Marisa García and the year she reached the stars

María Luisa García, known in the world of football as Marisa García, continues making a place for herself in the elite of Spanish women’s football.  The Real Madrid academy graduade started her career in the lower categories of the Madrid club when she was a cadet. Before, she had also played for renowned such as Madrid CFF and San Agustín, also from the city of Madrid.

García has been another of the creations of La Fábrica, as Real Madrid youth academy is known. The Spanish striker was one of the protagonists in the 23/24 season, when Real Madrid’s youth team achieved the promotion to 1RFEF, the second division in Spanish women’s football. The promotion marked a milestone and Marisa was one of the stars of the team along with Pau Comendador.

In the 23/24 season, Marisa played 26 games in the Segunda Federación, which is equivalent to the third division in women’s football in Spain, and scored 21 goals. In addition, she was also named the best youth player of the season. This great season helped Alberto Toril, former coach of the first team, to count on her to start with the dynamics of the first team.

Debut in the Champions League? Why not

In addition, that same year, he received the call from the U17 National Team, but the call-up was cut short when Real Madrid called her to return to Madrid to play in the Champions League. It was at that moment that she made her debut with the first team. Nothing more and nothing less than in the Champions League. In addition, four days laters, he also made his debut in Liga F against Sporting Huelva. The 23/24 season will mark the turning point in Marisa’s career, who went from youth to reserve team in the same year and ended up playing with the first team.

With the Youth Spanish National Team, she has twice become European Champion and once they won silver. Now, in the 25/26 season, Marisa went on loan to Deportivo Abanca in the First Division in search of minutes in the elite. There in Galicia she has tried to gain experience, even though she is linked to Real Madrid. Going to A Coruña was not an easy decisión as it was also the first time she had left home.

This season Marisa has scored four goals and has played 1.198 minutes with Deportivo, increasing her experience in the First Division divided into 26 games played. In this way, she also achieved one of the objectives she set herself when she arrived at Depor: to adapt well to the category and get minutes in Liga F.

She currently continues to combine her psychology studies with her sports career. Marisa studies at a distance with a specific curriculum that she did when she finished high school to be able to play soccer and continue training in parallel.