Luis Garcia Postigo

Luis García Postigo (Mexico City, June 1, 1969) is a Mexican former soccer player, voice actor and commentator. Played as a striker, he is considered one of the most prolific Mexican players in history, characterized by his speed, unchecking and shot on the turn. He played in the 1994 World Cup in the United States and 1998 in France, as well as the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

Trajectory as a footballer

Beginnings

He began his career playing for the Club Universidad Nacional in 1986, against the Leones Negros of the University of Guadalajara, leaving the score tied at one goal. In 1990-91 he was Mexican soccer champion by beating America in the final. He was the scoring champion that same year and repeated the following year, adding 75 goals in the 2 seasons, which earned him a transfer to Atlético de Madrid.

Atletico Madrid

In his first campaign he had an outstanding performance, scoring 17 goals in 29 games played, being up to that moment, the best debut of a Mexican soccer player in the Spanish league. The following season he lowered his productivity, in addition to having marked differences with the club's leadership.

Royal Society

For the 1994-1995 season, he was transferred to Real Sociedad, where he played for six months. In the Spanish club he had the worst year of his career by leaving without records in terms of goals scored.

America

For the 1994-1995 tournament he returned to Mexico and joined Club América, where he remained until the 1997 Summer tournament.

Atlantean

In 1997 he moved to Atlante where he spent a year, at the Barça club, having good results, with 3 foals.er place in the general table collectively and resulting in the individual scoring champion in Winter 1997 with 12 annotations.

Guadalajara

He was signed in the winter of 1998 by the Guadalajara club, in that tournament Chivas reached the final, which they surprisingly lost at the Jalisco Stadium, against Necaxa.

Morelia and Puebla

Later, in 1999, he was transferred to Monarcas Morelia and after having differences with the leadership of Guadalajara, the rojiblanco club, being the owner of his letter, transferred him against his will to Puebla, where he only played one game.

Clubs

Club	Country	Year	Parties		Media
UNAM	Mexico Mexico	1986-1992	195	92	0.47
Atletico de Madrid	SpainSpain	1992-1994	73	33	0.45
Real Society	SpainSpain	1994	10	0	0
America	Mexico Mexico	1995-1997	78	40	0.51
Atlantean	Mexico Mexico	1997-1998	29	14	0.48
Guadalajara	Mexico Mexico	1998-1999	56	20	0.36
Monarchs Morelia	Mexico Mexico	1999-2000	17	9	0.53
Puebla	Mexico Mexico	2000	1	1	0
		Total	444	209	0.47

National team

He made his debut for the Mexico soccer team in 1990, played a total of 78 games with the national team, being the seventh best scorer in the history of the team with 29 goals, tied with Luis Flores and Hugo Sánchez. He played in the 1994 World Cup, where he scored 2 goals against Ireland and was sent off in the round of 16 match against Bulgaria after receiving two yellow cards. He was called up for the World Cup in France 98, but did not play a single game. He played the 1995 Copa América in Uruguay, achieving the scoring title, his last match with the national team was in 2000 against Ecuador.

Participations in final phases

Tournament	Category	Headquarters	Outcome	Parties	Goles
1985 World Cup	Sub-17	ChinaChina	First phase	3	0
Concacacaf Gold Cup 1991	Absolute	United States	Third place	4	0
North American Cup 1991	Absolute	North America	Champion	2	0
Copa America 1993	Absolute	EcuadorEcuador	Subfield	3	0
1994 Football World Cup	Absolute	United States	Final Octavos	4	2
FIFA Confederations Cup 1995	Absolute	Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia	Third place	3	3
Copa America 1995	Absolute	Uruguay Uruguay	Final rooms	4	4
Concacaf Gold Cup 1996	Absolute	United States	Champion	4	3
USA Cup 1996	Absolute	United States	Champion	3	3
1996 Olympic Games	Sub-23	United States	Final rooms	4	0
USA Cup 1997	Absolute	United States	Champion	3	2
1998 Football World Cup	Absolute	France	Final Octavos	0	0
Total	-			37	15

Participations in qualifying phases

Tournament	Category	Headquarters	Outcome	Parties	Goles
Global rankings 1994	Absolute	North America, Central America and the Caribbean	Classified	7	4
World rankings 1998	Absolute	North America, Central America and the Caribbean	Classified	8	2
Total	-			15	6

