgrano (loan)2017–18Argentine Primera División15420——00174Career total831720—93009420
Honours Cerro Porteño Paraguayan Primera División (2): 2012 Apertura, 2013 Clausura
Guaraní Paraguayan Primera División: 2016 Clausura
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