PLAYER DETAILS
García Pimienta profile
- Club
- Almería
- Position
- Manager
- Nationality
- Spain
- Date of birth
- 1974-08-03
- Birthplace
- Barcelona, Spain
- Height
- 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
PLAYER BIOGRAPHY
About García Pimienta
Francisco Javier García Pimienta (born 3 August 1974), known as García Pimienta, is a Spanish football manager and former player. He is the current manager of UD Almería.
A left winger, García Pimienta made his senior debut with Barcelona's C-team, and later represented the reserves before making his first team debut in 1997. He featured in a further four La Liga matches with Extremadura, and subsequently went on to resume his career in the lower leagues. As a coach, he worked for Barça for twenty years, being named in charge of the B-side in 2018 but being dismissed in 2021.