International Goals

Gol	Date	Headquarters	Oponente	Outcome	Competition
1.	4 December 1991	León, Mexico	HUNHungary	3–0	Friendly
2.	11 March 1992	Tampico, Mexico	Commonwealth of Independent StatesCommonwealth of Independent States	1-1	Friendly
3.	22 November 1992	Mexico, D. F., Mexico	CRCCosta Rica	4–0	Classification for the 1994 World Cup
4.	22 November 1992	Mexico, D. F., Mexico	CRCCosta Rica	4–0	Classification for the 1994 World Cup
5.	27 January 1993	Las Palmas, Spain	ESPSpain	1-1	Friendly
6.	18 April 1993	Mexico, D. F., Mexico	SLVEl Salvador	3-1	Classification for the 1994 World Cup
7.	2 May 1993	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	HONHonduras	4-1	Classification for the 1994 World Cup
8.	11 June 1994	Miami, United States	NIRNorthern Ireland	3–0	Friendly
9.	11 June 1994	Miami, United States	NIRNorthern Ireland	3–0	Friendly
10.	24 June 1994	Orlando, United States	IRLIreland	2-1	1994 World Cup
11.	24 June 1994	Orlando, United States	IRLIreland	2-1	1994 World Cup
12.	6 January 1995	Riad, Saudi Arabia	KSASaudi Arabia	2–0	Copa Rey Fahd 1995
13.	6 January 1995	Riad, Saudi Arabia	KSASaudi Arabia	2–0	Copa Rey Fahd 1995
14.	10 January 1995	Riad, Saudi Arabia	DENDenmark	1-1	Copa Rey Fahd 1995
15.	29 March 1995	Los Angeles, United States	CHIChile	1–2	Friendly
16.	6 July 1995	Maldonado Uruguay	PARParaguay	2-1	Copa America 1995
17.	9 July 1995	Maldonado, Uruguay	VENVenezuela	3-1	Copa America 1995
18.	9 July 1995	Maldonado, Uruguay	VENVenezuela	3-1	Copa America 1995
19.	13 July 1995	Montevideo, Uruguay	URUUruguay	1-1	Copa America 1995
20.	30 November 1995	Los Angeles, United States	COLColombia	2-2	Friendly
21.	11 January 1996	San Diego, United States	VINSaint Vincent and the Grenadines	5-0	Gold Cup 1996
22.	11 January 1996	San Diego, United States	VINSaint Vincent and the Grenadines	5-0	Gold Cup 1996
23.	21 January 1996	Los Angeles, United States	BRABrazil	2–0	Gold Cup 1996
24.	8 June 1996	Dallas, United States	BOLBolivia	1–0	USA Cup 1996
25.	12 June 1996	East Rutherford, United States	IRLIreland	2-2	USA Cup 1996
26.	12 June 1996	East Rutherford, United States	IRLIreland	2-2	USA Cup 1996
27.	8 June 1997	San Salvador, El Salvador	SLVEl Salvador	1–0	1998 World Cup Rating
28.	5 October 1997	Mexico City, Mexico	SLVEl Salvador	5-0	1998 World Cup Rating
29.	31 May 1998	Lausanne, Switzerland	JPNJapan	2-1	Friendly

Honours of Prizes

Clubs

National titles

Title	Club	Year
First Division of Mexico	UNAM	1990-91

International Titles

Title	Club	Year
Concacaf Champions Cup	UNAM	1989

Selections

Title	Equipment	Year
Concacaf Gold Cup	Mexico	1996

Individual awards

Title	Equipment
Champion of Goleo First Division 1990-91	UNAM
Best Front First Division 1990-91	UNAM
Champion of Goleo First Division 1991-92	UNAM
Best Front First Division 1991-92	UNAM
Champion of Goleo Copa América 1995	Selection of Mexico
Goleo Winter Champion 1997	Atlantean

Trajectory as a commentator

He retired in early 2000, currently working as a commentator for TV Azteca and as a sports journalist for LatinUS, Carlos Loret de Mola's digital platform. The international events that he has attended as a commentator are the 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 World Cups, the 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016 and 2019 Copa América and the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.

He has also participated in Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer video game since 2009, where he comments on the matches in the Spanish version of Mexico together with Christian Martinoli.

He also collaborates with the Diario Deportivo Récord and the Radio ACIR network.

Trajectory as a voice actor

In 2019, he ventured into dubbing a film for the first time with his participation in Wonder Park as the voice of Gus. He is also the Spanish-American voice of Svenganza in Minions: The Rise of Gru.

Filmography

Dubbing